Specifications

Chapter 9: Importing and Exporting Session Data 115
4 Select the tracks to import by clicking the
track names in the Source Tracks list. (If the cur-
rent Pro Tools system does not support sur-
round mixing, surround tracks are not displayed
in the Source Tracks list.) To select multiple con-
tiguous tracks, Shift-click the track names. To se-
lect multiple non-contiguous tracks, Control-
click (Windows) or Command-click (Macin-
tosh) the track names.
5 On TDM systems, for each track you select,
you can choose to import it as a new track, or
choose a destination track from the correspond-
ing pop-up menu. Click Find Matching Tracks to
automatically match source and destination
tracks with the same names.
6 On TDM systems, select from among the
Track Playlist options to choose how you want
to import the source tracks.
7 If applicable, choose options for how media
files should be imported from the Audio Media
Options and the Video Media Options pop-up
menus.
8 Choose the Time Code Mapping option for
imported data.
9 If the sample rates of the sessions are different,
select the sample rate for the source session from
the Source Sample Rate pop-up menu.
10 To import the meter and tempo maps from
the source session, select the Import
Tempo/Meter Map option.
11 On TDM systems, to import any mic pre set-
tings from the source session, select the Import
Mic Pre Settings option.
12 Click OK when you are finished.
13 If you chose to copy or consolidate media,
choose a location to place the media files.
Importing Grouped Playlists from Other
Sessions
With Pro Tools 6.1 and higher, you can import
tracks that use Grouped Playlists from another
Pro Tools session, and the playlist grouping
function will remain intact for those imported
tracks. There is, however, a restriction for im-
porting from pre-Pro Tools 6.1 sessions. After
importing a partial set of grouped playlists (such
as tracks 1–7 of a 10-track group), you cannot
subsequently import tracks 8–10 and have them
“rejoin” the playlist group for tracks 1–7.
However, it is possible to perform this function
when importing from sessions created in
Pro Tools 6.1.
Imported tracks are made inactive if their
source media is unavailable, or if the cur-
rent session does not contain an equivalent
output path.