M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio - Manual (Page 399)

Chapter 19: Audio Recording 381
6 Click Record in the Transport to arm Pro Tools
for recording.
7 Click Play to start recording.
8 Click Stop to stop recording.
An audio file for the new take is written to disk
and appears as an audio region both in the
track’s new playlist and in the Region List.
Selecting a previous playlist from track’s Playlist
selector recalls its regions as they previously ap-
peared in the track. At any time, all regions from
all playlists are available in the Region List, and
can be mixed and matched between playlists
and tracks.
Loop Recording Audio
Pro Tools provides a loop recording feature that
lets you record take after take while the same
section of audio repeats over and over. This is a
convenient technique for quickly recording
multiple takes of a part without losing sponta-
neity.
When loop recording, you must first specify the
start and end points for the loop. Though there
are several ways to set record and play ranges
(see “Setting Punch and Loop Points” on
page 372), the easiest is to select the range to be
looped in the track’s playlist (ensure that Options
> Link Timeline and Edit Selection
is selected).
The pre-roll setting, if enabled, is used only dur-
ing the first record pass, and the post-roll set-
ting, if enabled, is used only on the last record
pass. Pre- and post-roll times are ignored on
each successive loop. To compensate for this,
you may want to make the loop range slightly
longer. Later, you can trim back the recorded
takes to the proper length with the Trim tool
(see “Using the Trimmer Tools” on page 458).
When loop recording audio, Pro Tools creates a
single audio file that includes all takes. Takes ap-
pear as individual regions in the Region List and
are numbered sequentially. Once you stop re-
cording, you can audition any of the recorded
takes.
To loop record an audio track:
1 Do one of the following:
• Select Options > Loop Record. When Loop
Record mode is enabled, a loop symbol ap-
pears in the Record button.
– or –
• Right-click the Record button in the Trans-
port and select Loop.
2 Record enable the audio track by clicking its
Record Enable button.
3 Select Options > Link Timeline and Edit Selection.
4 With the Selector tool, select the loop range
on the track. For other methods of setting the
record range, see “Setting Punch and Loop
Points” on page 372.
For more information on playlists and play-
list editing, see “Playlists” on page 529.
To use alternate takes created with Loop
Record in other sessions (such as when
using Import Session Data), export region
definitions (see “Exporting Region Defini-
tions” on page 289). If region definitions
are not exported, alternate takes created
with Loop Record will be inaccessible when
imported into another session.
Loop Recording enabled