5. Navigating and Playing Sessions

When you start to work with audio and MIDI in your session, you’ll want to view and audition your material quickly and efficiently.

This chapter shows the main tools for navigating the Pro Tools Edit window, arranging and customizing your view of tracks, and the various ways to play back material.

Adjusting Track Height

You can adjust the display of individual tracks in the Edit window to any of the following preset heights: micro, mini, small, medium, large, jumbo, and extreme. You can also fit tracks to the Edit window.

At track heights smaller than medium, fewer track controls are displayed. Track View and Track Timebase menus become available on the Track Height selector.

To adjust the height of a track: ...

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