User Manual

Chapter 25: MIDI Recording 547
The recorded MIDI data plays back through each
track’s assigned Output device (port) and channel.
Undoing MIDI Recording
You can undo previous MIDI record takes.
To undo a MIDI recording:
 Once the Transport has been stopped, choose
Edit > Undo MIDI Recording.
The track’s playlist is restored to its previous state.
However, the following conditions apply:
• If you punched in and out several times before
stopping the Transport, only the last punch is un-
done.
• When using Loop Record mode, all takes from
each record pass are discarded.
Canceling a Record Take
It is also possible to discard the current record take
before the Transport is stopped.
To cancel a take while recording:
 Press Command+Period (.) (Mac) or
Control+Period (.) (Windows) before the
Transport is stopped.
When in Loop Record mode, all takes from each
record pass are discarded.
MIDI Input Display
The MIDI Input display in the Edit window toolbar
shows chord names as they are received by MIDI
and Instrument tracks.You can use this display to
ensure that you are playing the right chords for
your music when recording MIDI.
To show (or hide) the MIDI Input display in the Edit
window, do one of the following:
• Select (or deselect) View > Other Displays >
MIDI Input Display
.
• Click the Edit Window Toolbar menu and select
(or deselect)
MIDI Input Display.
MIDI Punch Recording Over a
Specified Range
You can set Pro Tools to automatically punch re-
cord over a specific range in a MIDI or Instrument
track. The range’s start (punch in) and end (punch
out) points must be specified before recording. Re-
cording starts at the punch-in point and continues
until the punch-out point is reached.
If pre-roll is enabled, the track material leading up
to the punch-in point plays. You can start playing
during the pre-roll to get the “feel.” However,
MIDI is not recorded until the punch-in point is
reached. Only when that point is reached does
To monitor audio from an external MIDI in-
strument, select the corresponding audio In-
put Path for your MIDI instrument on the In-
strument track (or use an Auxiliary Input
track). See “Signal Routing for Monitoring
and Submixing” on page 1074.
The MIDI Input Display can also be shown in
MIDI Editor windows, see “MIDI Input Dis-
play” on page 791.
Editor Window toolbar, MIDI Input Display shows that
a G augmented chord is received at an Instrument or
MIDI track input