Mixing - DigiDesign Digi 002 Getting Started Manual

With the Separation Grabber tool, drag the se-
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lection to the beginning of the new audio track.
A new region is created and appears at the be-
ginning of the new track.
Dragging a selection with the Separation Grabber tool
With the new region still selected, choose
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Region > Loop.
Region Looping dialog
In the Region Looping dialog, enter the
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number times you want to loop the region, and
click OK.
You now have a new rhythm track with a
"looped" (repeated) phrase.
You can use these editing tools and Beat Detec-
tive to do much more advanced editing of re-
gions.
Grouping Regions
The Region Groups feature in Pro Tools lets you
group regions on multiple adjacent audio,
MIDI, and Instrument tracks. Region Groups are
useful for groove and tempo manipulation, ed-
iting, and arranging.
For more information on Region Groups, see
the Pro Tools Reference Guide.

Mixing

The Pro Tools mix environment provides many
familiar channel strip controls for setting vol-
ume, pan, solo, and mute. Mixer and I/O con-
trols can be shown in both the Mix and Edit
windows.
To view the Mix window:
Select Window > Mix.
Press Control+Equals (=) (Windows) or
Command+Equals (=) (Macintosh) to
switch between the Edit and Mix windows.
There are also dedicated Mix and Edit win-
dow buttons on the Digi 002.
Using Channel Strip Controls
The following controls are common to Audio,
Auxiliary Input, and Instrument tracks.
Volume Fader Increase or decrease the track level
by dragging its Volume fader up or down.
Pan Slider Pan a track left or right in the mix by
dragging its Pan slider left or right.
Solo Button Solo a track (muting all other tracks)
by clicking its Solo button.
Mute Button Mute a track by clicking its Mute
button.
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