Specifications

What’s New in Pro Tools and Pro Tools HD 10.06
For information on changing the Bit Depth
while a session is open, see “Changing Session
Settings in the Session Setup Window” on
page 7.
Support for Interleaved Audio
Files
Pro Tools 10 sessions support interleaved audio
files for stereo and greater-than-stereo multi-
channel files. Lower versions of Pro Tools re-
quire that interleaved audio files be converted to
multiple mono files on import into a Pro Tools
session. For sessions created with the
Interleaved
option enabled, all stereo or greater multichan-
nel audio will be recorded as interleaved audio
files.
To create a Pro Tools session using Interleaved
audio files:
1 Choose File > New Session.
2 In the New Session dialog, enable the Inter-
leaved
option. Set the other options as desired.
3 Click OK.
Support for Mixed Audio File
Formats
Pro Tools 10 supports mixed audio file formats
in a single session. When importing audio files
into a Pro Tools session, you can choose to
Add
them rather than
Convert them regardless of the
audio file format.
Support for WAVE Extensible
File Format
Pro Tools 10 supports the WAVE Extensible file
format for audio files. This file format specifies
multiple audio channel data (surround sound)
along with speaker positions, which is stored
within the audio file header. These audio files
are identified in DigiBase browsers with the des-
ignation “WAV (BWF EXT)” in the Attributes
field.
If you are working with greater-than-stereo
multichannel track formats in your Pro Tools
sessions, it is recommended that you use the
WAV file format rather than AIF.
Press Command+G (Mac) or Control+G
(Windows) to toggle the Interleaved option
on or off.
New Session dialog
When using WAV (BWF EXT) files in
Pro Tools 10 sessions, the corresponding
channel order for each channel of greater-
than-stereo, interleaved multichannel files is
displayed in the Clip List.