Pro tools edit window length

But it was the same under 9 and snow leopard on my system. Haven't run into that exact problem, but I feel your pain. I wonder if the session setup window can adjust your times. I know you can change the start time there.

Are you importing from a template or another session? Maybe just try trashing the prefs. In terms of shortcuts, you can always double click the zoom tool to zoom out fully. You can set up your zoom presets on Or you can place a marker and have it remember the zoom settings so you use memory location shortcuts.

We will take a look at all the basic edit tools found within Pro Tools. Yes, we do have another article on this topic on our website but it is impossible to do a proper tutorial on editing techniques without discussing edit modes. As their name suggests, they are meant to be used in different scenarios of editing.

You can actually combine the modes between the when you want a little bit of one and a little of the other. This modes are called snap to grid modes and can be engaged by clicking on grid and then shift clicking on any other mode. Behavior varies from mode to mode. Beyond recording there are other ways to create clips through editing — quite a lot actually. There are two command that fall into it:. Now highlight the new clip with the Grabber tool and move it to a new part of the timeline.

Note how you can place it on top of other clips, and you have complete freedom over where it lands. Engage Grid mode by clicking on the Grid button or by pressing [F4]. If you accidentally find yourself in Relative Grid mode, press the button or [F4] again to revert to standard Grid mode.

Similarly, when you try to select audio from within a clip with the Selector tool you can only select a full bar at a time. The Smart Tool can also be used to quickly draw fades by clicking with the mouse pointer in the top left or right of the clip the pointer should change to display a square with a diagonal line and shading and dragging inwards. With Shuffle Mode engaged [F1] any clips you move will automatically position themselves next to the previous clip when moved.

By moving the clip that we chopped out back next to the clip at the start we should find that we have put this edit back together. Use the Trim tool to expand the clip to the end. Note how the clip at the end of the track moves out to make way for the expanding clip before it. Click on the clip at the end of the track that has been moved out of its original position.

This will display the Spot dialog box. You can put a clip back in its original position by using the Time Stamp. The clip will now be back into its original position. Avid Pro Tools.