Specifications

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Chapter 4: New Editing Features and
Enhancements
Real-Time Fades
With Pro Tools 10, all fades are calculated and
played back in real time, eliminating the need
for rendered fade files. This provides significant
improvements in both disk (hard drive) perfor-
mance, and file management and file exchange.
Another benefit is that Pro Tools sessions open
more quickly than in lower versions of
Pro Tools.
Creating New Sessions with Pro Tools 10
When creating new sessions with Pro Tools 10,
no Fade Files folder is created and no rendered
fade files are created. All fades are calculated in
real time on playback.
Opening Legacy Sessions in Pro Tools 10
When opening a session created in Pro Tools 9
or lower in Pro Tools 10, Pro Tools calculates
and plays back all fades in real time. The “Fade
Files” folder in the session folder is neither de-
leted nor used. Any rendered fades created in
legacy sessions are calculated and played back in
real time. Any new fades created in the session
do not generate any new rendered fade files in
the pre-existing “Fade Files” folder.
Session Interchange with Pro Tools 10 and
Lower Versions of Pro Tools
When saving a Pro Tools 10 session to a lower
version, and then opening that session in a com-
patible lower version of Pro Tools, one of the
following occurs depending on the version of
Pro Tools in which the session was originally
created:
 When saving a session that was created in
Pro Tools 10 to a lower version session format
and then opening that session copy with a lower
version of Pro Tools, all fades need to be regen-
erated and written to disk (rendered) when the
session is first opened in the lower version of
Pro Tools.
 When saving a session from Pro Tools 10 that
was created in a lower version of Pro Tools, and
then opening that session in a compatible lower
version of Pro Tools, the original rendered fade
files are used where available. Any fades that
were created or edited in Pro Tools 10 need to be
regenerated and written to disk (rendered).
If you are presented with the Missing Files dia-
log when opening a session in either of the situ-
ations described above, enable the
Regenerate
Missing Fades Without Searching
option and
click
OK.