Using Collection Mode

Collection mode is available in Bar|Beat Marker Generation, Groove Template Extraction, or Clip Separation mode (audio only), and is accessed by selecting Collection in the Detection pop-up menu.

To use Collection mode:

1 In the Edit window, make an audio selection on a single track. Make sure the selection’s start and end points fall cleanly on the beat.

2 In the Beat Detective window, select one of the following modes:

Bar|Beat Marker Generation

Groove Template Extraction

Clip Separation (audio only)

3 Define or capture the selection as described in Defining a Beat Detective Selection.

4 Configure the Detection options so the selection’s peak transients are accurately detected (see Generating Beat Triggers).

5 From the Detection pop-up menu, select Collection.

6 In the Detection (Collection Mode) section, click Add All to add all the current beat triggers to the collection.

7 From the Detection pop-up menu, select Normal and move the selection to the next track you want to analyze. Make sure to keep the selection range constant for each track.

Press Start+P (Windows) or Control+P (Mac) to move the selection up, or Start+Semi-colon (Windows) or Control+Semi-colon (Mac) to move the selection down. With Commands Keyboard Focus enabled, press “P” to move the selection up, or Semi-colon (;) to move the selection down. Hold the Shift key to retain and add to the current selection

8 Configure the Detection options so the selection’s peak transients are accurately detected (see Generating Beat Triggers).

9 Select Collection again.

10 Do one of the following:

In the Detection (Collection Mode) section, click Add Unique to add only the unique triggers from the track to the collection. When you choose to add unique triggers, Pro Tools looks for triggers that are close to triggers already collected from other tracks. Where triggers already exist, the newly detected triggers are discarded.

Click Add All to add all triggers to the collection.

Click Clear All to clear all triggers from the collection.

Each new set of triggers added to the collection appears in a different color. If successive triggers in the collection are located closely together (for example, because of microphone leakage), Beat Detective keeps only the earlier triggers.

11 Repeat steps 7–10 for each additional track you are analyzing.

The beat triggers stored in the Collection mode are saved with sessions. Therefore, when a session is opened later, the previous collection material is still there (until it is cleared).

12 Once the beat triggers have been added to the collection, you can use them to generate Bar|Beat Markers or groove template, or separate clips. However, this must be done from the Collection Mode section (when the triggers are displayed in multiple colors).

To separate clips across multiple tracks, make sure to extend the selection to any additional tracks before separating.