Specifications
Pro Tools Reference Guide54
Opening a TDM Session in
Pro Tools LE
When opening a TDM session in Pro Tools LE,
the following rules apply:
•With Pro Tools LE 6.x (all systems) or
Pro Tools 5.3.1 and higher (Windows):
• Any tracks beyond the first 32, as well any
inactive tracks, are set to voice off.
• Multichannel surround tracks are removed
from the session.
• Any assignments to busses beyond 16 are
made inactive.
• Unavailable input and output paths are
made inactive.
• TDM plug-ins with RTAS equivalents are re-
tained; those without equivalents are made
inactive.
•With Pro Tools LE 5.3.x and lower (Macin-
tosh) or Pro Tools LE 5.1.x and lower (Win-
dows):
• Any tracks beyond the first 24, as well any
inactive tracks, are removed from the ses-
sion.
• Multichannel surround tracks are removed
from the session.
• Any assignments to busses beyond 16 are
made inactive.
• Unavailable input and output paths are
made inactive.
• TDM plug-ins with RTAS equivalents are re-
tained; those without equivalents are made
inactive.
Preferences
The Preferences dialog has several tabbed pages
in which you can specify your preferred settings
for various session parameters. Each new session
will use these preferences.
Display Preferences
Edit Window Follows Bank Selection If you are
using a supported control surface with
Pro Tools, this option scrolls the Edit window to
display the selected bank of tracks when you
switch banks on the control surface, ensuring
that the current bank is viewable on-screen.
Mix Window Follows Bank Selection If you are
using a supported control surface with
Pro Tools, this option scrolls the Mix window to
display the selected bank of tracks when you
switch banks on the control surface, ensuring
that the current bank is viewable on-screen.
“Scroll to Tracks” Banks Controllers (Pro Tools
6.4) When using a control surface (such as
D-Control or Pro Control) you can select this
option to bank control surface faders to a num-
bered track when invoking the “Scroll to Track
Number” command.