Specifications

Chapter 6: Sessions 45
Creating a New Session
The first step in beginning a Pro Tools project is
creating a new session. When you do this,
Pro Tools automatically creates a new folder
named for your session. Within this folder is the
session file and two subfolders (an Audio Files
folder, and a Fade Files folder).
The Audio Files folder contains all audio re-
corded or converted during the session. The
Fade Files folder contains any crossfaded audio
data generated by the session.
When you record a new audio track, the track is
saved as a new audio file to the Audio Files
folder. You can also import other audio files into
the session, and work with them as well.
For details on allocating audio tracks to different
hard drive locations, including shared media
volumes, see “Disk Allocation” on page 145.
To create a new session:
1 Choose File > New Session.
2 Choose the drive where you want to save the
session. The session should be saved on a dedi-
cated audio drive.
3 Select “Enforce Mac/PC Compatibility” if you
want to create session and audio files that can be
used in either Windows or Macintosh versions
of Pro Tools. See “Creating Macintosh and PC
Compatible Sessions” on page 131 for more in-
formation.
Typical session folder
New Session dialog
To use Japanese or non-ASCII characters in
track and region names, or track comments,
deselect the option for “Enforce Mac/PC
Compatibility” when creating a new ses-
sion.
If you save a session copy with the “Enforce
Mac/PC Compatibility” option selected, all
Japanese and non-ASCII characters will be
lost.