Using collection mode – M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio User Manual

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Using Collection Mode

Collection mode is available in Bar|Beat Marker
Generation, Groove Template Extraction, or Re-
gion Separation mode (audio only), and is ac-
cessed by selecting Collection in the Detection
pop-up menu.

To use Collection mode:

1

In the Edit window, make an audio selection

on a single track. Make sure the selection’s start
and end points fall cleanly on the beat.

2

In the Beat Detective window, select one of

the following modes:

• Bar|Beat Marker Generation

• Groove Template Extraction

• Region Separation (audio only)

3

Define or capture the selection as described in

“Defining a Beat Detective Selection” on
page 552
.

4

Configure the Detection options so the selec-

tion’s peak transients are accurately detected
(see “Generating Beat Triggers” on page 554).

5

From the Detection pop-up menu, select Collec-

tion

.

6

In the Detection (Collection Mode) section,

click Add All to add all the current beat triggers to
the collection.

7

From the Detection pop-up menu, select Nor-

mal

and move the selection to the next track you

want to analyze. Make sure to keep the selection
range constant for each track.

8

Configure the Detection options so the selec-

tion’s peak transients are accurately detected
(see “Generating Beat Triggers” on page 554).

9

Select Collection again.

10

Do one of the following:

• In the Detection (Collection Mode) sec-

tion, click Add Unique to add only the
unique triggers from the track to the collec-
tion. When you choose to add unique trig-
gers, Pro Tools looks for triggers that are
close to triggers already collected from
other tracks. Where triggers already exist,
the newly detected triggers are discarded.

• Click Add All to add all triggers to the collec-

tion.

• Click Clear All to clear all triggers from the

collection.

Beat Detective, Collection mode options

Press Start+P (Windows) or Control+P
(Mac) to move the selection up, or
Start+Semi-colon (Windows) or Con-
trol+Semi-colon (Mac) to move the selection
down.

With Commands Keyboard Focus enabled,
press “P” to move the selection up, or Semi-
colon (;) to move the selection down. Hold
down the Shift key to retain and add to the
current selection

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