Specifications

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Organize Plug-Ins Menus by Category (Pro Tools
6.4) When enabled, plug-ins are automatically
organized by category (effect type). Plug-ins that
do not fit into a standard category (such as the
DigiRack Signal Generator), or third-party plug-
ins that have not been defined by their develop-
ers, appear in the Other category. Plug-ins can
appear in more than one category.
Track Numbers Stay With Hidden Tracks
(Pro Tools 6.4) When enabled, tracks keep their
track numbers even when hidden. By default,
numbers are only assigned to tracks that are
shown. Active tracks are then numbered se-
quentially, and hidden tracks are un-numbered.
Show Meters in Sends View When the Sends
View is displaying individual send controls, you
can select this option to show send level meters.
Deselecting this option can help speed up
screen redraws and processing.
Draw Grids in Edit Window Adds grid lines to the
Edit window. Grid line resolution is based on
the zoom level of the Edit window.
Draw Waveforms Rectified Displays audio wave-
form data in rectified view. In this view, audio
waveforms are displayed so that their positive
and negative waveform excursions (the portions
that fall above and below the center line) are
summed together and viewed as a single posi-
tive-value signal. This view allows more wave-
form detail to be seen in either normal or re-
duced track height views. It can be particularly
useful when editing volume automation data,
since it depicts waveform levels as starting at the
bottom of the track.
Recompute Invalid Overviews Prompts Pro Tools
to look for missing or corrupted overview data
(the data used to create waveform displays)
when it opens sessions. If Pro Tools finds that
overview data is missing or corrupted, it will rec-
reate one or more overviews for the session. This
may take some time if there are many tracks in
the session. If you suspect that overview data for
a session has become corrupted, or if you import
audio files which have no overview data into a
session, make sure this preference is enabled for
the session, save and close the session, then re-
open it. Pro Tools will recreate any overviews for
the session when it opens.
Edit Window Default Length This option allows
you to set a default length for the Edit window
in hours, minutes, seconds, and frames. This is
useful if you want to assemble a session of a par-
ticular length or leave extra room to expand the
Edit window’s work area in your session. There
is a 13 hour maximum limit for the length of a
Pro Tools session.
Zoom Toggle Track Height Sets the default track
height when the Zoom Toggle function is used
to zoom in on a selection.
Delay Compensation Mode (Pro Tools 6.4) This
option lets you choose whether information in
the Delay Manager is displayed in milliseconds
or samples.