Specifications

Getting Started with MIX76
Plug-Ins
Plug-ins provide EQ, dynamics, delays and
many other types of effects processing.
Plug-ins function either in real-time or in non-
real time. TDM and RTAS plug-ins are non-de-
structive effects, which are inserted on tracks to
process audio in real time—just like an external
hardware processor (during playback). Audio-
Suite plug-ins, on the other hand, are destruc-
tive effects that process audio files on disk in
non-real time.
Real-time plug-ins are assigned to tracks from
the Inserts view in the Mix or Edit windows.
Once assigned to a track, plug-ins appear in the
track’s Inserts view, and can be opened by click-
ing on the Insert button.
To insert a real-time plug-in on a track:
1 Make sure the Inserts View is shown in the
Mix or Edit window.
2 Click the Insert Selector on the track and se-
lect the plug-in that you want to use.
Pro Tools comes with a complete set of DigiRack
plug-ins, and many more are available from
Digidesign and our Development Partners.
Mix Automation
Mix automation lets you record, or automate,
changes to track and send levels, mutes, pan,
and plug-in parameters. MIDI tracks provide
volume, pan, and mute automation only.
To write automation:
1 In the Automation Enable window
(Windows > Show Automation Enable), enable
an automation type (volume, pan, mute, send
level, send pan, send mute, or any plug-in auto-
mation).
2 Select an automation mode for the tracks to be
automated (Write, Touch, Latch, or Trim mode).
3 Start playback and begin writing automation
by adjusting faders and other controls during
playback. Pro Tools remembers all moves per-
formed on enabled parameters.
Compressor plug-in
Plug-InInsert button
For more information about plug-ins, see
the DigiRack Plug-Ins Guide, the Digide-
sign Plug-Ins Guide, and the Plug-Ins chap-
ter of the Pro Tools Reference Guide.
Enabling automation (left) and choosing a track
Automation mode (right)