Specifications

Chapter 8: Tracks 95
About Clipping and Show/Hide Tracks
(HD-series Systems with Pro Tools 6.4 Only)
When a track, send, or plug-in clips, the
Show/Hide List displays the track’s name in red.
Both shown and hidden tracks display clipping
indication.
About Track Numbering and Show/Hide
Tracks
There are two ways to display track position
numbers when tracks are hidden.
• By default, numbers are only assigned to
tracks that are shown. Active tracks are then
numbered sequentially. Hidden tracks are un-
numbered.
• When Track Numbers Stay With Hidden
Tracks is enabled in the Display Page of the
Preferences, tracks keep their track position
numbers even when hidden.
Assigning Inputs and Outputs
to Tracks
Inputs for audio tracks and Auxiliary Input
tracks can be assigned to audio interface chan-
nels or busses. Outputs for audio tracks, Auxil-
iary Input tracks, and Master Fader tracks can be
assigned to audio interface channels or busses.
For stereo and multichannel surround tracks, in-
puts and outputs appear as stereo pairs and mul-
tichannel groups. The available inputs, outputs,
and busses are defined as paths in the I/O Setup
dialog (see Chapter 7, “I/O Setup”).
Automatic Input and Output
Assignments
When adding tracks to a new session, inputs are
automatically assigned in ascending order. For
example, if you have an audio interface with
eight inputs, creating four new mono audio
tracks will automatically add four audio tracks
with inputs assigned to the first four paths de-
fined in the I/O Setup dialog. When creating ste-
reo tracks, inputs are automatically assigned to
ascending input pairs.
The outputs automatically assigned to new
tracks are determined by the Default Output de-
fined in the I/O Setup dialog.
Assigning Audio Track Inputs
(Audio and Auxiliary Input Tracks)
To assign an audio track input:
1 In order to assign audio track inputs in the
Edit window, select Display > Edit Window
Show > I/O View.
2 In the Mix or Edit window, click the track In-
put Selector and choose from the available au-
dio interface channels and busses. Stereo and
multichannel surround tracks have inputs avail-
able as pairs and multichannel groups.
The Input Selector allows you to route any audio
input or any of the Pro Tools internal busses to
an audio track or an Auxiliary Input track. The
choices available in this pop-up menu are deter-
mined by the I/O Setup configuration. Inputs in
use by another track appear as bold in the Input
Selector.
Input/output assignments for three mono audio tracks
Track set to
Audio Input 2
Track set to
Bus 2
Track set to
No Input