Basic transport controls and counters – M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio User Manual

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Chapter 10: Pro Tools Main Windows

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Basic Transport Controls and
Counters

Online

Puts Pro Tools online so that playback

and recording is triggered by an external time
code source.

Return to Zero

Locates to the beginning of the

session.

Rewind

Rewinds from the current play location.

You can also click repeatedly to rewind incre-
mentally, by an amount based on the Main
Time Scale, as follows:

Fast Forward

Fast forwards from the Timeline in-

sertion point. You can also click repeatedly to
fast forward incrementally (by an amount based
on the Main Time Scale).

Go to End

Locates to the end of the session.

Stop

Stops playback or recording.

Transport window showing basic transport controls and
counters (Main and Sub Counters and MIDI not shown)

Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac) to
Return to Zero.

You can Right-click the Return to Zero but-
ton to access the Write to Start and Write to
All automation commands.

With the Numeric Keypad mode set to
Transport, you can rewind by pressing 1.

Start, End, and Length

Selection indicators

Online

Rewind

Fast Forward

Stop

Play

Record

Return to Zero

Go to End

Pre-Roll

Post-Roll

Track Record Enable indicator

TrackInput Monitor

indicator

Transport Window menu

Rewind and Fast Forward Increments

Main Time Scale Format

Increment Amount

Min:Sec

1 second

Time Code

(Pro Tools HD or Pro Tools LE
with Complete Production
Toolkit or DV Toolkit 2)

1 frame

Bars|Beats

1 bar

Feet+Frames

(Pro Tools HD or Pro Tools LE
with Complete Production
Toolkit or DV Toolkit 2)

1 foot

Sample

1 second

With Numeric Keypad mode set to Trans-
port, you can fast forward by pressing 2.

You can press Control+Enter (Windows) or
Option+Return (Mac) on the alphanumeric
keyboard to locate to the end of the session.

You can Right-click the Go to End button to
access automation commands Write to End
and Write to All.

You can also stop the transport by pressing
the Spacebar, or with the Numeric Keypad
mode set to Transport, pressing 0.

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