M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio - Manual (Page 748)

Pro Tools Reference Guide 730
Shift Command
Use the Shift command to move track material
forward or back in time by a specified amount.
The Shift command can operate on selections,
regions, MIDI notes, MIDI controller data, and
automation breakpoints.
To shift a selection or region:
1 With the Selector or Time Grabber tool, select
the track material you want to shift. The selected
material can reside on multiple tracks.
2 Choose Edit > Shift. In the Shift dialog, select
whether the data will be moved Earlier or Later.
3 Click in one of the Timebase fields to specify
the amount by which the material will be
shifted. Entering a value in one Timebase field
automatically updates the others.
4 If you want to shift material with greater pre-
cision, select the Use Subframes option.
5 Click OK. The material is shifted earlier or later
by the specified amount.
If a portion of a region was selected, new regions
are created from the selection and from any ma-
terial outside of the selection.
The Shift command works the same regardless of
the Edit mode. For example, adjacent regions
are overlapped in Shuffle mode, the Spot dialog
does not appear when in Spot mode, and shifted
material does not snap to the Grid when in Grid
mode.
Locking Regions
In many cases you may want to “lock” regions
or region groups to a specific time location to
keep them from being moved inadvertently.
You may also want to protect them from being
inadvertently edited. Pro Tools provides two dif-
ferent commands for locking regions: Edit lock-
ing and Time locking.
Edit Locking Regions
If you have a region or group of regions that you
want to protect from being inadvertently edited,
you can Edit lock them. Regions that are Edit-
locked cannot be edited (such as cutting, delet-
ing, separating, or trimming) or moved to a dif-
ferent time location. Copied edit-locked regions
can be pasted to any other track or time loca-
tion, but the copy will also be Edit-locked at the
new time location.
To Edit lock (or unlock) a region:
1 With the Time Grabber, select the region or re-
gions to Edit lock (or unlock). The regions can
reside on multiple tracks.
Shift dialog