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To enter a new tempo, do one of the following:
• Click the Tempo value, type a new number,
and press Enter.
• Click the Tempo value and drag up or down
to change the setting. For finer resolution,
hold Command (Mac) or Control (Win-
dows) while dragging.
• Click the Tempo value and press the "T" key
on your computer keyboard at the desired
tempo to set the value.
Importing Audio
Many music production workflows include us-
ing audio loops and audio from sample libraries.
For example, you can use drum loops instead of
a click track for recording. You can even com-
bine and arrange audio loops and "one-shot"
samples from a variety of sources to create a
whole new piece of music.
Pro Tools Express provides a number of ways to
import audio files from different sources into a
session. You can import audio from a hard
drive, a network volume, an audio CD, or
removable media using the
command, or by dragging and dropping from a
DigiBase browser, or from the Finder (Mac) or
Windows Explorer (Windows).
Using the Import Audio
Command
Import Audio
The
command lets you import au-
dio files or clips into your Pro Tools session.
To import audio files or clips into a session using
the Import Audio command:
File > Import > Audio
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Choose
Import Audio
.
2
In the Import Audio dialog, locate and select
an audio file to display its properties and associ-
ated clips.
Import Audio dialog
3
To preview a selected file or clip before you im-
port it, click the Play button in the Import Audio
dialog. Click the Stop button to stop preview.
You can adjust the preview volume with the ver-
tical slider. To navigate to a particular location
in the file, use the horizontal slider under the
Play and Stop buttons.
The Preview Volume control in the Import
Audio dialog also affects the preview volume
when auditioning clips in the Clip List.
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Do any of the following:
• To place a file or clip in the Import list,
select the file and click
• To import all files and clips in the current
Add All
directory, click
• To remove a file or clip from the Import list,
select it and click
• To remove all files and clips, click
All
.
Introduction to Pro Tools Express
Add
Convert
or
.
Convert All
or
.
Remove
.
Remove
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