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M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio User Manual

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Chapter 23: Edit Modes and Tools

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To Loop Trim a looped region:

1

Select the Loop Trimmer tool.

2

Move the cursor over the top half of the

looped region (not over a Loop icon). The cursor
indicates the Loop Trimmer tool.

3

Trim the looped region.

The number of loops increases or decreases to
fill the new length of the entire looped region.

To trim the source region (loop iteration) of a
looped region:

1

Select the Loop Trimmer tool.

2

Move the cursor over a Loop icon in the

looped region, or anywhere along the bottom of
the region. The cursor indicates the Trimmer
tool icon.

3

Trim the start or end of the loop iteration.

The number of trimmed loop iterations in-
creases or decreases to fill the original length of
the entire looped region.

Looped region

Loop trimming a looped region

Hold down the Start key on Windows, or
the Control key on Mac, while trimming to
trim in loop iteration increments.

Trimming a looped region does not trim any
underlying Fades.

Loop Trimmer tool

Loop icon

Looped region

Trimming a looped region

Trimmed looped region

Trimmer tool

Loop icon