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Chapter 11: Tracks

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To create new tracks:

1

Do one of the following to open the New

Tracks dialog:

• Choose Track > New.

– or –

• Right-click any Track Name in the Mix or

Edit windows, or Track List, and choose
New

.

2

Select the type of track you want to add from

the Track Type pop-up menu.

3

Select the track format (mono, stereo, or one

of the multichannel surround formats) from the
Track Format

pop-up menu. Surround formats

are available on Pro Tools|HD systems or
Pro Tools LE with the Complete Production
Toolkit option.

4

Select the timebase (samples or ticks) from the

Track Timebase

pop-up menu.

5

Enter the number of new tracks.

6

Do any of the following:

• To add more tracks, click the Add Row but-

ton.

– or –

• To remove a track, click the Remove Row

button.

7

To reorder tracks, click a Move Row icon and

drag it up or down.

8

Click Create.

Press Control+Shift+N (Windows) or
Command+Shift+N (Mac) to open the New
Tracks dialog

New Tracks dialog

To auto-scroll the Track Type pop-up menu
in the New Tracks dialog, press Control
(Windows) or Command (Mac) and use the
Up/Down Arrow keys.

To auto-scroll the Track Format pop-up
menu, press Control (Windows) or
Command (Mac) and use the Left/Right
Arrow keys.

Number of new tracks

Track Format

Track Type

Track Timebase

Add/Remove Row

To auto-scroll the Track Timebase pop-up
menu, press Control+Alt (Windows) or
Command+Option (Mac) and use the
Up/Down Arrow keys.

If you are creating various multiple new
tracks, you can move to the next or previous
row’s Number of New Tracks field by press-
ing Tab or Shift+Tab.

Add a new track by pressing Control+N
(Windows) or Command+N (Mac), or by
pressing Control+Plus (+) (Windows) or
Command+Plus (+) (Mac) on the numeric
keypad.

To remove the last track from the New
Tracks dialog Control+Minus (–) (Win-
dows) or Command+Minus (–) (Mac).

Move Row icon in the New Tracks dialog

Move Row icon