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Mbox 2 Academic Getting Started Guide62
Expanding Alternate Channels
to New Tracks
When working with a mono region that is part
of a multichannel recording, you can expand
that region (or a selected portion of it) to new
tracks that reflect its matching alternate chan-
nels while preserving any edits or fades.
For example, you could use this feature to easily
create duplicates of an edited dialogue track that
reflect different channel inputs (microphones)
that were recorded simultaneously.
To expand alternate channels to new tracks:
1 In the Timeline, do one of the following:
• To expand only a portion of the regions on
the track, make a selection that includes or
overlaps any number of regions on a track,
and Right-click (Windows or Mac) or Con-
trol-click (Mac) the selection.
– or –
• To expand all of the regions on the track,
Right-click (Windows or Mac) or Control-
click (Mac) the track name.
2 Choose the Expand to New Tracks pop-up
menu, and select one of the following methods
by which to expand alternate channels for the
selection to new tracks:
• By Channel Name
• By Channel Number
• By Channel Name and Number
If alternate channels are available, Pro Tools ex-
pands them to new tracks according to the cho-
sen parameters, including the channel repre-
sented in the original track.
Matching alternate channels are mono
channels that were recorded simultaneously
with the original region (such as multichan-
nel recordings made by one or more field re-
corders). For detailed criteria that alternate
matching channels must meet, see the Field
Recorder Workflow Guide.
Expanding a selection to new tracks
For detailed information on how each of
these options expand to new track, see the
Field Recorder Workflow Guide.
Result of expanding a selection to new tracks