Pro Tools Reference Guide400
Selecting All from Timebase Rulers
To select all material in all displayed audio and
MIDI tracks:
1 Enable Link Timeline and Edit Selection (Op-
tions > Link Timeline and Edit Selection).
2 Double-click in any Timebase ruler. All regions
in all displayed audio and MIDI tracks are se-
lected. Tracks that are hidden are not selected.
To select all material in all tracks, including
Conductor events:
1 Enable Link Timeline and Edit Selection (Op-
tions > Link Timeline and Edit Selection).
2 While pressing Control (Windows) or Option
(Mac), double-click in any Timebase ruler. All re-
gions in all displayed audio and MIDI tracks are
selected, including all events in each of the Con-
ductor tracks.
Making Selections While Playing
Pro Tools lets you make on-the-fly selections
with the Up and Down Arrow keys.
To make a selection while playing:
1 Enable Link Timeline and Edit Selection (Op-
tions > Link Timeline and Edit Selection).
2 With the Selector tool, click somewhere near
the beginning of the track in which you want to
make the selection.
3 Click Play in the Transport window to begin
playback.
4 When playback reaches the point where you
want the selection to begin, press the Down Ar-
row key.
5 Press the Up Arrow key at the point where you
want the selection to end. The selected range be-
comes highlighted.
6 To stop playback, click Stop in the Transport
window.
To automatically scroll to the beginning of the
selection (or to the location of the on-screen
cursor), press the Left Arrow key. To scroll to the
end of the selection, press the Right Arrow key.
While in Page Scroll or Continuous Scroll mode,
making a selection in the Timeline or a playlist
during playback as the playback cursor moves
off-screen suspends page scrolling. To resume
page scrolling and jump to the current playback
location, click the Playback Cursor locator in
the Main Timebase ruler (see “Locating the Play-
back Cursor” on page 394).
Object Selections
Use the Object Grabber tool to select noncontig-
uous regions on one or more tracks. Noncontig-
uous selections must encompass entire regions.
If you want a noncontiguous selection to in-
clude a portion of a region, first turn the portion
into a new region with the Separate Region com-
mand (see “Separate Region Commands” on
page 418).
To select noncontiguous regions:
1 Set the Edit mode to either Slip or Grid.
2 Click the Grabber tools pop-up menu and se-
lect “Object.”
The Object Grabber is not available when
the Edit mode is set to Shuffle or Spot.
Object Grabber tool
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