Relink window – M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio User Manual

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Regenerate Missing Fades Without Searching

Enable this option to exclude fades files from
the relinking process (fades are recalculated in-
stead). This option is available when Automati-
cally Find and Relink

or Manually Find and Relink is

enabled.

Regenerate Missing Rendered Files Without
Searching

Enable this option to exclude rendered Elastic
Audio files from the relinking process (rendered
files are recalculated instead). This option is
available when Automatically Find and Relink or
Manually Find and Relink

is enabled.

Missing Files in an Open Session

You can open the Project browser to select and
relink some or all missing files.

To relink missing (offline) files in an open session:

1

Choose Window > Project.

2

Choose Relink Offline from the Browser menu

to open the Relink window.

3

Configure the Relink window as needed. See

“Relink Window” on page 256 for more infor-
mation.

To relink selected files in an open session:

1

Choose Window > Project.

2

Select the files to relink. Any file can be

relinked, even if it is not an offline file.

3

Choose Relink Selected from the Browser

menu.

4

Configure the Relink window as needed. See

“Relink Window” on page 256 for more infor-
mation.

Relink Window

The Relink window provides tools for all relink-
ing tasks (see Figure 12 on page 257).

The Relink window includes the following:

Menu and Toolbar

Includes the Relink menu,

View Presets, and relinking buttons. Status is
displayed at the far right.

Areas to Search

Selects volumes on which to

search for missing items.

Files to Relink

Lists missing files.

Candidates

Lists files that match the “relinking

criteria” for a particular missing file. The Link
icon next to the candidate can be toggled on or
off to link (or unlink) the proposed candidate to
the selected missing file.

The Relink window controls each phase of the
relinking process.

The following sections explain how to:

• Open the Relink window (“Opening the

Relink Window” on page 257).

• Select volumes and folders to search and not

search (“Selecting Areas to Search” on
page 257
).

• Search, compare, and link individual files to

one or more candidates (“Relinking Individ-
ual Missing Files” on page 258).

• Quickly match and link missing files in

batches, with the ability to adjust the criteria
by which files are matched (“Relinking Multi-
ple Missing Files” on page 258
).

• Toggle links on or off for any candidate

(“Force Relinking Files” on page 259).

• Compare and review links before committing

(“Committing Links” on page 260).

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