M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio - Manual (Page 101)

Chapter 7: Preferences 83
Groups Assigns a color to each track according to
its Group ID. If groups are suspended using the
Suspend Groups
command, the tracks color bars
are not shown.
Track Type Assigns a color to each track accord-
ing to its type (audio, Auxiliary Input, Master
Fader, VCA Master, MIDI, Instrument, or
Video).
Default Region Color Coding Options
These color coding options determine the de-
fault color coding assignment for tracks, Marker
Locations, and regions residing in the track
playlist and Region List. The options are:
None Turns off color assignment for regions. Re-
gions are drawn with black waveform or MIDI
notes on a light gray background.
Tracks and MIDI Channels Assigns a color to
each region in the Edit window according to its
voice or MIDI channel assignment.
Tracks and MIDI Devices Assigns a color to each
region in the Edit window according to its voice
assignment or MIDI device assignment.
Groups Assigns a color to each region according
to the Group ID of its track. If groups are sus-
pended using the Suspend Groups command, all
regions display black waveforms or MIDI notes
on a light gray background.
Track Color Assigns a region color based on the
color assigned to the track.
Marker Locations Assigns a unique color to each
marker area in the Marker ruler, including the
area preceding the first marker.
Region List Color Assigns a color to each region
based on its color in the Region List.
Operation Preferences
Transport Section
Timeline Insertion/Play Start Marker Follows
Playback
When selected, the Timeline Insertion
and the Play Start Marker both move to the
point in the Timeline where playback stops.
When deselected, the Timeline Insertion and
Play Start Marker do not follow playback, but re-
turn to the point in time where playback began.
Edit Insertion Follows Scrub/Shuttle When se-
lected, the edit cursor automatically locates to
the point where scrubbing stops.
Audio During Fast Forward/Rewind When se-
lected, audio is audible during fast forward or re-
wind.
Press Start+N (Windows) or Control+N
(Mac) to toggle the Timeline Insertion/Play
Start Marker Follows Playback preference
on and off.