Expanding Matching Field Recorder Channels by Match Criteria

Choosing Expand Channels to New Tracks > By Match Criteria creates a new track for each unique channel found in matching channels of the selection that meets the criteria you’ve specified.

If channels with duplicate match criteria (such as Channel Name or Channel Number) are encountered, additional tracks are created for each duplicate channel. The new channels share the name of the original channel they were expanded from, appended with a period, followed by an identifying number. The first matching channel will be appended by .2, the second by .3, and so on.

Each new track contains only channels that match according to the specified match criteria, with edits and fades preserved from the original selection. Gaps reflect clips from the original selection that did not have a matching channel with that channel name.

 

Naming and Sorting Expanded Channels

For maximum flexibility, Pro Tools lets you control the naming and sorting of new channels created by the Expand Channels to New Tracks by Match Criteria command.

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Name and Sort Tracks by: section of the Field Recorder Channels Match Criteria dialog

This parameter can be set in the Field Recorder Channels Match Criteria dialog (for more info, see Field Recorder Channels Match Criteria.)

 

How Tracks Are Named When Expanding Matching Field Recorder Channels by Channel Name

Tracks expanded this way are named as follows:

For unique channel names that create only one track, each track is named using the original track’s name plus the channel name. For example, expanding the unique channel name Boom from the track Guide.A1 would create a new track called Guide.A1.Boom.

For unique channel names that create two or more tracks, each of the new tracks that share channel names are named by appending a period, followed by an identifying number. The first matching channel will be appended by .2, the second by .3, and so on. For example, expanding the duplicate channel names Boom from the track Guide.A1 would create Guide.A1.2 and Guide.A1.3.

How Tracks Are Named When Expanding Matching Field Recorder Channels by Channel Number

Tracks expanded this way are named as follows:

For unique channel numbers that create only one track, each track is named using the original track’s name plus the channel number. For example, expanding the unique channel number A1 from the track Guide.A1 would create a new track called Guide.A1.A1.

For unique channel number that create two or more tracks, each of the new tracks that share channel numbers are named by appending a period, followed by an identifying number. The first matching channel will be appended by .2, the second by .3, and so on. For example, expanding the duplicate channel numbers A1 from the track Guide.A1 would create Guide.A1.A1.2 and Guide.A1.A1.3.

How Tracks Are Named When Expanding Matching Field Recorder Channels by Channel Name & Number

Tracks expanded this way are named as follows:

For unique channel name and number combinations that create only one track, each track is named using the original track’s name plus the channel name and number. For example, expanding the unique channel name and number combination Boom.A1 from the track Guide.A1 would create a new track called Guide.A1.Boom.A1.

For unique channel name and number combinations that create two or more tracks, each of the new tracks that share channel name and numbers are named by appending a period, followed by an identifying number. The first matching channel will be appended by .2, the second by .3, and so on. For example, expanding the duplicate channel names Boom.A1 from the track Guide.A1 would create Guide.A1.A1.2 and Guide.A1.A1.3.