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With the Separation Grabber tool, drag the se-
lection to the beginning of the new audio track.
A new region is created and appears at the be-
ginning of the new track.
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With the new region still selected, choose
Region > Loop.
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In the Region Looping dialog, enter the
number times you want to loop the region, and
click OK.
You now have a new rhythm track with a
“looped” (repeated) phrase.
You can use these editing tools and Beat Detec-
tive to do much more advanced editing of re-
gions.
Grouping Regions
The Region Groups feature in Pro Tools lets you
group regions on multiple adjacent audio,
MIDI, and Instrument tracks. Region Groups are
useful for groove and tempo manipulation, ed-
iting, and arranging.
Mixing
The Pro Tools mix environment provides many
familiar channel strip controls for setting vol-
ume, pan, solo, and mute. Mixer and I/O con-
trols can be shown in both the Mix and Edit
windows.
To view the Mix window:
■
Select Window > Mix.
Using Channel Strip Controls
The following controls are common to Audio,
Auxiliary Input, and Instrument tracks.
Volume Fader
Increase or decrease the track level
by dragging its Volume fader up or down.
Pan Slider
Pan a track left or right in the mix by
dragging its Pan slider left or right.
Solo Button
Solo a track (muting all other tracks)
by clicking its Solo button.
Mute Button
Mute a track by clicking its Mute
button.
Dragging a selection with the Separation Grabber tool
Region Looping dialog
For more information on Region Groups, see
the Pro Tools Reference Guide.
Press Equals (=) (Windows) or
Equals (=) (Macintosh) to
switch between the Edit and Mix windows.