User`s guide

Pro Tools Reference Guide88
To record to the new audio track:
1 Put Pro Tools in normal Nondestructive
Record mode. In the Operations menu, de-
select Destructive Record, Loop Record,
and QuickPunch.
2 If desired, enable the click and countoff
in the Transport window. Also, make sure
to specify the session’s default meter and
tempo. For details, see “Recording with the
Click” on page 83.
3 In the Transport window, click Return to
Zero so the start/end times are cleared. This
ensures that you’ll start recording from the
beginning of the track.
4 Click Record in the Transport window.
The Record button flashes.
5 When you are ready to begin recording,
click Play. If using a countoff, Pro Tools
counts off the specified number of mea-
sures and then begins recording.
6 When you have finished recording, click
Stop in the Transport window.
The newly recorded audio is written to disk
and appears as an audio region in the
track’s playlist. The new audio region also
appears in the Audio Regions List.
To play back the new audio track:
1 Click the Record button for the audio
track to take it out of record-enabled mode.
The track’s volume fader now functions as
a playback level control.
2 In the Transport window, click Return to
Zero.
3 Click Play in the Transport window to be-
gin playback. Adjust the track’s volume
and pan faders as necessary.
Record Shortcuts
You can also begin recording with the fol-
lowing keyboard shortcuts:
• Press F12
• Press Command+Spacebar
• Press 3 on the Numeric Keypad (when
the Numeric Keypad Mode is set to
Transport)
✽ To initiate recording at half-speed, press
Command+Shift+Spacebar (Macintosh) or
Control+Shift+Spacebar (Windows). For de-
tails, see “Half-Speed Recording and Play-
back” on page 118.
Canceling a Record Take
While recording it is possible to discard the
current record take. This removes the audio
(recorded up to that point) from your hard
drive and deletes the region from the
track’s playlist. This capability is not avail-
able in Destructive Record mode.
To cancel a record take while recording:
■ Press Command+period (Macintosh) or
Control+period (Windows) before the
Transport is stopped.
If using Loop Record mode, all takes from
each record pass are discarded.
☞ Unlike audio recording, MIDI recordings can
be undone after stopping the Transport. For de-
tails, see “Undo and MIDI Recording” on
page 107.
Record button