Nudge in pro tools 9

Pro Tools is powerful and knowing fundamental editing techniques Pro Tools has to offer can greatly speed up your workflow so that you stay with the creative spark rather than being bogged down with the process. A key way of speeding up that workflow is understanding nudging and shifting clips and selections. Working in grid mode can be useful, especially when using the mouse to move clips within the timeline, but it is far more efficient to use keyboard shortcuts.

This is where nudging comes in, as you can make very precise incremental movements by nudging a clip, multiple clips or selections within a track or across multiple tracks. Next select the clip s with the grabber tool and use the plus and minus keys on the Numeric keypad to move the clip s later or earlier in the track by the selected nudge increment.

It is important to bear in mind that nudging audio will always move the selected audio without moving adjacent clips, regardless of edit mode. By default, the nudge value is set to follow the main time scale of your session, but you can disable this from the nudge value popup.

This is especially useful in a post production project as although you may be referencing Timecode, you may wish to nudge the music by Bars Beats. To set a nonstandard nudge value, click on the current number in the nudge value and type in a different value. It is worth pointing out that Pro Tools has both Edit and Timeline selections which can be useful in more advanced workflows. Edit selections are made within the track, whereas Timeline selection are made in the Timeline ruler at the top of the Edit window.

By default these are linked together with the Link Timeline and Edit Selection function. Timeline and Edit selection indicators can both be found in the main time base ruler. However if these are linked you will only see the Timeline indicators. When nudging an edit selection, your selection moves forward or backward within the track without affecting the underlying media in that track.

To nudge an Edit selection hold shift and press the plus or minus keys on the numeric keypad. The timeline selection indicates the area that Pro Tools will playback when you press play. It is especially useful in being able to maintain the same playback range yet audition a completely different area of the track in the Edit selection. Some Pro Tools shortcuts have tooltips , which can be activated by hovering over them with the mouse.

How to use: Click on a shortcut category on the left, then hover over a function on the right. Alternatively, enter a keyword into the search input field, and hover over the search results.

You can close the search result window with the escape key, or by clicking outside its boundaries. The appropriate keyboard shortcut will light up. Commit to memory! Tooltips Some Pro Tools shortcuts have tooltips , which can be activated by hovering over them with the mouse. Yep, got it. Stop record and discard take. Loop Playback of Edit Selection. Shuttle Lock stop Classic or Transport mode 0.

Shuffle Mode F1. Slip Mode F2. Spot Mode F3. Grid Mode F4. Zoomer Tool F5.