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Mixing &#8211; New Plug-In Librarian functionality for saving and restoring settings.- New half-width-strip Mix window view.- Solo safe feature (&#8220;solo isolate) prevents muting of specified tracks. &#8211; Record safe feature prevents accidental enabling of track recording.- Improved, plasma-style meters with clip indication.AudioSuite file-based processing- Gain Change, Normalize, Reverse, DC Offset Removal, Invert (Phase), Duplicate, Time Compression\/Expansion, Pitch Shift.- Automatic separation and creation of processed regions.- Support for batch-processing of files in the Regions List.Editing(Refer to the &#8220;Editing&#8221;chapter of this User&#8217;s Guide)- Waveform drawing with a Sound Designer II-type Pencil Tool. &#8211; Edit during playback capability.- Multiple edit playlists per track reduce the need for virtual tracks.- Takes List Pop-up displays list of takes with same user time stamp.- Enhanced crossfades with a new Curve Editor .- Fades feature a high-quality noise-shaped dither option .- Variable-height tracks, individually adjustable.- Tab-to-Sync Point capability.- Regions can be separated by insertion point, as well as by selection.- Relative automation trimming across edit groups.- Fine (Trim) control allows trimming with 0.1 dB accuracy.- Enhanced Strip Silence.- New Spot dialog allows you to see incoming code &#8220;live&#8221;when spotting.- Undo\/Redo for all edit operations.Audio and MIDI Regions Lists- Regions List now has its own on-screen menu.- New Find command for Finder-style searches of the Regions List.- Regions List sorting allows sorting by a variety of parameters.- File import\/convert\/export for all major audio file formats &#038; bit depths.- High-quality sample rate conversion to lower bit-depths &#038; SR.- Export Regions to disk as new sound files.- New Auto-rename function for selected regions.Misc- Headroom (Peak) mode option added to Track Level display- 200 Memory Locations for storing custom views of your session.- QuickTime video playback capability built in.- New Show\/Hide Tracks window.- MIDI &#8220;Personality&#8221;files add support for popular MIDI controllers.- Power Macintosh-Native code for faster processing and graphics. &#8211; Big Counter display.- New Transport can be reduced and zoomed.- Transport features loop and record status icons.- New Session Setup window replaces the Time Code window.- Pro Tools now uses OMS for all MIDI services.- Direct numerical keyboard navigation to session locations.- Session Lister functionality now included within Pro Tools.- New key shortcuts for all tools, edit modes, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"storecat":[],"itemids":[],"manufacturers":[33300],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out the New features in Pro Tools 4.0. page at Sweetwater \u2014 the world&#039;s leading music technology and instrument retailer!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/new-features-pro-tools-40\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New features in Pro Tools 4.0. - SweetCare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Automation &#8211; Touch, Latch and Absolute Write modes- Automation of volume, pan, mutes, TDM Plug-Ins, send levels, etc.- Automated parameters have individual edit playlists.- Snapshot-style automation capability.- Up to 26 user-definable Mix and Edit groups.- Relative fader grouping (faders maintain their relative levels). 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