Quickly Name Sequential Tracks

by Matt on December 22nd, 2009 in Workflow Enhancement

The last post mentions using the tab key to speed up track naming. However, did you know that you can highlight several tracks in the mixer and when you name them they will be numbered sequentially?

For example, lets say that you have 7 wireless microphones that you are recording for a live event. Highlight the 7 audio tracks in the mixer you would like to use, double click and name the first one “Wireless 1″. The following 6 tracks will automatically be named “Wireless 2″, “Wireless 3″ and so on. This tip can greatly speed up track naming for large projects with multiple mics.

2 Comments to “Quickly Name Sequential Tracks”

  1. Rounik says:

    You can do the same sequential naming with multiple selected regions. So, select all regions use the Text tool on the first region, type the desired name followed by a number. All following regions will be named xxx 2, 3, 4 etc.

    If you wish to name all regions with exactly the same name, e.g. Region 1, Do the same as the above but enter a Space after typing the number. Sequential naming will be disabled.

    :)

  2. Matt says:

    Never tried it on regions… Good point.

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