Changing Track Views

For audio, Auxiliary Input, MIDI, and Instrument tracks, you can change to the next or previous Track View, or toggle between pre-defined common views.

Changing to Previous or Next Track View

When changing to the next or previous Track View, Track View list ordering is maintained as shown in the Track View selector.

Track Views at the beginning of the list (such as Blocks for audio or MIDI tracks) cannot be changed to the previous Track View. Tracks Views at the end of the list (such as a MIDI controllers option) cannot be changed to the next Track View.

To change to the previous or next Track View:

1 Click in the track you want to change. To change views on multiple tracks, Shift-click or drag the Selector tool to select additional tracks, or select a group.

2 Do one of the following:

To change to the previous or next Track View on all selected tracks, press Control+Command (Mac) or Control+Start (Windows) and the Left or Right Arrow key.

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To change to the previous or next Track View on all tracks, press Command+Option+Control (Mac) or Control+Alt+Start (Windows) and the Left or Right Arrow key.

Toggling Common Track Views

The most common editing view for audio tracks are Waveform and Volume view. The most common editing views for MIDI and Instrument tracks are Notes and Clips view. Pro Tools provides an easy way to toggle these views.

To toggle Track Views on tracks containing the edit cursor (or an Edit selection):

1 Click in the track you want to toggle. To toggle multiple tracks, Shift-click or drag with the Selector tool to select additional tracks.

2 Do one of the following:

Press Start+Minus (Windows) or Control+Minus (Mac) on the alphanumeric keyboard.

To toggle Track Views for all tracks, press Option+Control+Minus (Mac) or Alt+Start+Minus (Windows) on the alphanumeric keyboard.

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With Commands Keyboard Focus enabled (see Keyboard Focus), press Minus on the alphanumeric keyboard.

To toggle Track Views for all tracks with Command Focus enabled, press Option+Minus (Mac) or Alt+Minus (Windows) on the alphanumeric keyboard.

Audio tracks are toggled between Waveform and Volume view. MIDI and Instrument tracks are toggled between Notes and Clips view.