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Avid Technology Pro Tools HD 7.2 User Manual

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What’s New in Pro Tools HD 7.2

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Recording Features and Enhancements

• Real-Time Display of waveforms during re-

cording for QuickPunch™, TrackPunch, and
DestructivePunch modes

• New DestructivePunch Mode

• Prepare DestructivePunch-Enabled Tracks

command

• DestructivePunch File Length Operation

preference

MachineControl Enhancements

• External Synchronizer Track Name Display

• New Edit Preview mode for machine track

arming

• Controlling Pro Tools with Third-Party Paddle

Devices

• Transport Arming

• Track Arming

• TrackInput Monitoring

• Mute Toggling

• Solo Toggling

• New “PEC/Direct Style Input Monitoring”

Operation preference

Editing Features and Enhancements

• New Shuffle Lock mode to prevent accidental

shuffling of regions

• Region-based editing in Automation views

• Display of fade boundaries and shapes in Au-

tomation View

• Enhanced region Copy/Paste behavior with

Grabber tools

• New Snap To commands for snapping regions

or Edit selections to other regions

• Enhanced editing of fades

• Move/Nudge fades within regions

• Move/Nudge crossfades

• Separate Region command works on fades

• Trim fades

• New “Automatically Create Fades For Im-

ported REX and ACID files” Editing prefer-
ence

• Region List Enhancements

• New Search options

• Display of multichannel metadata

• Support for digital field recorders

• Importing multichannel audio files and

metadata from field recorders

• Selection of alternate field recorder audio

channels in the Pro Tools timeline

Grouping Features and Enhancements

• 104 available groups (4 banks of 26)

• New Group functions

• New and selectable Mix group attributes

• Attribute preset buttons

• Linking of send and plug-in controls across

tracks

• New Group dialog and commands

• Modify Group

• Delete Group

• Duplicate Group

• New grouped control offset behavior

• Group offsets preserved when faders are

moved to extremes

• Indication of overflow in Automation

views