How do you like to view your regions and wave forms? Do you have a preference? Or do you only zoom in or out in Pro Tools First when you need to inspect part of the waveform? Share your comments below…Ĭlick here to download your free copy of Pro Tools First.Ĭlick here for a Pro Tools First Tutorial on how to set up markers in your sessions.If your computer can’t handle running a separate track with its own real-time plug-in chain for every song on an album, a good compromise is to use two tracks with plug-in chains. Doing this will make the wave forms shorter in height within their regions.Įach of the steps above can be followed to customize the way you view your regions and your wave forms. To make the wave forms within the regions shorter in height, simply click in the lower half of the above icon. Zoom in or out in Pro Tools First: zoom out to make wave forms shorter: To make your wave forms taller, simply click in the upper half of this icon:ĭoing so will make the wave forms increase in height within their regions: Making the wave forms bigger or smaller within the regions is really simple in Pro Tools First. Zoom in or out in Pro Tools First: zoom in to make wave forms taller: You simply make your zoom and then you can carry on with your session, as the cursor’s function has been changed back out of zoom mode automatically. This is useful if you know that you only want to zoom in or out once. Here, you can select single zoom mode:Įnabling single zoom mode means that your cursor can be used to carry out a single zoom in or out, and will then automatically revert back to your cursors previous setting. If you hold down the magnifying glass icon, a drop down menu appears. This offers a simple and quick way to zoom in or out in Pro Tools First.) Zoom in or out in Pro Tools First: Single Zoom mode: (Shortcut: press the T key on your keyboard to zoom in or the R key to zoom out. In fact, you could even zoom out enough to view the entire session if you wanted to. So now, with option/alt held down, clicking on the regions will zoom the regions out:īeing able to zoom out comes in handy if you want to view more of your session’s regions on your screen. Zoom in or out in Pro Tools First: zoom out to make the regions narrower:īy holding down option/alt (mac) or alt (win) the positive sign that the cursor displays will change to a negative sign when zoom mode is enabled. Being able to see this level of detail comes in handy for things like lining up pieces of audio so that they start at exactly the same time. This allows you to see things in far greater detail. This is really useful for zooming in to have a close look at the region’s waveform. By clicking on any region, all of the regions will be zoomed in, making the view wider: When you hover over a region, the cursor will display a positive sign. To make the regions wider, simply click this magnifying glass icon:Įntering this mode enables you to zoom in or out in Pro Tools First. Zoom in or out in Pro Tools First: zoom in to make the regions wider: This enables you to examine finite detail, to fit everything into one screen, or to do just about anything in between. It allows you to increase or decrease the size of both the regions and the wave forms in your session. Zooming in or out in Pro Tools First is really useful, and its really easy too. In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to zoom in or out in Pro Tools First.