Consolidate Audio in Pro Tools
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Getting started with how to Consolidate Audio in Pro Tools
Pro Tools is a software that lets you produce, record, edit and mix audio as well as MIDI performances.
On modern days of music production we tend to record several takes of the same performance and apply all kinds of editing to them. We take bits and pieces from different takes and put them together applying crossfades and editing methods.
Once we have edited a performance, we might want to “consolidate” it.
The process of consolidating an audio track, basically takes all the audio clips contains on that track, and creates a brand new audio file with a brand new audio clip that contains the edits embedded.
This is a procedure we typically do after we have finished editing and we are prepping for mixing.
Today we will learn how to Consolidate Audio in Pro Tools.
- Open a Pro Tools session that contains an audio track with several edits:
2. Click and drag to select all the clips from the track.
The will appear highlighted as:
3. From the top menu bar click on: Edit -> Consolidate Clip:
The audio information will be consolidated into a single audio clip and a new audio file will be created as:
The new audio clip is easier to manage and move within the timeline since it is just one clip.
And that is it!
At this point, we have successfully explained how to Consolidate Audio in Pro Tools.
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