DigiDesign Pro Tools 8.0 Reference Manual page 183

To create new tracks:
Do one of the following to open the New
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Tracks dialog:
• Choose Track > New.
– or –
• Right-click any Track Name in the Mix or
Edit windows, or Track List, and choose
New.
Press Control+Shift+N (Windows) or
Command+Shift+N (Mac) to open the New
Tracks dialog
Number of new tracks
Track Type
Track Format
New Tracks dialog
Select the type of track you want to add from
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the Track Type pop-up menu.
To auto-scroll the Track Type pop-up menu
in the New Tracks dialog, press Control
(Windows) or Command (Mac) and use the
Up/Down Arrow keys.
Select the track format (mono, stereo, or one
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of the multichannel surround formats) from the
Track Format pop-up menu. Surround formats
are available on Pro Tools|HD systems or
Pro Tools LE with the Complete Production
Toolkit option.
To auto-scroll the Track Format pop-up
menu, press Control (Windows) or
Command (Mac) and use the Left/Right
Arrow keys.
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Track Timebase pop-up menu.
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Add/Remove Row
Track Timebase
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drag it up or down.
Move Row icon in the New Tracks dialog
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Select the timebase (samples or ticks) from the
To auto-scroll the Track Timebase pop-up
menu, press Control+Alt (Windows) or
Command+Option (Mac) and use the
Up/Down Arrow keys.
Enter the number of new tracks.
If you are creating various multiple new
tracks, you can move to the next or previous
row's Number of New Tracks field by press-
ing Tab or Shift+Tab.
Do any of the following:
• To add more tracks, click the Add Row but-
ton.
Add a new track by pressing Control+N
(Windows) or Command+N (Mac), or by
pressing Control+Plus (+) (Windows) or
Command+Plus (+) (Mac) on the numeric
keypad.
– or –
• To remove a track, click the Remove Row
button.
To remove the last track from the New
Tracks dialog Control+Minus (–) (Win-
dows) or Command+Minus (–) (Mac).
To reorder tracks, click a Move Row icon and
Click Create.
Move Row icon
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