User`s guide

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To display track controls:
■ Choose Display > Mix Window Shows, or
Edit Window Shows, and select the con-
trols you want to display from the sub-
menu.
Comments View This view shows the com-
ments you enter when creating the track,
or type directly into the comment area.
I/O View Shows the standard input and
output controls for tracks.
Inserts View Shows the Inserts on a track.
Audio, Auxiliary Input and Master Fader
tracks can have up to five unity-gain, pre-
fader, in-line Inserts. (Master Fader chan-
nels are post-fader only.)
Sends View Audio and Auxiliary Input
tracks can have up to five sends that allow
you to send that track’s signal to an exter-
nal signal processor or any internal busses.
Sends can be wither mono or stereo and
can be either pre- or post-fade. You can
choose to show all the send assignments
for your tracks, or you can show the level,
mute, pre/post and (in the case of stereo
sends) pan controls for individual sends.
To show the controls for individual sends:
■ Choose Display > Sends View Shows and
choose the send you wish to display from
the submenu. To show all send assign-
ments for your tracks, choose Assignments.
See Chapter 19: Basic Mixing for more infor-
mation on Inserts and Sends.
Opening a Session
When you open a session, Pro Tools looks
in the same directory for its associated
audio and fade files.
To open an existing session:
1 Choose File > Open Session.
2 Locate the session you want to open and
click Open.
Recent Folders and Files
(Windows NT Only)
In Windows, the Open Session Dialog has
two menus that allow you to navigate di-
rectly to recent directories (by choosing a
location from the Folders menu) or directly
open recent session files (by choosing a
filename from the Files menu).
Displaying controls for a send
Open Session dialog
Open Session dialog (Windows)