Specifications

Chapter 20: Record Setup 453
Selecting Record Monitor Modes
with TrackInput Monitoring
(Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools with Complete
Production Toolkit Only)
TrackInput monitoring lets you toggle individual
audio tracks between Auto Input and Input Only
monitoring modes at any time, during playback,
recording, while stopped, and even when a track is
not record-enabled. TrackInput monitoring pro-
vides the necessary monitoring flexibility for over-
dubbing and mixing, and is similar to input switch-
ing on analog multitrack recorders and similar
machines.
When the TrackInput button in a track is enabled
(green), the track monitors audio in Input Only
mode.
When the TrackInput button in a track is disabled,
the track monitors in Auto Input mode.
To toggle the monitoring mode of audio tracks, do
one of the following:
 To toggle individual tracks, click the TrackInput
Monitor button for each track you want to tog-
gle.
 To toggle all tracks in the session, Option-click
(Mac) or Alt-click (Windows) a TrackInput
Monitor button.
 To toggle all selected tracks in the session,
Option-Shift-click (Mac) or Alt-Shift-click
(Windows) a selected track’s TrackInput Moni-
tor button.
To toggle the TrackInput button states of all
record-enabled tracks, do one of the following:
 To change all record-enabled tracks to Auto In-
put monitoring, select
Track > Set Record
Tracks to Auto Input
.
 To change all record-enabled tracks to Input
Only monitoring, select
Track > Set Record
Tracks to Input Only
.
TrackInput Monitor button On (Input Only), in the Edit
Window
TrackInput Monitor button Off (Audio Input), in the Edit
Window
Press Shift+I to enable the TrackInput
Monitor button for any track containing the
Edit cursor on an Edit selection.
To toggle record-enabled tracks between
Auto Input and Input Only monitoring, press
Option+K (Mac) or Alt+K (Windows).