Specifications

Pro Tools Reference Guide98
On TDM systems, tracks assigned to a specific
voice number take priority over dynamically al-
located tracks. To ensure a track is heard, or that
it is available for QuickPunch or TrackPunch re-
cording, assign a voice number to that track.
For stereo and multichannel tracks, voices ap-
pear in pairs and multichannel groups. Voices
already assigned to another track appear in bold
in the Voice Selector pop-up menu.
To set the voice assignment for a track:
■ Click the Voice Selector and set the track to
Dyn (Auto in Pro Tools 6.3 and below), Off, or
(on TDM systems) select a voice number.
Automatic Assignment of Ascending
Voices
(TDM Systems Only)
You can automatically assign all tracks or all se-
lected tracks to successive voices. For example,
you may want to select eight audio tracks and
reassign them to voices 9–16.
To assign all audio tracks to successive voices:
■ While pressing Control+Alt (Windows) or
Command+Option (Macintosh), select the start-
ing voice number from the Voice Selector for the
track at the top of the Edit window, or at the far
left of the Mix window.
The voice is assigned to the first track, with suc-
cessive voices assigned to tracks (with the same
format) of lower priority.
To assign all selected audio tracks to successive
voices:
1 Select the audio tracks by Shift-clicking their
names.
2 While pressing Control+Alt+Shift (Windows)
or Command+Option+Shift (Macintosh), select
the starting voice number from the Voice Selec-
tor for the top (Edit window) or left (Mix win-
dow) selected track.
The voice is assigned to the starting track, with
successive voices assigned to currently selected
tracks (with the same format) of lower priority.
Voiceable Tracks and Track Priority
(TDM Systems Only)
Pro Tools TDM systems feature voice borrowing,
(called dynamic voice allocation in Pro Tools 6.3
and below) which allows you to assign more
than one track to the same voice. The track with
the highest priority takes over that voice, but
when a hole opens up in the higher-priority
track, its shared voice is temporarily available,
and the track with the next highest priority
“pops through” and begins to play. When the
original track returns, the track that had popped
through relinquishes the shared voice to the
higher priority track.
Pro Tools LE 6.x supports auto voicing
only; it does not support individual voice
assignments.
Voice Selector for stereo audio track (Pro Tools 6.4)