Specifications

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Names for Multichannel Tracks
(TDM Systems Only)
When recording to multichannel surround
tracks, audio file and region names for each
channel are appended with the following suf-
fixes.
Disk Allocation
By default, Pro Tools records audio files to the
Audio Files folder inside the session folder. You
can use the Disk Allocation dialog to specify
other locations for your audio files for each au-
dio track.
Hard drives that are full do not appear in the
Disk Allocation dialog.
To increase system performance, Pro Tools can
record and play each track from a different hard
drive. You can also automatically distribute any
newly created tracks to multiple audio drives
with Round Robin Allocation.
To allocate the audio drives in your system:
1 Choose Setups > Disk Allocation.
2 In the Disk Allocation dialog, assign a hard
drive for each track by clicking in the Root Me-
dia Folder column and selecting a volume from
the Disk Allocation pop-up menu.
Only drives designated as R (Play and Record)
can be selected in the Disk Allocation dialog. For
more information, see the DigiBase Guide.
A folder with the session name is created on
each hard drive, containing subfolders for audio
and fade files.
•To assign all tracks to the same hard drive,
press Alt (Windows) or Option (Macintosh)
while selecting a drive name.
•To make a continuous selection, Shift-click
a track name (in the Track column) to ex-
tend the selection to include already-se-
lected tracks and all tracks in between.
Multichannel
Format
File and Region Suffixes
LCR L, C, R
Quad L, R, Ls, Rs
LCRS L, C, R, S
5.0 L, C, R, Ls, Rs
5.1 L, C, R, Ls, Rs, LFE
6.0 L, C, R, Ls, Cs, Rs, LFE
6.1 L, C, R, Ls, Cs, Rs
7.0 L, Lc, C, R, Rc, Ls, Rs
7.1 L, Lc, C, R, Rc, Ls, Rs, LFE
Disk Allocation dialog
Disk Allocation pop-up menu