Expanding Channels to New Tracks

To expand alternate channels to new tracks:

1 In the Timeline, do one of the following:

To expand only a portion of the clips on the track, make a selection that includes or overlaps any number of clips on a track, and Right-click (Windows or Mac) or Control-click (Mac) the selection.

– or – 

To expand all of the clips on the track, Right-click (Windows or Mac) or Control-click (Mac) the track name.

2 Choose the Expand Channels to New Tracks pop-up menu, and select one of the following methods by which to expand alternate channels for the selection to new tracks:

By Channel Name

By Channel Number

By Channel Name and Number

By Timecode Only

If alternate channels are available, Pro Tools expands them to new tracks (including the channel represented in the original track) according to the chosen parameters.

It is not possible to rename files encoded with XML metadata. The file extension will always be .A1 and .A2 (even for stereo files). Also, it is not possible to rename files with a .L/.R suffix. As a result, Pro Tools does not always recognize these channels as a stereo pair.