Specifications

Chapter 14: Advanced Recording 201
Punching In on Multiple Tracks
To punch in on multiple tracks simultaneously:
1 Put Pro Tools in TrackPunch mode.
2 Click the Record Enable button on each track
you want to punch in, so that the track is both
TrackPunch- and Record-enabled. The track’s
Record Enable button should flash blue and red.
3 Click Play in the Transport window to begin
playback.
4 During playback, click Record in the Transport
window to punch in and out on all TrackPunch-
enabled tracks simultaneously.
5 Stop playback. When you are finished with
the record pass, track Record Enable status and
transport Record Arm status follow the current
TrackPunch preference settings.
Start Recording on All Tracks
1 Put Pro Tools in TrackPunch mode.
2 Click the Record Enable button on each track
you want to punch in, so that the track is both
TrackPunch- and Record-enabled. The track’s
Record Enable button should flash blue and red.
3 Click Record in the Transport window to enter
the TrackPunch Record Ready mode. The Record
button flashes blue and red.
4 Click Play in the Transport window to begin
playback.
5 During playback, punch out and back in on
individual TrackPunch-enabled tracks by click-
ing their Record Enable buttons.
6 Stop playback. When you are finished with
the record pass, track Record Enable status and
transport Record Arm status follow the current
TrackPunch preference settings.
Example TrackPunch Workflows
With TrackPunch, Pro Tools emulates and en-
hances the following four types of production
work (or “workflows”) commonly performed in
film, video, and music production:
• Dubbing and mixing film (see “Film Dubbing
and Mixing with TrackPunch” on page 201)
• Loading dailies (see “Loading Dailies with Re-
cordLock” on page 202)
• Recording Foley (see “Foley Recording with
TrackPunch” on page 203)
•Tracking and overdubbing in music produc-
tion and any other recording situation (see
“Tracking and Overdubbing Music with
TrackPunch” on page 203)
Each of these workflows takes advantage of
TrackPunch features and options.
In the following example workflows, it is as-
sumed you already familiar with routing, select-
ing, and grouping Pro Tools tracks. If you are
not, see the appropriate topic in Pro Tools Refer-
ence Guide.
Film Dubbing and Mixing with
TrackPunch
By providing all the essential online punch re-
cording and monitor switching capabilities of a
digital dubber, TrackPunch optimizes Pro Tools
for re-recording and mixing for film.
Film dubbing and mixing features of Track-
Punch let you do the following:
• Arm and punch Pro Tools audio tracks re-
motely from a master synchronizer such as
SoundMaster through P2 commands at any
time, without having to stop playback and
while maintaining time code lock. (Requires
Digidesign MachineControl.)