Specifications
Chapter 21: Audio Recording 459
Undo or Cancel Audio Recording
Once you have recorded an audio track and the
transport is stopped, you can undo the record take.
To undo an audio recording:
Once the Transport has been stopped, choose
Edit > Undo Record Audio.
The track’s playlist is restored to its previous state
and material is discarded as follows:
• When in normal Record mode, only the most re-
cent take is discarded.
• When in Loop Record mode, all takes from each
record pass are discarded.
• When using QuickPunch, TrackPunch, or
DestructivePunch mode, all punches from the
last recording pass are discarded.
If no actions are available to undo, the menu dis-
plays a grayed out
Can’t Undo.
Canceling a Record Take
While recording, it is possible to discard the cur-
rent record take. This removes the audio (recorded
up to that point) from your hard drive and deletes
the clip from the track’s playlist and the Clip List.
When using Loop Record mode, all takes from
each record pass are discarded. Canceling record-
ing when in Destructive Record mode is prohib-
ited.
To cancel a record take while recording:
Press Command+Period (.) (Mac) or
Control+Period (.) (Windows) before the
Transport is stopped.
Recording Multiple Audio Tracks
Pro Tools can record multiple audio tracks simul-
taneously, up to the track recording limits of your
system. To record to multiple tracks, configure and
record enable each track, then record. Follow the
same steps as in “Basic Recording Steps” on
page 457.
For each record-enabled track, a new audio file is
written to disk, and a new clip is created that ap-
pears both in the track’s playlist and in the Clip
List.
If you undo a record pass during recording,
Pro Tools removes any previously undone
record pass from the session and lets you de-
lete the previous record pass from your hard
drive.
If you have a Pro Tools system with multiple
drives, and you intend to record multiple
tracks simultaneously, you may want to
designate the System drive as a Transfer only
drive for optimal performance.