Selecting Alternate Takes on Tracks

For more information, see the following topics:

Matches and Multiple Tracks

Each clip resulting from a punch or loop record pass has an identical start time (the User Time Stamp). You can select and audition alternate takes from the Right-click Matches submenu or the Alternate Takes pop-up menu—even during playback.

To select an alternate take:

1 Configure the Matching Criteria window if necessary (see Matching Criteria).

2 Do one of the following:

Right-click the clip with the Selector or the Grabber tool, and select a matching alternate take from the Matches submenu in the pop-up menu.

 

Right-click Matches submenu

If the take currently residing in the track is selected, with the Selector tool, Control-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac) anywhere on the selected take and select a different take from the Alternate Takes pop-up menu.

With the Selector tool, Control-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac) at the precise beginning of the loop or punch range and select a different take from the Alternate Takes pop-up menu.

 

Alternate Takes pop-up menu

The selected matching alternate clip (take) replaces the clip in the main playlist and snaps precisely to the correct location.

One way to ensure that subsequent recording takes have the same User Time Stamp (and as such can be available as matching alternate clips) is to store punch and loop record selections as Memory Locations. Then, if you later need to record additional takes, recall the corresponding Memory Location.

To change the User Time Stamp of other clips so that they can be available as alternate matching clips for a specific location, use the Time Stamp command in the Clip List menu.