Specifications

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Sample Rate Conversion Quality
The Sample Rate Conversion Quality pop-up menu
lets you select the default sample rate conversion
quality for importing audio files by drag and drop
from any DigiBase browser, or Windows Explorer
or Mac Finder. The higher the quality of sample
rate conversion you select, the longer Pro Tools
will take to process the audio file.
TC/E (Time Compression/
Expansion) Section
TC/E Plug-In Lets you select the plug-in used for
Time Compression and Expansion when you edit
audio with the Time Compression/Expansion Trim
tool. This Trim tool works by using Time Com-
pression/Expansion to match an audio clip to the
length of another clip, a tempo grid, a video scene,
or other reference point. The Time Shift plug-in is
selected by default.
Default Settings Specifies the default settings
used by the chosen Time Compression/Expansion
plug-in.
Elastic Audio Section
These preferences determine Elastic Audio usage
and settings on new tracks, as well as for preview-
ing and importing tick-based audio.
Default Plug-In Lets you select any Real-Time
Elastic Audio plug-in as the default for previewing
and importing Elastic Audio. The selected default
Elastic Audio plug-in is also used when new tracks
are created with the
Enable Elastic Audio on New
Tracks
option enabled.
Default Input Gain Lets you attenuate the signal
input to Elastic Audio plug-ins by 0 to –6 dB for
preview and import. If you experience clipping
due to Elastic Audio processing during preview or
after import, you may want to set the
Default Input
Gain
to slightly attenuate the audio signal input for
Elastic Audio processing. This preference also ap-
plies to any audio imported to an Elastic Audio-en-
abled track.
The Elastic Properties window inherits the
Default Input Gain setting. To apply further clip-
based input gain attenuation for Elastic Audio pro-
cessing, select the clip and adjust the
Input Gain
setting in the Elastic Properties window (see “Elas-
tic Properties Window” on page 896).
Enable Elastic Audio on New Tracks When se-
lected, new tracks are created with Elastic Audio
enabled. The selected default Elastic Audio plug-
in is used.
If the Enable Elastic Audio on New Tracks
option is selected, you may want to also se-
lect the New Tracks Default to Tick Time-
base option in the Editing Preferences page.