Digidesign 2 Manual De Usuario

window. The Trimmer, Grabber, and Pencil tools 
have multiple modes. Click and select the de-
sired mode from a pop-up menu for these Edit 
tools.

Editing Regions

The Edit tools in Pro Tools LE are used to edit re-
gions in the Edit window. A region is a piece of 
audio or MIDI data that can also have associated 
automation data. A region could be a loop, a 
guitar riff, a verse of a song, a sound effect, a 
piece of dialog, or an entire sound file. In 
Pro Tools, regions are created from audio or 
MIDI files, and can be arranged in audio and 
MIDI track playlists.

Trimming Regions

The following example demonstrates how you 
might trim a region to exclude unwanted audio. 
After having recorded an audio track (for exam-
ple, a guitar solo), you will have an audio region 
on that track. If there is some silence at the be-
ginning of the region that you want to trim, and 
there is some extra audio at the end of the re-
gion that you want to trim, you can use the 
Trimmer tool in Slip mode to shorten the begin-
ning and end of the region as desired.

To trim an audio region:

1  

Select Slip mode.

2  

Select the Trimmer tool.

3  

Move the cursor near the beginning of the au-

dio region (notice the cursor changes to a “[”).

4  

Click at the beginning of the region and drag 

right to shorten the region.

5  

Move the cursor near the end of the audio re-

gion (notice the cursor changes to a “]”).

Zoomer

Trimmer 

Selector 

Grabber 

Scrubber

Pencil

Smart Tool