Specifications

What’s New in Pro Tools and Pro Tools HD 10.014
New Save Session Copy
Options
Pro Tools 10 provides new Save Session Copy
options.
Session Format Updated for Pro Tools 10
Pro Tools 10 uses a new session file format
(.ptx). Consequently, the Latest option in the
Session Format selector uses the Pro Tools 10
(.ptx) format. A new option for
Pro Tools 7 –> 9
Session
has been included to save Pro Tools 10
sessions to the previous session file format
(.ptf). When saving to a lower Pro Tools session
file format, the following Pro Tools 10 features
are dropped or converted:
• Clip gain settings are dropped. If you want to
apply any clip gain settings prior to saving the
session copy, you will need to manually render
clip gain settings. With Pro Tools HD and
Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit,
you may want to convert clip gain settings to
track volume automation instead (
Edit > Auto-
mation > Concert Clip Gain to Volume Automa-
tion
).
• Fades will have to be rendered when the ses-
sion is opened in a lower version of Pro Tools.
• Sessions with mixed file formats and bit-
depths must convert all files to the same file
format and bit depth.
• Sessions with files that have a bit depth of
32-bit floating point must be converted to
24-bit or 16-bit.
• For sessions with RF64 files larger than 4 GB,
these files will be unavailable to lower ver-
sions of Pro Tools. You will need to manually
edit and consolidate these files so that the au-
dio can be available to lower versions of
Pro Tools.
Bit Depth: 32-bit Floating Point
Enable the 32-bit Floating Point option to save the
session copy with 32-bit floating point bit depth.
This option is unavailable when saving to ses-
sion formats lower than Pro Tools 10.
Convert To Specified Format
When the Convert To Specified Format option is
selected, all copied audio files are converted to
the specified audio file format settings in the
Session Parameters section. When this option is
not selected, any copied audio files retain their
original audio file format settings (including
sample rate and bit depth), and are exactly cop-
ied, bit-by-bit.
Main Playlist Only
When this option is selected, only the main play-
lists are included with the session copy. Any al-
ternate playlists are not included with the ses-
sion copy.
When this option is not selected, all playlists are
included with the session copy.
Save Session Copy dialog
Note that copying formats bit-by-bit is much
faster than converting files.