Specifications

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Open in MIDI Event List (MIDI and Instrument
Tracks Only)
Opens the track in the MIDI Event
List.
Notation Display Track Settings (MIDI and Instru-
ment Tracks Only)
Opens the Notation Display
Track Settings window for the track. Music nota-
tion can only be viewed in the Score Editor or in
MIDI Editor windows set to Notation view.
Expand Channels to New Tracks Expands multi-
channel audio files imported from a field recorder
to new tracks, such that every channel resides on
its own mono audio track. Pro Tools also automat-
ically conforms all expanded tracks to the edits in
the guide (expanded) track. You can expand multi-
channel files to new tracks ordered by channel
name, by channel number, by channel name and
number, or by Timecode only.
Assigning Audio Inputs and
Outputs to Tracks
Inputs for audio, Auxiliary Input, and Instrument
tracks can be assigned to audio interface channels
or busses. Outputs for audio, Auxiliary Input, Mas-
ter Fader, and Instrument tracks can also be as-
signed to audio interface channels or busses.
For stereo and multichannel surround tracks, in-
puts and outputs appear as stereo pairs and multi-
channel groups. The available inputs, outputs, and
busses are defined as paths in the I/O Setup dialog
(see Chapter 7, “I/O Setup”).
Automatic Input and Output
Assignments
When adding tracks to a new session, inputs are
automatically assigned in ascending order. For ex-
ample, if you have an audio interface with eight in-
puts, creating four new mono audio tracks will au-
tomatically add four audio tracks with inputs
assigned to the first four paths defined in the I/O
Setup dialog. When creating stereo tracks, inputs
are automatically assigned to subsequent input
pairs.
The outputs automatically assigned to new tracks
are determined by the
New Track Default Output
Bus
specified in the I/O Setup dialog.
Assigning Audio Inputs
(Audio, Auxiliary Input, and Instrument Tracks)
To assign an audio input of an audio, Auxiliary
Input, or Instrument track:
1 In order to assign audio track inputs in the Edit
window, select
View > Edit Window > I/O.
2 In the Mix or Edit window, click the track’s In-
put Path selector and choose from the available
audio interface channels and busses. Stereo and
multichannel surround tracks have inputs avail-
able as pairs and multichannel groups.
The Input Path selector lets you route any audio in-
put or any of the Pro Tools internal busses to an au-
dio, Auxiliary Input, or Instrument track. The
choices available in this pop-up menu are deter-
mined by the Input Path configuration in the I/O
Setup. Inputs in use by another track appear bold in
the Input Path selector pop-up menu.
Input/output assignments for three mono audio tracks
Track Input
set to Audio 2
Track Input
set to Bus 2
Track set to
No Input
Instrument tracks automatically assign the
audio output from the instrument plug-in in-
serted on the track to the track audio Input.