Specifications

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Deleting Paths
Path definitions can be deleted from the current
session to reflect changes to your hardware setup,
or to clean up track selector menus by removing
unwanted or unnecessary path definitions. After
deleting a path, any tracks or send assignments to
that path are reset to
No Output.
To delete a main path or sub-path:
1 In the I/O Setup, select the path you want to
delete.
2 Click Delete Path.
3 Click OK to save changes and close the I/O
Setup.
To delete all paths:
1 Option-click (Mac) or Alt-click (Windows) any
path name.
2 Click Delete Path.
3 Click OK to save changes and close the I/O
Setup.
Making Paths Active or Inactive
Pro Tools paths can be Active (on) or Inactive (off,
or unavailable). Paths can be globally activated or
deactivated in the I/O Setup. Making a signal path
inactive will turn off the signal path on any and all
tracks currently assigned to it.
Pro Tools also sets unavailable paths to inactive.
Paths can be unavailable when hardware or other
system resources are unavailable, such as when
opening a session saved on a different
system.
Tracks can also be made active or inactive. For in-
formation, see “Making Track Inputs and Outputs
Inactive from the Edit or Mix Window” on
page 243.
To globally activate or deactivate a path:
1 Choose Setup > I/O.
2 Select a path type using the tabs at the top of the
window.
3 Set the Active/Inactive control for the path.
Any tracks that were assigned to the now inactive
path will show that path's name in italics on the
track's I/O selectors.
4 Click OK to save changes and close the I/O
Setup. Path status is displayed as follows:
Italics Indicates the path is inactive.
Non-Italics Indicates the path is active.
Active (top) and inactive (bottom) path settings
With overlapping output paths of different
channel widths, if the widest path is made in-
active, all other overlapped output paths will
not pass audio from Pro Tools.