Specifications

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Voice Requirements for
TrackPunch Recording
TrackPunch requires two voices for each record
enabled, mono track. This means that you can
record up to half the total number of voices
available on your system.
When switching to TrackPunch mode, you will
be prompted to free up additional voices if not
enough are available.
To free up voices on tracks that are not record
enabled, and do not need to be heard while
recording:
■ Set voice assignments for tracks to Off.
– or –
■ Make tracks inactive.
As necessary, voices in use by other tracks may
be “stolen” while recording with TrackPunch
(thus silencing some tracks).
TrackPunch voice playback priority follows the
same guidelines as QuickPunch, as follows
(from highest to lowest playback priority):
•Tracks with assigned voices that are not record
enabled
•Tracks with assigned voices that are record en-
abled
• Auto-voiced (dynamically allocated voicing)
tracks that are not record enabled
• Auto-voiced tracks (dynamically allocated
voicing) that are record enabled
If the session has plenty of available voices, you
may have no trouble using TrackPunch with
auto-voiced tracks. However, if you are running
out of voices, and want to ensure that a track
will be heard when recording with TrackPunch,
assign it a voice.
Recording with TrackPunch
Overview
Before using TrackPunch, configure Pro Tools
and TrackPunch as follows:
To configure Pro Tools and TrackPunch:
1 Configure TrackPunch preference settings as
suggested in “TrackPunch Preferences” on
page 196.
2 If necessary, configure Pro Tools synchroniza-
tion settings for online recording and track arm-
ing (see “Configuring Synchronization and
Track Arming” on page 197).
3 If necessary, program and configure the mas-
ter synchronizer for remote control of Track-
Punch and TrackInput switching (refer to the
documentation from the manufacturer).
To use TrackPunch:
1 Make sure Pro Tools is not recording or play-
ing back (the Transport is stopped).
2 Make sure that Use Delay Compensation is de-
selected in the Operations menu. (Pro Tools 6.4)
3 Enable TrackPunch mode (see “Enabling
TrackPunch Mode” on page 198).
4 TrackPunch enable all audio tracks that you
want to punch during the record pass (see
“TrackPunch Enabling Tracks” on page 199).
Digidesign recommends recording without
Delay Compensation. For more informa-
tion about using Delay Compensation, see
“Delay Compensation” on page 428.