How to Make Floating Windows in Pro Tools
After you become accustomed to using Pro Tools to make music on your computer, you’ll want to configure the work area with floating windows. You can set up floating windows to your specifications to make your work flow more efficient and intuitive. Pro Tools enables you to set up and save up to 99 different window configurations, which you can use for different types of projects. For example, you could set up one configuration for composing commercial jingles, and another one for working on recordings of a four-piece jazz group.
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Launch Pro Tools on your computer. The Quick Start window appears.
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Click “Create Blank Session” to create a new session, then type a name for the session, then click a folder on your computer where you want to save it, and then click “Save.” Click “Open Recent Session” or click “Open Session” if you want to open a previously saved session, then click the name of a session to select it, and then click “Open.”
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Click “Window” from the Pro Tools menu bar, and then click a window, such as “Mix,” “MIDI Editor” or “Score Editor.” The window opens, floating above the main Pro Tools application window.
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Click the top of a floating window, and then drag it to reposition it where you want it.
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Click “Window” from the menu bar, then click “Configurations,” and then click “New Configuration” when you want to save the floating windows configuration. Type a name for the configuration, such as “Rock Music Recording Session,” and then click “Save.”
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