M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio - Manual (Page 392)

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To set the record range by dragging the Timeline
Selection Markers:
1 If you want the Timeline Selection Markers to
snap to the current Grid value, set the Edit mode
to Grid
2 Drag the first Timeline Selection Marker
(down arrow) to the start point of the range.
3 Drag the second Timeline Selection Marker
(up arrow) to the end point of the range.
Start, End, and Length Fields
In its Expanded view, the Transport window can
display start, end, and length times, and pre-
and post-roll settings. When setting a record or
play range, the range is reflected in these fields.
You can enter locations in the start and end
fields to set the record or play range. The Time-
line Selection Markers in the Main Timebase
ruler are updated accordingly.
To set the record range by entering start and end
times in the Transport window:
1 To see the start, end, and length times, do one
of the following:
• Select View > Transport > Expanded.
– or –
• Shift-click the Expand/Collapse “+” button
in the Transport window.
2 Do one of the following:
• In the Transport window, click in the Start
field.
– or –
• Press Alt+Forward Slash (/) (Windows) or
Option+Forward Slash (/) (Mac) on the nu-
meric keypad to select the start field in the
Transport window.
3 Type in the start location and press Alt+For-
ward Slash (/) (Windows) or Option+Forward
Slash (/) (Mac) on the numeric keypad to enter
the value and automatically move to the end
field.
4 Type in the end location and press Enter to ac-
cept the value.
Dragging a Timeline Selection Marker (start time) in the
Main Timebase ruler
If the current record range is already the
right length and the range needs only to be
moved to a new location, Alt-drag (Win-
dows) or Option-drag (Mac) either Timeline
Selection Marker to move both to a new lo-
cation (while keeping the same length).
Transport window with Start, End, and Length fields
displayed
Use the Period (.) or Left/Right Arrow keys
to move through the different time fields for
Start and End. Use the Up/Down Arrow
keys to increase or decrease the numerical
values.