Elements ED Lesson 08. Selecting and Navigating Flashcards

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Timeline Selections

  • You can make a Timeline selection by clicking and dragging in the _______ of the Edit window with any Edit tool.
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Timeline Selections

  • You can make a Timeline selection by clicking and dragging in the Rulers area of the Edit window with any Edit tool.
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Timeline Selections

  • You can adjust the length of a Timeline selection using the blue ____________ and ___ Points in the Main Timebase Ruler.
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Timeline Selections

  • You can adjust the length of a Timeline selection using the blue Timeline Selection In and Out Points in the Main Timebase Ruler.
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Timeline Selections

  • You can also adjust a Timeline selection using the ___________ fields in the Transport window to type in numeric values.
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Timeline Selections

  • You can also adjust a Timeline selection using the Start, End, and Length fields in the Transport window to type in numeric values.
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Describe the image

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Timeline Selections

  • Working with Timeline selections
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Timeline Selections

  • Why This Is Important
    • One of the most important skills in Pro Tools is the ability to make __________ for playback, recording, or editing purposes.
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Timeline Selections

  • Why This Is Important
    • One of the most important skills in Pro Tools is the ability to make precise selections for playback, recording, or editing purposes.
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Timeline Selections

  • Why This Is Important
    • Spending some time now to improve your skill and efficiency in this area will save you hours of time and loads of stress when you’re working under _________.
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Timeline Selections

  • Why This Is Important
    • Spending some time now to improve your skill and efficiency in this area will save you hours of time and loads of stress when you’re working under time pressure.
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Edit Selections

  • Edit selections can be made with the ______ tool by clicking on a clip (to select the entire clip).
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Edit Selections

  • Edit selections can be made with the Grabber tool by clicking on a clip (to select the entire clip).
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Edit Selections

  • Edit selections can be made with the the ______ tool by clicking and dragging over a desired area (to select only a specified range).
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Edit Selections

  • Edit selections can be made with the the Selector tool by clicking and dragging over a desired area (to select only a specified range).
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Edit Selections

  • The Start and End values can be changed more precisely by setting the _____ and _____ location in the Edit window toolbar, next to the Main Counter Display.
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Edit Selections

  • The Start and End values can be changed more precisely by setting the Start and End location in the Edit window toolbar, next to the Main Counter Display.
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Describe the image

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Making Edit selections

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Edit Selections

  • Why This Is Important
    • Edit selections are used to select a range of audio or MIDI data for editing, so it is important to be able to make ____________.
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Edit Selections

  • Why This Is Important
    • Edit selections are used to select a range of audio or MIDI data for editing, so it is important to be able to make precise selections.
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Edit Selections

  • Why This Is Important
    • If you are selecting a range of audio to delete, you will want to ensure that you have not accidentally included any of the _____ you wish to keep.
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Edit Selections

  • Why This Is Important​
    • If you are selecting a range of audio to delete, you will want to ensure that you have not accidentally included any of the audio you wish to keep.
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Link Track and Edit Selection

  • Selections can be extended to adjacent and non-adjacent tracks by enabling the____________ button in the Edit window Toolbar.
    • When enabled, making an Edit selection will select the associated track; similarly clicking on a track’s nameplate will shift the Edit selection to that track.
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Link Track and Edit Selection

  • Selections can be extended to adjacent and non-adjacent tracks by enabling the Link Track and Edit Selection button in the Edit window Toolbar.
    • When enabled, making an Edit selection will select the associated track; similarly clicking on a track’s nameplate will shift the Edit selection to that track.
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Link Track and Edit Selection

  • Selections can be extended to multiple adjacent tracks by ______-clicking the desired tracks’ nameplates.
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Link Track and Edit Selection

  • Selections can be extended to multiple adjacent tracks by Shift-clicking the desired tracks’ nameplates.
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Link Track and Edit Selection

  • Selections can be extended to multiple non-adjacent tracks by _______-clicking on the desired tracks’ nameplates.
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Link Track and Edit Selection

  • Selections can be extended to multiple non-adjacent tracks by Command/Ctrl-clicking on the desired tracks’ nameplates.
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Link Track and Edit Selection

  • Why This Is Important
    • If you already have a selection on the Drums track, and you want to move it to the Vocals track, this technique makes moving the selection ____ with only a few clicks.
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Link Track and Edit Selection

  • Why This Is Important
    • If you already have a selection on the Drums track, and you want to move it to the Vocals track, this technique makes moving the selection easy with only a few clicks.
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Link Track and Edit Selection

  • Why This Is Important
    • By being able to transfer an Edit selection, it takes some of the guess work out of _____ your mix.
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Link Track and Edit Selection

  • Why This Is Important​
    • By being able to transfer an Edit selection, it takes some of the guess work out of editing your mix.
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Tab to Transients

  • The Tab key can be used to quickly move the Edit cursor from the _____ to the _____ of a clip.
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Tab to Transients

  • The Tab key can be used to quickly move the Edit cursor from the start to the end of a clip.
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Tab to Transients

  • When Tab to Transients is enabled, the tab key will move the Edit cursor _________.
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Tab to Transients

  • When Tab to Transients is enabled, the tab key will move the Edit cursor through the clip’s transients.
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Tab to Transients

  • Using Tab to Transients makes selecting exactly from the start to the end of a sound possible by holding the ____ key to make a selection while tabbing through the clip.
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Tab to Transients

  • Using Tab to Transients makes selecting exactly from the start to the end of a sound possible by holding the Shift key to make a selection while tabbing through the clip.
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Describe the image

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Using Tab to Transients to separate a clip

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Tab to Transients

  • Why This Is Important
    • Tab to Transients is extremely useful when used on _____ material such as ______.
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Tab to Transients

  • Why This Is Important
    • Tab to Transients is extremely useful when used on rhythmic material such as Drums.
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Tab to Transients

  • Why This Is Important
    • Tab to Transients can be used to create a four bar selection for use in a _____
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Tab to Transients

  • Why This Is Important
    • Tab to Transients can be used to create a four bar selection for use in a loop
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Tab to Transients

  • Why This Is Important
    • Tab to Transients can be used for separating the hits into individual clips to create unique fills, without having to __________.
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Tab to Transients

  • Why This Is Important​
    • Tab to Transients can be used for separating the hits into individual clips to create unique fills, without having to record any new material.
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Link Timeline and Edit Selection

  • By default, the Timeline and Edit selections are ______ in Pro Tools
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Link Timeline and Edit Selection

  • By default, the Timeline and Edit selections are linked in Pro Tools
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Link Timeline and Edit Selection

  • When the Timeline and Edit selections are linked in Pro Tools, when an Edit selection is made, a corresponding ___________ is made automatically.
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Link Timeline and Edit Selection

  • When the Timeline and Edit selections are linked in Pro Tools, when an Edit selection is made, a corresponding selection on the Timeline is made automatically.
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Link Timeline and Edit Selection

  • The Timeline and Edit selections can be unlinked by deactivating the _____________ button in the Edit window Toolbar.
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Link Timeline and Edit Selection

  • The Timeline and Edit selections can be unlinked by deactivating the Link Timeline and Edit Selection button in the Edit window Toolbar.
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Link Timeline and Edit Selection

  • Why This Is Important
    • For the majority of the time, it is easier to leave the Timeline and Edit selections linked so that you can ______________
      • however there are certain workflows where it can be beneficial to unlink the two.
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Link Timeline and Edit Selection

  • Why This Is Important
    • For the majority of the time, it is easier to leave the Timeline and Edit selections linked so that you can quickly audition your edits as you move around your project
      • however there are certain workflows where it can be beneficial to unlink the two.
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Link Timeline and Edit Selection

  • Why This Is Important
    • One example where you might consider unlinking the selections is if you want to audition over a _____ area, while applying _______ edits or ______ processes on only a small portion of the clip.
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Link Timeline and Edit Selection

  • Why This Is Important​
    • One example where you might consider unlinking the selections is if you want to audition over a large area, while applying different edits or AudioSuite processes on only a small portion of the clip.
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Arranging and Organizing Tracks

  • Tracks can be rearranged at any time in both the ____ and _____ windows.
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Arranging and Organizing Tracks

  • Tracks can be rearranged at any time in both the Mix and Edit windows.
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Arranging and Organizing Tracks

  • In the _____ window, tracks can be dragged up or down
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Arranging and Organizing Tracks

  • In the Edit window, tracks can be dragged up or down
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Arranging and Organizing Tracks

  • In the ____ window, tracks can be dragged left or right to the desired destination.
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Arranging and Organizing Tracks

  • In the Mix window, tracks can be dragged left or right to the desired destination.
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Arranging and Organizing Tracks

  • The track height can also be changed as necessary by clicking on the ___________
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Arranging and Organizing Tracks

  • The track height can also be changed as necessary by clicking on the Amplitude Scale area
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Arranging and Organizing Tracks

  • Amplitude Scale area has ______ size presets.
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Arranging and Organizing Tracks

  • Amplitude Scale area has eight size presets.
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Arranging and Organizing Tracks

  • You can manually resize tracks by positioning the cursor ______________, and dragging the track to the desired size.
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Arranging and Organizing Tracks

  • You can manually resize tracks by positioning the cursor between two track heads, and dragging the track to the desired size.
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Describe the image

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  • Rearranging and sizing tracks
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Arranging and Organizing Tracks

  • Why This Is Important
    • Tracks should be arranged in a ______ order to make editing and mixing a quicker task.
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Arranging and Organizing Tracks

  • Why This Is Important
    • Tracks should be arranged in a logical order to make editing and mixing a quicker task.
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Arranging and Organizing Tracks

  • Why This Is Important
    • The last thing you want to do is stop your workflow to _____ for a track in a large session.
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Arranging and Organizing Tracks

  • Why This Is Important
    • The last thing you want to do is stop your workflow to hunt for a track in a large session.
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Arranging and Organizing Tracks

  • Why This Is Important
    • Setting a reasonable track ______ allows you to work more effectively.
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Arranging and Organizing Tracks

  • Why This Is Important
    • Setting a reasonable track height allows you to work more effectively.
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Arranging and Organizing Tracks

  • Why This Is Important
    • While there are uses for the ________ and _______ height options, they should not be the only settings you use.
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Arranging and Organizing Tracks

  • Why This Is Important
    • While there are uses for the fit to screen and micro track height options, they should not be the only settings you use.
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Arranging and Organizing Tracks

  • Why This Is Important
    • Learning how to _______ tracks as necessary is crucial to efficient workflow.
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Arranging and Organizing Tracks

  • Why This Is Important
    • Learning how to resize tracks as necessary is crucial to efficient workflow.
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Zooming

  • There are several tools that can be used to zoom in and out in Pro Tools, and one such tool is the ______ tool.
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Zooming

  • There are several tools that can be used to zoom in and out in Pro Tools, and one such tool is the Zoomer tool.
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Zooming

  • The Zoomer tool can be used to increase the zoom by one level per click, or decrease the zoom by one level per ________.
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Zooming

  • The Zoomer tool can be used to increase the zoom by one level per click, or decrease the zoom by one level per Option/Alt-click.
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Zooming

  • Another tool that can be used to increase the zoom level is the ________ button, which blows up selections to fit the entire screen upon activation, and returns the zoom level to the previous value upon deactivation.
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Zooming

  • Another tool that can be used to increase the zoom level is the Zoom Toggle button, which blows up selections to fit the entire screen upon activation, and returns the zoom level to the previous value upon deactivation.
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Describe the image

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Zooming at different levels

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Zooming

  • Why This Is Important
    • Zoom levels should be appropriate to balance ______ with ______
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Zooming

  • Why This Is Important
    • Zoom levels should be appropriate to balance efficiency with precision.
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Zooming

  • Why This Is Important
    • Having the session zoomed out to fit every clip on one screen has its uses, but should not be used for ______ edits.
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Zooming

  • Why This Is Important
    • Having the session zoomed out to fit every clip on one screen has its uses, but should not be used for precise edits.
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Zooming

  • Why This Is Important
    • Similarly it is not possible to do all your editing at the ______ level, so finding an appropriate balance between the levels becomes key to efficient workflow.
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Zooming

  • Why This Is Important​
    • Similarly it is not possible to do all your editing at the sample level, so finding an appropriate balance between the levels becomes key to efficient workflow.
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Adding Memory Markers

  • Memory markers can be added at any time in a session by placing the cursor at the desired location, or during playback, by clicking the plus sign at the head of the ________. The New Memory Location dialog box will open where you can give the marker a name, number, and select its attributes.
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Adding Memory Markers

  • Memory markers can be added at any time in a session by placing the cursor at the desired location, or during playback, by clicking the plus sign at the head of the Markers Ruler. The New Memory Location dialog box will open where you can give the marker a name, number, and select its attributes.
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Adding Memory Markers

  • Some attributes you may want to consider are the Reference (_____________) and whether you want to store a ________ or a ________
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Adding Memory Markers

  • Some attributes you may want to consider are the Reference (Bar|Beat versus Absolute) and whether you want to store a selection or a location.
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Describe the image

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The New Memory Location dialog box

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Adding Memory Markers

  • Why This Is Important
    • Memory markers can be recalled at any time through the ____________ by clicking on the marker name, or by clicking on the marker in the _________.
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Adding Memory Markers

  • Why This Is Important
    • Memory markers can be recalled at any time through the Memory Locations window by clicking on the marker name, or by clicking on the marker in the Markers Ruler.
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Adding Memory Markers

  • Why This Is Important
    • This makes navigating through a session much quicker as you can easily ____________
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Adding Memory Markers

  • Why This Is Important
    • This makes navigating through a session much quicker as you can easily jump between locations.
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Adding Memory Markers

  • Why This Is Important
    • Another useful way to use memory markers is to make selections between __________
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Adding Memory Markers

  • Why This Is Important
    • Another useful way to use memory markers is to make selections between two markers.
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Adding Memory Markers

  • Why This Is Important
    • You can easily select the chorus of a song by first selecting the chorus memory marker, and then holding the _____ key while selecting the next memory marker. This workflow is particularly useful in ____________
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Adding Memory Markers

  • Why This Is Important
    • You can easily select the chorus of a song by first selecting the chorus memory marker, and then holding the Shift key while selecting the next memory marker. This workflow is particularly useful in trimming down songs to radio length.
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