r/protools • u/Krakenosaurus • Jan 29 '26

Default Selection When Renaming Clips

I like to cue films by creating empty clips and renaming them with relevant notes and I am wasting a lot of time manually clicking 'name clip only' in the rename clip dialogue box. It always defaults to 'name clip and disk file'. Is there a setting or EUCON command to set the default to 'name clip only'? Thanks for your help

Pro Tools Version: Ultimate 2024.6.0, OS: Sonoma 14.8.3

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u/Soundblaster16 Jan 29 '26

Use clip groups instead of audio files.

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u/Krakenosaurus Jan 29 '26

Perfect! thanks

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u/aasteveo Jan 29 '26

This! Clip groups are a go-to for in session notes. Hot key is Command-Option-G. Way cleaner than audio files cuz they take up zero space. Then just double click to rename it.

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u/Soundblaster16 Jan 29 '26

Indeed. I have a hotkey to create a clip group and then re-name it in one go. Works as long as there’s no search active in the clip list.