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The Compact command can pad the clips of the
compacted file by a selectable amount. If clips in
your session use crossfades, or if you want to pad
the clips for the sake of any future trimming, you
should enter an appropriate amount of padding (in
milliseconds).
To compact an audio file:
1 In the Clips List, select the clip or clips you
want to compact.
2 From the Clips List menu, choose Compact.
3 Enter the amount of padding in milliseconds
that you want for each clip in the file.
4 Click Compact to compact the file or Cancel to
cancel the command.
Once the
Compact command has been completed,
the session is saved automatically.
Processing Audio with
AudioSuite Plug-Ins
The AudioSuite plug-ins included with your
Pro Tools system can be used to process and mod-
ify audio clips or even entire audio files. Do this in
order to apply a specific AudioSuite process (such
as Normalization or DC Offset Removal) to any
number of audio clips in your session.
TCE (Time Compression and
Expansion) Edit To Timeline
Selection
(Pro Tools | Ultimate Software Only)
When the Edit and Timeline selections are un-
linked, you can compress or expand an audio se-
lection to fit the Timeline selection. On audio
tracks,
TCE Edit to Timeline Selection uses the
TCE AudioSuite Plug-In selected in the Process-
ing preferences (see “Processing Preferences” on
page 124
). On Elastic Audio-enabled tracks, TCE
Edit To Timeline Selection
uses the track’s selected
Elastic Audio plug-in (see “Elastic Audio Plug-
Ins” on page 975).
To fit an Edit selection to the Timeline:
1 Deselect Options > Link Timeline and Edit
Selection
.
2 With the Selector tool, select the audio material
to be compressed or expanded.
3 In any Timebase ruler, select the time range
where you want to fit the audio material.
4 Choose Edit > TCE Edit to Timeline Selection.
The Edit selection is compressed or expanded to
the length of the Timeline selection.
TCE Edit to Timeline Selection
on Multiple Tracks and Channels
The TCE Edit to Timeline command can be used on
multichannel selections, and selections across
multiple tracks. All clips are compressed or ex-
panded equally by the same percentage value,
based on Edit selection range. This ensures that the
rhythmic relationship between the different chan-
nels or tracks is maintained.
The Compact command is destructive and
cannot be undone. It permanently alters the
original audio files. There is no way to
recover data deleted by this command.
For more information about AudioSuite
plug-ins, see Chapter 42, “AudioSuite Pro-
cessing.”