select and break (Pro Tools)

Post by **~ufo~** » 20 Feb 2016 22:16

Perhaps I'm missing something but a way to select a bit of audio and drag only that selection away in stead of the whole clip, would be cool.

Post by **Support Team** » 08 Mar 2016 15:38

Yeah, it would be cool if Avid made the Pro Tools Smart Tool a little "smarter"

In the meantime, we suggest you to do this:

Select the Smart Tool
Select the "bit of audio" that you want to drag away (using the Smart Tool: select and drag using the top half of the Clip)
Launch the attached "Separate Clip At Selection" Macro
Drag away the new clip (using the Smart Tool: drag using the bottom half of the Clip)

Is it fast enough?

Post by **~ufo~** » 08 Mar 2016 17:26

I've seen people do it on Raven though. How does Raven do it?

Post by **DT_bettinzana** » 08 Mar 2016 19:16

~ufo~ wrote:I've seen people do it on Raven though. How does Raven do it?

Hello ~ufo~, can you link a video where you see somebody doing this on the Raven. What they do with the Raven in the Edit window is directly performed on the Pro Tools window itself; Raven does nothing in that case, so it should something embedded in Pro Tools.
Anyway, a video could be of help.

Post by **~ufo~** » 08 Mar 2016 20:06

Yup. Right here: https://youtu.be/8D0ERb1NtfI?t=17s

(starting from 0:17)

I see that grabber (hand) tool has little scissors in them so I guess IT IS just a Pro Tools function.
Great. I'll look into that.

Holger · Post by **Holger** » 08 Mar 2016 20:11

~ufo~ wrote:I see that grabber (hand) tool has little scissors in them so I guess IT IS just a Pro Tools function.
Great. I'll look into that.

Great find! You can switch the grabber tool to separation tool and still use it within the smart tool.

Edit: now the question is if it makes more sense to always switch the tool, or just separate the region with the press of a button.

Post by **~ufo~** » 08 Mar 2016 20:27

Well, we'll see.

I'm going to try and keep the smart tool parked in this "separation grabber" mode for a while and see how we get on.

At the moment, I can't think of a situation where I wouldn't want that functionality.
I don't believe I ever drag a selection unless I separate it and then drag it away.
When you use the separation dragger on an unselected clip, it'll just work as normal.
I'm sure I'll run into a situation where this functionality is unhandy, but I can't think of anything right now.

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