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Also available in the Grid Value pop-up is an op-
tion for Regions/Markers. When selected, events
can be placed freely (as in Slip mode) but will
snap to region locations (start, end, and sync
points), markers, and Edit selections when
placed near them.
To display the Grid lines in the Edit window, do one
of the following:
■
Choose Setup > Preferences and click the
Display tab, then Enable Draw Grids in Edit
Window.
– or –
■
Enable (and disable) Grid lines by clicking the
currently selected Timebase ruler name.
Edit Tools
Pro Tools has several Edit tools: the Zoomer,
Trim, Selector, Grabber, Scrubber, and Pencil
tools, and the multifunctional Smart Tool. Se-
lect an Edit tool by clicking it in the Edit win-
dow. The Zoom, Trim, Grabber, and Pencil tools
have multiple modes, which you can select from
a pop-up menu when you click the tool.
Zoom Buttons Use the Zoom buttons to zoom in
and out vertically and horizontally on MIDI and
audio track material. You can also store and re-
call five Zoom presets.
Zoomer Tool Use the Zoomer tool to select a
zoom view in a track.
Zoom Toggle Use the Zoom Toggle to switch be-
tween the current zoom view and a defined
zoom view.
Trim Tools Use the Trim tools to trim regions and
region groups.
MIDI notes inserted with the Pencil tool ig-
nore the Regions/Markers option, and in-
stead snap to the time value selected in the
Grid Value pop-up menu.
Grid lines displayed in the Edit Window
Turning on Grid lines from a Timebase ruler
Click to enable or disable Grid lines
Zoom buttons and Edit tools
You can use F5 (Zoomer), F6 (Trim), F7
(Selector), and F8 (Grabber), F9 (Scrubber),
and F10 (Pencil) to select the Edit tool and
toggle through each tools’ respective subset
of tools.
Press the Escape key to toggle through the
Edit tools.
Zoom Toggle Smart Tool
Pencil tool
Zoomer tool
Trim tools
Selector tool
Grabber tools
Scrubber tool
Zoom buttons