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Pro Tools Reference Guide 412
Fitting an Audio Region to an Edit
Selection
Regions can be dragged from the Region List to
fit within an Edit selection. The dragged region
is compressed or expanded to fit within the se-
lection. This feature uses the Time Compres-
sion/Expansion plug-in to expand or compress
the audio region.
To fit an audio region to an Edit selection:
1
With the Selector tool, select a time range in
an audio track.
2
Control-Alt-drag (Windows) or Command-
Option-drag (Mac) the region from the Region
List to the track with the selection. The start of
the region is positioned at the selection start,
and the region is compressed or expanded to
match the length of the selection.
Fit to Selection on Multiple Tracks and
Channels
The Fit to Selection command supports drag-
ging multiple regions from the Region List to
multiple tracks, or multichannel tracks.
However, all dragged regions are compressed or
expanded equally by the same percentage value,
based on length of the region last clicked before
dragging.
Playing Timeline and Edit
Selections with the Playhead
(Pro Tools HD Only)
When the Scrolling option is set to Center Play-
head, selections in the Timeline do not deter-
mine when playback begins. The Playhead, it-
self, denotes where playback begins when
clicking Play in the Transport.
The Timeline and Edit selections, however, can
still be played when the Playhead is enabled.
To play an Edit selection with the Playhead
enabled:
1
Deselect Options > Linked Timeline and Edit
Selections.
2
Select Options > Scrolling > Center Playhead.
3
With the Selector or Time Grabber tool, make
a track selection.
4
Choose Edit > Selection > Play Edit.
The Playhead jumps to the Edit selection and
plays it from beginning to end, and then stops.
To play a Timeline selection with the Playhead
enabled:
1
Deselect Options > Linked Timeline and Edit
Selections.
2
Select Options > Scrolling > Center Playhead.
3
Drag with the Selector tool in any Timebase
ruler to set the play range.
4
Choose Edit > Selection > Play Timeline.
The Playhead jumps to the Timeline selection
and plays it from beginning to end, and then
stops.