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Chapter 40: Arranging Clips 893
To drag and drop multiple items from the Clips List
to a single track:
1 From the Clips List menu, choose Timeline
Drop Order > Left to Right
.
2 Search and sort the Clips List to configure the
order in which items will be placed.
3 Select multiple items in the Clips List and do
one of the following:
• To create a new track and spot the first item to a
specific location, drop at the location in the area
below the last track shown in the Edit window.
• To create a new track and have the first item
placed at the start of the session, drop the items
on the Tracks List.
• To place items in an existing track, drop the
items in the Edit playlist for the track.
If the selected items include mixed types of clips
(such as audio and MIDI, or clip groups and MIDI)
the appropriate track types will be created and each
corresponding item will be placed in them. Simi-
larly, if the selected items include multiple formats
(mono, stereo, or other) new tracks of each format
will be created and those clips placed in them.
Placing Clips at the Edit
Insertion Point
You can drag a clip from the same track, from an-
other track, or from the Clips List, and align its
start, end, or sync point to the Edit insertion point.
This technique is useful in post production since it
lets you set an Edit selection point during playback
or while stopped and then quickly place sound ef-
fects at the edit insertion point.
To place the start of a clip at the Edit insertion
point:
1 With the Selector tool, click in the track at the
time location where you want to place the start
of the clip.
2 Do one of the following:
• While pressing Control (Mac) or Start (Win-
dows), drag the clip from the Clips List, or from
another track, to the destination track.
• If the clip is already in the track, Control-click
(Mac) or Start-click (Windows) the clip with the
Time Grabber tool.
To place the end of a clip at the Edit insertion point:
1 With the Selector tool, click in the track at the
time location where you want to place the end
of the clip.
2 Do one of the following:
• While pressing Command+Control (Mac) or
Control+Start (Windows), drag the clip from the
Clips List, or from another track, to the destina-
tion track.
• If the clip is already in the track, Command-
Control-click (Mac) or Control-Start-click
(Windows) the clip with the Time Grabber tool.
A new track created by dropping multiple Clips List
items with Timeline Drop Order set to Left to Right
mode
With Pro Tools Ultimate, when the Scroll-
ing option is set to Center Playhead, clips
snap to the playhead, instead of the Edit in-
sertion point.