Editing During Playback
Pro Tools | First lets you perform many editing tasks while the project plays. This powerful capability lets you interactively modify and edit a project, hearing the changes as you make them.
Following are just a few examples of editing and arranging tasks that can be performed while playing back a project:
• Capture, separate, cut, copy, paste, and trim clips
• Place, spot, or rearrange clips
• Add fades or crossfades to audio clips
• Quantize MIDI notes and audio events
• Transpose and otherwise modify MIDI tracks
• Nudge audio or MIDI clips
• Adjust or scale automation and MIDI continuous controller data
• Insert real-time plug-ins
• Apply Real-Time (and Rendered) Elastic Audio processing
• Process audio with an AudioSuite plug-in
• Automation editing
There are a few things that cannot be changed while Pro Tools plays, as noted in relevant topics.
Use Loop Playback for auditioning and editing loops during playback. See “Playback Modes” on page 203.