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Chapter 15: Audio Recording 283
To record to a new playlist for a track:
1
From the track’s Playlist selector, choose New.
2
Enter a name for the new playlist.
3
Click OK.
When a new playlist is created, its name replaces
the track name. Names for new audio files and
regions are based on the track name.
4
Record enable the track.
5
To start from the beginning of the session,
click Return to Zero in the Transport.
6
Click Record in the Transport to arm Pro Tools
for recording.
7
Click Play to start recording.
8
Click Stop to stop recording.
An audio file for the new take is written to disk
and appears as an audio region both in the
track’s new playlist and in the Region List.
Selecting a previous playlist from track’s Playlist
selector recalls its regions as they previously ap-
peared in the track. At any time, all regions from
all playlists are available in the Region List, and
can be mixed and matched between playlists
and tracks.
Punch Recording Audio
To define a record range in the playlist, or re-
place a portion of a recorded track, you can
punch in by specifying the record range before
recording.
Though there are several ways to set record and
play ranges (see “Setting Punch/Loop Points” on
page 288), perhaps the easiest is to select within
the track’s playlist the range for recording.
During the recording process, playback begins
at the pre-roll time (if enabled) and proceeds to
the start time (the punch-in point), where re-
cording begins. When the end time (the punch-
out point) is reached, Pro Tools automatically
switches out of Record mode and continues
playing through the specified amount of post-
roll. This automated punch-in/out feature is a
powerful and precise way of recording or re-re-
cording on a track.
Playlist selector
For more information on playlists and play-
list editing, see “Playlists” on page 352.
To manually punch in and out on record-
enabled audio tracks during playback, refer
to Chapter 17, “Advanced Punch Record-
ing.”
To set a record or play range by selecting
within a playlist, the Edit and Timeline se-
lections must be linked (select Options >
Link Timeline and Edit Selection).