Specifications

Chapter 23: Punch Recording Modes 509
DestructivePunch Enabling Tracks without
Record Enabling Them
This method lets you use the Prepare DPE Tracks
command to consolidate files for Destructive-
Punch recording.
To DestructivePunch-enable an audio track:
 Control-click (Mac) or Start-click (Windows)
the track’s Record Enable button to toggle the
button to solid blue.
To DestructivePunch-enable all audio tracks:
 Option-Control-click (Mac) or Alt-Start-click
(Windows) a track’s Record Enable button to
toggle all Record Enable buttons to solid blue.
To DestructivePunch-enable all selected audio
tracks:
 Control-Option-Shift-click (Mac) or Alt-Start-
Shift-click (Windows) a track’s Record Enable
button to toggle the Record Enable buttons for
the selected audio tracks solid blue.
DestructivePunch-Enabling and Record-
Enabling Tracks Simultaneously
This method can be used when tracks already meet
the requirements for DestructivePunch recording.
To simultaneously DestructivePunch enable and
record enable an audio track:
 Click the track’s Record Enable button. The
track’s Record Enable button flashes blue and
red.
To simultaneously DestructivePunch enable and
record enable all audio tracks:
 Option-click (Mac) or Alt-click (Windows) a
track’s Record Enable button. All tracks’ Re-
cord Enable buttons flash blue and red.
To simultaneously DestructivePunch enable and
record enable all selected audio tracks:
 Option-Shift-click (Mac) or Alt-Shift-click
(Windows) a track’s Record Enable button. The
Record Enable buttons for the selected audio
tracks flash blue and red.
Track Record Status Display
When Pro Tools is in DestructivePunch mode,
each track’s Record Enable button indicates its De-
structivePunch and record enable status as follows:
• When a track is both DestructivePunch-enabled
and record-enabled, its Record Enable button
flashes blue and red.
• When a track is DestructivePunch-enabled but
not record-enabled, its Record Enable button
lights solid blue.
• When a track is record-enabled only, its
Record Enable button flashes red.
• While a track is recording (in any mode), its
Record Enable button lights solid red.
Create a VCA group for each stem or set of
tracks on which you plan to punch, and use
the VCA Record Enable button to arm all
tracks in the group for DestructivePunch. For
more information, see “VCA Master Tracks”
on page 939.