Specifications

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With the Edit and Timeline selections linked,
you can click a region or MIDI note with the
Grabber to automatically update the Timeline
with the selection’s start time, allowing you to
easily play from that point.
Page Scroll During Playback
You can set Pro Tools to scroll the track display
while playing, and also have the edit cursor ap-
pear wherever playback stops.
To make the track display and the edit cursor
follow playback:
1 Select Operations > Scrolling Options > Page
Scroll During Playback.
2 Choose Setups > Preferences. In the Operation
page of the Preferences dialog, select the option
for “Timeline Insertion Follows Playback,” then
click Done.
3 Make sure to select Operations > Link Edit and
Timeline Selection.
4 With the Selector, click in the track where you
want playback to begin.
5 Click Play in the Transport window to begin
playback. The playback cursor scrolls across the
Edit window, indicating the current playback
position.
6 Click Stop in the Transport window to stop
playback. The edit cursor appears at the location
where playback stops.
Locating and Auditioning with Fast
Forward/Rewind
You can use the Fast Forward and Rewind but-
tons in the Transport window to locate material
in your tracks. If the Operation Preference for
“Audio During Fast Forward/Rewind” is se-
lected, you’ll actually hear the scanned audio
(similar to a CD player) when clicking the Fast
Forward and Rewind buttons.
You can also fast forward or rewind incremen-
tally by repeatedly clicking the appropriate but-
ton. The size of these increments is determined
by the Main Time Scale:
• Bars:Beats: moves to the beginning of the pre-
vious or next bar.
• Min:Sec: moves back or forward in one-sec-
ond steps.
•Time Code: moves back or forward in one-sec-
ond steps (while adjusting for current SMPTE
format).
• Feet+Frames: moves back or forward in one-
foot steps.
• Samples: moves back or forward in one-sec-
ond steps.
Location Indicators
The Location Indicators, in the upper portion of
the Edit window, display the current playback
location. All Location Indicators (except the Sub
Location Indicator) let you enter a location in
their counter display to navigate to a specific
time location.
Pressing Start+N (Windows) or Control+N
(Macintosh) toggles Timeline Insertion Fol-
lows Playback.
Pressing Shift+slash (/) toggles Link Edit
and Timeline selection on and off.
Location Indicators