DigiDesign Pro Tools Reference Manual page 118

Duplicating Tracks
The Duplicate Track command lets you dupli-
cate one or more tracks, including their audio or
MIDI data, playlists, automation, and other at-
tributes.
When duplicating multiple tracks, you can also
choose to have the new tracks follow the last se-
lected track (or have each new track follow its
source track).
To duplicate one or more tracks:
Select the tracks you want to duplicate.
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For information, see "Selecting Tracks" on
page 104.
Do one of the following:
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• Choose Track > Duplicate.
• Press Alt+Shift+D (Windows) or Op-
tion+Shift+D (Mac).
• Right-click the name of the track in the
Track List, or Mix or Edit window, and se-
lect Duplicate.
Duplicate Tracks dialog
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In the Duplicate Tracks dialog, configure the
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following options as needed:
• Enter how many copies you want to create
by typing into the Number of Duplicates
field.
• To copy the currently active (visible) Edit
playlist from the source track, enable Ac-
tive Playlist.
• To copy all Edit playlists on the source
track, enable Alternate Playlists
• To copy all automation from the source
track, enable Automation.
• To copy all plug-in and insert assignments,
enable Inserts.
• To copy all sends and send assignments,
enable Sends.
• To maintain all Mix and Edit Group assign-
ments, enable Group Assignments.
If duplicating multiple tracks, do one of the
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following:
• If you want all the newly created tracks to
follow the last selected source track (to the
far-right of the Mix window, and at the bot-
tom of the Edit window), enable the Insert
after Last Selected Track option.
– or –
• If you want each newly-created track to be
inserted directly after its source track, dis-
able the option.
Click OK to duplicate tracks according to the
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settings in the Duplicate Tracks dialog. Click
Cancel to close the dialog and not create dupli-
cate tracks.
In the Mix window, each duplicate track is cre-
ated to the right of its original track. In the Edit
window, each duplicate track is created below
its original track.