Specifications

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Reallocating Tracks
When opening a session where some of the pre-
viously assigned hard drives are no longer avail-
able (or don’t match the current session plat-
form), Pro Tools automatically reassigns tracks
to the volume where the session file is stored. In
such cases, use Disk Allocation if you need to re-
allocate tracks to other drives.
Workspace Volume Designation
The Workspace volume designation can alter
disk availability, thus affecting Disk Allocation.
From the Workspace browser, you may desig-
nate volumes as Record, Playback, or Transfer. If
you change a drive’s designation, making it
read-only (Play Only or Transfer), you will need
to check the Disk Allocation for any tracks for-
merly allocated to that drive. For more informa-
tion, see the DigiBase Guide.
Recording to the System Volume
Though Pro Tools will let you record to your sys-
tem volume, this is generally not recom-
mended. Performance for audio recording and
playback on system drives is worse than on non-
system hard drives.
You should record to system drives only when
absolutely necessary—if your computer system
has just the one hard drive, or if your other hard
drives are completely out of space.
By default, the system volume is not included in
Round Robin Allocation (regardless of volume
designation in the Workspace browser). To in-
clude the System Volume in Round Robin Allo-
cations, see “To allocate the audio drives in your
system:” on page 145.
Allocating Hard Drive Space
for Recording
The Operation Preference for Open Ended
Record Allocation determines how much of
your available hard drive space is allocated
whenever you record into one or more tracks in
Pro Tools.
When this allocation preference is set to Use All
Available Space, the drive’s entire available
space is allocated. This setting lets you record
lengthy takes, or longer sessions.
However, when allocating all available space,
Pro Tools may take a little longer to begin re-
cording. You can reduce this delay by allocating
a specific amount of time for recording.
Reallocating tracks does not affect the audio
that has been previously recorded. Reallo-
cating tracks only affects where new audio
recording will be saved.
You can also avoid recording delays by put-
ting Pro Tools in Record Pause mode before
beginning to record. See“Record Pause
Mode” on page 161.