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Pro Tools Reference Guide76
Input Only Monitoring
In this mode, when a track is record-en-
abled, Pro Tools monitors audio input
only, regardless of any punch in/out selec-
tion.
Monitor Levels for Record and
Playback
Pro Tools allows you to set two different
fader levels for each audio track: one for
when the track is record-enabled, and one
for when it is not record-enabled. This lets
you adjust levels for playback and config-
ure a different set of levels for monitoring
while recording.
Pro Tools remembers these two states for
fader levels automatically. If you adjust a
fader when a track is record-enabled and
then take the track out of record-enabled
mode, the fader updates accordingly.
When audio tracks are record-enabled,
their volume faders in the Mix window
turn red, indicating that the record moni-
tor level is active.
Monitoring Latency
(Pro Tools LE Only)
Because Pro Tools LE uses the host proces-
sor in your computer for audio processing,
playback, and recording, there is a small
amount of audio delay, or latency, in the
system. This latency amount is related to
the Hardware Buffer Size—the larger the
buffer size, the larger the latency.
While there may be times when you want a
larger Buffer Size, for the sake of higher
track counts with more Plug-Ins, you’ll
generally want a smaller Buffer Size when
recording audio that is monitored through
your Digi 001 or Audiomedia III.
If you are monitoring the audio material
you’re recording with an external mixer,
you will not hear any latency.
To set the Hardware Buffer Size:
1 Choose Setups > Hardware.
2 Choose the number of samples from the
Hardware Buffer Size pop-up.
3 Click OK.
▲ Computers with slower CPUs may not be
able to use the 128 Buffer Size without en-
countering performance errors.
Hardware Buffer Size