Expanding Matching Field Recorder Channels to New Tracks

(Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit Only)

When working with a mono clip that is part of a multichannel recording, you can expand that clip (or a selected portion of it) to new tracks that reflect its matching channels while preserving any edits or fades.

Matching field recorder channels are mono channels that were usually recorded simultaneously with the original clip (such as multichannel recordings made by one or more field recorders). For information on setting the detailed criteria that matching channels must meet, see Conditions for Matching Field Recorder Channel Availability.

For example, this feature lets you easily create different versions of an edited dialogue track corresponding to multiple channel inputs (microphones) that were recorded simultaneously.

To expand matching field recorder channels to new tracks:

1 In the Timeline, do one of the following:

To expand a single clip on a single track, right-click the clip.

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

To expand all of the clips on a mono track, Right-click the track’s name plate.

The channel you plan to expand must be mono.

2 Choose the Expand Channels to New Tracks submenu, and select one of the following methods by which to expand matching field recorder channels for the selection to new tracks:

By Match Criteria

By Timecode Only

When expanding only a portion of the clips on a track, the By Match Criteria option will be grayed out if there are no valid matches found, or if the ANY option is chosen in the Field Recorder Channels Match Criteria dialog and no criteria are selected.

See Determining the Method of Expanding Matching Field Recorder Channels to New Tracks for more information on how each of these options expand to new tracks.

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

 

Result of expanding a selection to new tracks