Specifications

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To assign all selected audio tracks to successive
voices:
1 Select the audio tracks by Command-clicking
(Mac) or Control-clicking (Windows) their
names.
2 While pressing Command+Option+Shift (Mac)
or Control+Alt+Shift (Windows), select the
starting voice number from the Voice selector
for the left (Mix window) or top (Edit window)
selected track.
The voice is assigned to the starting track, with
successive voices assigned to currently selected
tracks (with the same format) of lower priority.
Voice Borrowing
(Pro Tools|HD Systems Only)
Pro Tools|HD systems feature voice borrowing,
which lets you assign more than one track to the
same voice. The track with the highest priority
takes over that voice, but when a hole opens up in
the higher-priority track, its shared voice is tempo-
rarily available, and the track with the next highest
priority “sounds through” and begins to play.
When the original track returns, the track that had
sounded through relinquishes the shared voice to
the higher priority track.
The following example demonstrates the concept
of voice borrowing:
In the figure above, the two visible tracks are as-
signed to the same voice. There is an open area in
the top track where no clip appears. At this point,
the voice is free since it is not being used, and the
next highest priority track assigned to that voice
(the bottom track) sounds through the open area
and plays.
By experimenting with track priority, voice
assignment, and arranging clips so that they are po-
sitioned to sound through holes in higher
priority tracks, you can find many useful ways to
maximize voiceable tracks with Pro Tools|HD.
Assigning MIDI Inputs and
Outputs to Tracks
MIDI recording and playback is supported with
MIDI tracks and Instrument tracks.
MIDI ports in your system can be named and con-
figured for use in Pro Tools (for Windows, see
“Configuring MIDI Studio Setup” and for Mac,
see “Configuring AMS”).
To select multiple tracks, Command-click
(Mac) or Control-click (Windows) additional
Track Names.
To select a range of tracks, Shift-click
additional Track Names.
“Rhythm” clips play only when there is no “Lead” clip