User`s guide

Chapter 11: Advanced Recording 117
To record from a DAT recorder with Pro Tools:
1 Connect the digital output of the DAT re-
corder to the appropriate digital input of
your audio hardware.
2 Choose Windows > Show Session Setup.
From the Sample Rate pop-up menu,
choose the desired sample rate.
3 Choose Setups > Hardware. From the
Ch 1–2 Input pop-up menu, select the ap-
propriate input source.
If your audio hardware supports both
AES/EBU and S/PDIF, select the format you
will use from the Digital Format pop-up.
4 Click OK to close the Hardware Setup di-
alog.
5 Choose File > New Track and specify 2
Audio Tracks, then click Create.
6 In the Mix window, record enable the
new audio tracks by clicking their Record
buttons.
7 Assign the Input Selectors for the tracks
to Ch 1–2 Inputs. Since this is a digital-do-
main transfer, you don’t need to worry
about input levels.
8 Set the pan controls for the tracks to
100% right and 100% left, respectively, to
allow stereo monitoring during playback.
9 Put Pro Tools in normal Nondestructive
Record mode. In the Operations menu, de-
select Destructive Record, Loop Record,
and QuickPunch.
10 In the Transport window, click Return
to Zero so the start/end times are cleared.
This ensures that you’ll start recording
from the beginning of the track.
11 Click Record in the Transport window.
When you are ready to begin recording,
click Play.
12 Initiate playback on the DAT recorder.
13 When the material from the DAT re-
corder has finished, click Stop in the Trans-
port window.
After a Digital Transfer
After you have finished recording digitally,
set the Sync Mode pop-up menu in the Ses-
sion Setup window back to Internal. Other-
wise, Pro Tools will not switch back to its
own internal clock and will not record or
play audio properly. Failure to switch back
to Internal sync typically results in pitch
problems (fast or slow playback) or DAE er-
rors, since a DAT recorder or CD Recorder
that is idle can default to a different sample
rate or stop outputting a sample rate clock
altogether.
Session Setup window