Shuffle Mode in Pro Tools
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Getting started with how to use Shuffle Mode in Pro Tools
Pro Tools is a software that lets you produce, record, edit and mix audio as well as MIDI performances.
After we are done with the recording stage of a production, we will get into the editing stage.
When editing, we typically correct timing differences, human error, compile takes and create crossfades. In other words, we manipulate and move audio clips on the timeline.
Pro Tools presents four different “Edit Modes” that help us achieve these operations.
Grid Modes affect the movement and placement of audio and MIDI clips, the way commands such as Copy and Paste work, and also how the edit tools operate (trim, selector, grabber, etc).
Today we will learn how to use Shuffle Mode in Pro Tools:
- Create or Open a Pro Tools session:
2. Edit Modes can be selected at the top left menu:
3. Click on “Shuffle” to select the Shuffle Mode:
It will turn red indicating it is active.
In Shuffle Mode, you can move, trim, cut, delete or paste clips freely within a track, but their movement is constrained by other clips.
If you place several clips on a track, they will snap to each other. You can then “shuffle” their order, but you can’t separate the clips, nor overalp.
If there were to be a silence between clips and you “shuffle” them, the silence will be preserved.
If you add another clip to the beginning of a track, all subsequent clips are moved to the right.
If you Trim a portion of the clip, all clips will be shuffled according to this length of trimmed space.
4. Add two more clips to the track:
It can be seen how as soon as the clips were added, they automatically “snapped” to each other.
5. Try moving the first clip to the end of the track:
As explained before, when we moved the first clip to the end, they all got “shuffled”.
6. Consider a case in which there are several clips in a track, with a silence space between them:
Try shuffling them:
The silence space is preserved as mentioned before!
7. Now consider the previous case:
Try trimming half of the second clip:
Once again, the clip is trimmed and the clips are snapped, as expected on Shuffle Mode.
And that is it!
At this point, we have successfully explained how to use Shuffle Mode in Pro Tools.
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