Chapter 5: Working with Pro Tools LE 51
5 Record a drum track (see “Recording an Audio
Track” on page 47) keeping in mind that you
want to use only the best bar (measure). Your re-
cording should fit the grid at the specified
tempo and meter.
– or –
Import an existing audio file, such as a drum
loop from a sample library, and place it on an
audio track (see “Importing Audio” on page 45).
6 Click the Selector tool, and drag on the wave-
form with the Selector to make a one-bar selec-
tion. Note that the selection snaps to the
specified grid.
7 Create a new audio track (File > New Track).
8 From the Grabber pop-up menu, select the
Separation Grabber tool.
9 With the Separation Grabber tool, drag the se-
lection to the beginning of the new audio track.
A new region is created and appears at the be-
ginning of the new track.
10 With the new region still selected, choose
Edit > Repeat.
11 In the Repeat dialog, enter a number of re-
peats, and click OK.
You now have a new rhythm track with a
“looped” (repeated) phrase. You can use these
editing tools to do much more advanced and in-
volved editing of regions. For example, you
could separate beats or “hits” into individual re-
gions and rearrange them in Grid or Shuffle
mode as a way of coming up with new and in-
teresting rhythms.
Playlists and Nondestructive Editing
Playlists let you create and retrieve multiple ver-
sions of track edits. A playlist can be a complete
take, an overdub, or an arrangement of selec-
tions from multiple takes. You can duplicate
playlists to save edits in their current state, then
continue making additional edits to the new
playlist knowing you can always go back to the
previous version.
Making a selection in Grid mode
Dragging a selection with the Separation Grabber tool
Repeat dialog
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