User Manual

Pro Tools Reference Guide528
To record to a new playlist for a track:
1 From the track’s Playlist selector, choose New.
2 Type a name for the new playlist.
3 Click OK.
When a new playlist is created, its name replaces
the track name. Names for new audio files and
clips are based on the track name.
4 Record enable the track.
5 To start from the beginning of the session, click
Return to Zero in the Transport.
6 Click Record in the Transport to arm Pro Tools
for recording.
7 Click Play to start recording.
8 Click Stop to stop recording.
An audio file for the new take is written to disk and
appears as an audio clip both in the track’s new
playlist and in the Clips List.
Selecting a previous playlist from track’s Playlist
selector recalls its clips as they previously ap-
peared in the track. At any time, all clips from all
playlists are available in the Clips List, and can be
mixed and matched between playlists and tracks.
Loop Recording Audio
Pro Tools provides a loop recording feature that
lets you record take after take while the same sec-
tion of audio repeats over and over. This is a con-
venient technique for quickly recording multiple
takes of a part without losing spontaneity.
When loop recording, you must first specify the
start and end points for the loop. Though there are
several ways to set record and play ranges (see
“Setting Punch and Loop Points” on page 520), the
easiest is to select the range to be looped in the
track’s playlist (ensure that
Options > Link Time-
line and Edit Selection
is selected).
The pre-roll setting, if enabled, is used only during
the first record pass. Pre- and post-roll times are ig-
nored on each successive loop. To compensate for
this, you may want to make the loop range slightly
longer. Later, you can trim back the recorded takes
to the proper length with the Trim tool (see “Using
the Trim Tools” on page 613).
When loop recording audio, Pro Tools creates a
single audio file that includes all takes. Takes ap-
pear as individual clips in the Clips List and are
numbered sequentially. Once you stop recording,
you can audition any of the recorded takes.
Playlist selector, creating new playlist
For more information on playlists and play-
list editing, see “Playlists” on page 691.
To use alternate takes created with Loop
Record in other sessions (such as when us-
ing Import Session Data), export clip defi-
nitions (see “Exporting Clip Definitions”
on page 412). If clip definitions are not ex-
ported, alternate takes created with Loop
Record will be inaccessible when im-
ported into another session.