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Chapter 15: Working with Regions and Selections 175
chapter 15
Working with Regions and Selections
Because regions are the basic building
block of audio and MIDI tracks, under-
standing how they are created, edited, and
arranged is essential to taking full advan-
tage of the editing capabilities of Pro Tools.
This chapter covers basic editing functions
as they apply to regions and selections. The
material, for the most part, applies to both
MIDI and audio data.
For editing procedures more specific to
MIDI, see Chapter 16: MIDI Editing. For
more advanced editing procedures, see
Chapter 18: Advanced Editing. You should,
however, become familiar with the infor-
mation in this chapter before moving on to
the others.
Creating New Regions
Pro Tools provides you with several com-
mands for creating regions, each of them
having a slightly different effect on the se-
lection. When you create a new region, it
appears in the Regions List and in the
track’s playlist. For details on how these
new regions are automatically named, see
“Auto-Naming Parameters” on page 197.
Capture Region Command
The Capture Region command defines a se-
lection as a new region and adds it to the
Regions List. From there, the new region
can be dragged to any existing tracks.
To capture a new region:
1 With the Selector, drag within an exist-
ing region to select the material for the new
region.
2 Choose Edit > Capture Region.
3 Enter a name for the new region and
click OK.
The new region appears in the Regions List.
The selected region portion remains intact
and unchanged.
Separate Region Command
The Separate Region command defines a se-
lection within an existing region as a new
region and separates it from adjacent mate-
rial. If there is no selection, the region is
split at the insertion point.
Selecting a region portion