Region Looping - DigiDesign Pro Tools Reference Manual

Choose Setup > Preferences.
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In the Preferences dialog, click the Processing
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tab and select Automatically Copy Files on Im-
port.
Click OK to close the Preferences dialog.
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Import all previously exported region groups
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by dragging and dropping them into the ses-
sion.
The audio files folder of the new session now
contains all files referenced by the region
groups.
Importing a Region Group
To import a region group:
Drag and drop the region group file from a
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DigiBase browser or from Windows Explorer or
Mac Finder to the Timeline, a track, the Track
List, or the Region List.
Dropping a region group has the following dif-
ferent results depending on where you drop it:
• When dropping a region group in a track,
Pro Tools checks for the matching track for-
mat, number of channels, and (in the case of
multitrack region groups) if there are enough
matching adjacent tracks to import the region
group file. If these criteria match, the region
group is imported and spotted to the drop lo-
cation in the track or tracks.
• Dropping a region group on the Timeline or
on the Track List creates new tracks for the im-
ported region group.
• Dropping a region group in the Region List
adds a new region group in the Region List.
All audio and MIDI regions, and even other
region groups, contained within the dropped
region group also appear in the Region List.
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Region Looping

Audio regions, MIDI regions, and region groups
can all be looped using the Region > Loop and
Unloop menu commands. Looping regions is an
easy and powerful way to repeat a single region
on a track or regions across tracks for composing
and arranging. Looping regions provides more
flexibility than the traditional Pro Tools Repeat
and Duplicate menu commands.
Looped regions repeat the source region as
many times as specified in the Region Looping
dialog, or enough to fill the specified Loop
Length (such as 30 seconds or until the next re-
gion on the track). The source region is the origi-
nal region selected for looping. Loop iterations
are all looped regions following the source re-
gion. In cases where a specific number of repeti-
tions has not been indicated, the last loop itera-
tion will be truncated to fill to the end of the
selection or specified Loop Length.
Once looped, the looped region can be edited
much like a region group. For example, selecting
and moving a looped region selects and moves
the source region and all its loop iterations to-
gether.