DigiDesign Pro Tools, Reference Manual

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Pro Tools Reference Guide 520
Cut Time Example
To cut thirty seconds of time from a session:
1
Set the Main Time Scale to Minutes:Seconds.
2
Choose Event > Time > Cut Time.
3
With the Selector tool, click at the beginning
of the area that you want to cut.
4
Enter thirty seconds (0:30.000) in the Length
field.
5
Select the options to Realign both Meter and
Tempo rulers, all tick-based tracks, and all sam-
ple-based markers and tracks.
6
Click Apply.
Move Song Start
Move Song Start lets you redefine the location of
the Song Start Marker.
Options for the Move Song Start command in-
clude:
Timebase
Lets you precisely redefine the posi-
tion of the Song Start Marker measured by any
supported timebase.
Move Start To Sets the location for the Song
Start Marker in the chosen timebase.
Renumber Song Start To When enabled, this lets
you set the Song Start Marker to any bar num-
ber.
Move
The Move controls let you choose which items
shift when the Song Start is moved, as follows:
Song Start Only
Moves the Song Start Marker
only.
Meter and Tempo Rulers, Tick-Based Markers and
Tracks, and Sample-based Markers and
Tracks
Moves the Song Start Marker, Meter and
Tempo rulers, tick-based tracks, and your choice
of sample-based tracks.
Move Song Start Example
To move the Song Start Marker to 15 seconds on
the timeline:
1
Choose Event > Time > Move Song Start.
2
Select Minutes:Seconds from the Timebase
pop-up menu.
3
In the Move Song Start To field, enter
“0:15:000” to move the song start forward by 15
seconds.
4
If you wish to renumber the bars so that the
Song Start Marker sits at a different bar, select
the Renumber Song Start option, and enter the
bar number in the Renumber 1st Bar to field.
5
Select whether you want to move all sample-
based markers and tracks or none of them.
6
Click Apply.
Move Song Start window