Specifications

Chapter 18: File and Session Management and Compatibility 403
Opening Pro Tools HD Sessions
in Pro Tools
A Pro Tools HD session can be opened with
Pro Tools, but certain session components open
differently or not at all.
When opening a Pro Tools HD 10.x session in
Pro Tools 10.x, the following occurs:
Tracks
• Any tracks beyond the first 128 are made
inactive.
• Any Instrument tracks beyond 64 are made
inactive.
• Any Auxiliary Input tracks beyond 128 are
made inactive.
• DSP plug-ins with Native equivalents are
converted; those without equivalents are made
inactive.
• Multichannel surround tracks are removed from
the session.
• Unavailable input and output paths are made in-
active.
• HEAT (if present) is removed.
Groups
• Mix Groups keep only Main Volume informa-
tion.
• Mix/Edit Groups keep only Main Volume and
Automation Mode information.
• Automation overflow information for grouped
controls is be preserved.
• Group behavior of Solos, Mutes, Send Levels,
Send Mutes is be preserved.
• Solo Mode and Solo Latch settings are dropped.
Video
• Only the main video track is displayed.
• Only the first QuickTime movie in the session is
displayed or played back.
• If the session contains QuickTime movies in the
Clip List but no video track, the session opens
with a new QuickTime Movie track containing
the first QuickTime movie from the Clip List.
• The Timeline displays and plays back only the
video playlist that was last active. Alternate
video playlists are not available.
Sharing Sessions Created on
Different Pro Tools Software
Versions
Pro Tools makes it easy to share sessions between
different software versions of a particular
Pro Tools system.
Pro Tools 10.x sessions cannot be opened with
lower versions of Pro Tools. To save a Pro Tools
10.x session so it is compatible with a lower
version of Pro Tools, use the
File > Save Copy In
command to select the appropriate session format.
Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit
provides seamless session interchange with
Pro Tools HD. For a complete list of features
supported by Complete Production Toolkit,
see “Complete Production Toolkit” on
page 58