User`s guide

Pro Tools Reference Guide118
Half-Speed Recording and
Playback
Pro Tools lets you play and record at half-
speed. This capability is similar to that of a
tape deck where you can record material at
half-speed and then play it back at normal
speed (up an octave) for special effects.
To record at half-speed:
1 Press Command+Shift+Spacebar (Mac-
intosh) or Control+Shift+Spacebar (Win-
dows). Recording begins and all existing
track material plays at half-speed.
2 When you have finished recording, click
Stop.
When played at normal speed, the material
recorded at half-speed plays twice as fast
(up an octave).
✽ Use half-speed recording to record difficult
to play MIDI tracks. This allows you to hear
audio tracks while recording. Half-speed re-
cording and playback do not affect how MIDI
tracks sound when played.
To play at half-speed
1 Press Shift+Spacebar. Playback begins
and track material plays at half-speed. If
any tracks were recorded at half-speed,
they play at normal speed.
2 Click Stop in the Transport window to
stop playback.
✽ Use half-speed playback to learn or tran-
scribe difficult passages in recorded tracks.