Specifications

Pro Tools Reference Guide492
Recording Audio from a MIDI
Instrument
Typically, you will monitor the audio from MIDI
instruments (both hardware and plug-ins) using In-
strument and Auxiliary Input tracks. During the fi-
nal mixdown, audio from Instrument and Auxil-
iary Input tracks can be included when using
Bounce to Disk, or on a bussed recording path if
recording to a new track.
Recording Audio from an
Instrument Plug-In
To record audio from an instrument plug-in:
1 Create a new Instrument track.
2 Insert an instrument plug-in on that track.
3 Do one of the following:
• Record your MIDI performance on the
Instrument track.
• Manually enter MIDI data in the Instrument
track.
4 Create a new audio track with the same number
of channels as the Instrument track (such as ste-
reo).
5 Set the Instrument track’s Audio Output Path
selector to a bus (for example, Bus 1–2).
6 Set the audio track’s Audio Input Path selector
to the same bus.
7 Set the audio track’s Audio Output Path selector
to the main monitoring path).
8 Record enable the audio track.
9 Do one of the following:
• To record from the beginning of the session,
click Return To Zero in the Transport.
• Make a Timeline selection for the record range.
10 Click Record in the Transport to arm Pro Tools
for recording.
11 Click Play in the Transport to start recording.
12 When your previously recorded MIDI perfor-
mance is finished playing, click Stop in the
Transport to stop recording.
When using instrument plug-ins, you may
want to record the audio from a MIDI in-
strument to a new track before mixing in
order to free up DSP resources.
You can also record the MIDI and audio from
your performance at the same time.
Bus recording audio from an instrument plug-in