Specifications

Pro Tools Reference Guide474
Expanding Alternate Takes to New
Tracks
Expanding alternate takes to new tracks readily fa-
cilitates auditioning, editing, and mixing alternate
takes, each on separate tracks.
To expand alternate takes to new tracks:
1 Identify the clip on the main playlist with
matching alternate clips (takes).
2 Do one of the following:
• Right-click the clip and choose
Matches >
Expand Alternates To New Tracks
.
• If the clip is selected, with the Selector tool,
Command-click (Mac) or Control-click (Win-
dows) anywhere on the selected clip and choose
Matches > Expand Alternates To New Tracks.
• If the clip is not selected, with the Selector tool,
Command-click (Mac) or Control-click (Win-
dows) at the precise beginning of the loop or
punch range and choose
Matches >
Expand Alternates To New Tracks
.
3 Then choose one of the following from the Ex-
pand Alternates To New Tracks sub-menu:
By Track Name Names all new tracks after the
source track name.
By Clip Name Names each new tracks after the
corresponding original clip names that you see in
the Matches list.
By Track and Clip Name Names all new tracks af-
ter the source track name, but with the correspond-
ing original clip names in parenthesis.
All matching alternate clips are copied to new
tracks.
Recording from a Digital
Source
If you plan to use a DAT player, digital-output CD
recorder, or other digital device with your
Pro Tools system, make sure it supports the correct
digital format. For example, your Pro Tools audio
interface’s AES/EBU inputs and outputs should
only be connected to another AES/EBU device.
Avid HD Audio Interface Digital
Options
The HD I/O, HD OMNI, 192 I/O, 192 Digital I/O,
and 96 I/O include AES/EBU, S/PDIF, and ADAT
digital options. Additionally, the HD I/O with a
Digital Expansion card, 192 I/O, and
192 Digital I/O include TDIF digital I/O options.
The 96i I/O includes only the S/PDIF digital op-
tion.
HD MADI includes both optical and coaxial
MADI I/O (for more information, see the
HD MADI Guide).
On HD I/O, HD OMNI, 192 I/O, 192 Digital I/O,
or 96 I/O, Pro Tools can receive digital audio from
the factory-installed Optical (ADAT) I/O at any
time (if it is not set to S/PDIF). However,
Pro Tools can only receive digital audio from one
of its enclosure [Encl] digital sources—AES/EBU,
S/PDIF, or Optical (S/PDIF)—at a time.
Enclosure digital sources come standard with Avid
HD audio interfaces and are labelled on-screen as
[Encl] versions, to differentiate them from digital
inputs and outputs available on the Digital card in-
For additional information on configuring
your particular Pro Tools system for record-
ing from a digital source, see your User
Guide.