Why not reduce that on-screen clutter with the Clear Unused Regions command!
Here’s a handy way to eliminate all the unused regions from the list with a quick little keyboard shortcut combo.
Starting Point: Assuming your starting with a session that has a number of unused audio or MIDI regions piling up in the Regions List.
Starting Point: Regions List ~ not all of these regions are being used
1. Use the keyboard shortcut, Shift+⌘+U (Mac), or Shift+Ctrl+U (Win). This will select all of the currently unused regions in the session / regions list. Selected regions are highlighted blue.
1. Unused Regions are highlighted after using the Select Unused Regions Command
2. Use the keyboard shortcut, Shift+⌘+B (Mac), or Shift+Ctrl+B (Win) to “Clear Selected Regions from Regions List”.
Remove Vs. Delete
If there are Whole Regions (indicated by bold font in the list) being cleared, you’ll be prompted to tell Pro Tools if you want to permanently delete them or just remove them from the current session.
It is always best to select Remove unless you specifically want to delete the files.
Remember, there may be other sessions on your system that need the audio in this sessions Audio Files folder. If you select Delete, the deleted Audio Files will no longer be available to any sessions that use them.
2. Select Remove when presented with this dialog
3. Select Remove. The unused regions are removed from the list.
3. Regions List with all the unused regions cleared.
That’s it!
