Specifications

Chapter 12: Basic Audio Recording 157
Chapter 12: Basic Audio Recording
Recording an Audio Track
When recording from a mono source, record to
a single, mono audio track in Pro Tools. A sin-
gle, mono audio file is written to disk; the region
appears in the playlist and in the Audio Regions
List.
To record a stereo audio source in Pro Tools,
record to a single, stereo audio track. A single,
mono audio file is written to disk for each chan-
nel of a stereo track; one for the left channel,
and one for the right channel; regions appear in
the playlists for both channels. In addition, a
multichannel (stereo) region appears in the Au-
dio Regions List.
Recording multichannel tracks (Pro Tools TDM
systems only) is very similar to recording stereo
audio tracks. A single, mono audio file is written
for each channel in the track, and regions ap-
pear in the playlists for each channel. In addi-
tion, a multichannel region for each track ap-
pears in the Audio Regions List.
To configure an audio track for recording:
1 Connect a mono or stereo sound source to the
appropriate input of your audio hardware.
2 If you want to start a new session with a dif-
ferent sample rate or Fader gain value, choose
File > New Session, and select the sample rate.
Click Save.
3 Make sure to specify the format (analog or dig-
ital) of the inputs of the audio interface you will
be using. Choose Setups > Hardware Setup,
choose the audio interface, and select the for-
mat for the channel pair.
Some Digidesign I/O units (such as Mbox), have
only two channels that can be set for analog or
digital.
4 If a track doesn’t already exist, choose File >
New Track and specify 1 Mono or Stereo Audio
Track, then click Create.
For more information on multichannel
tracks, see “Multichannel Audio Tracks” on
page 514.
New Track dialog
To auto-scroll the Track Type pop-up in the
New Track dialog, press Control (Win-
dows) or Command (Macintosh) and use
the Up/Down Arrow keys.
To auto-scroll the Track Formats pop-up in
the New Track dialog, press Control (Win-
dows) or Command (Macintosh) and use
the Left/Right Arrow keys.