Specifications

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3 From the Audio Media Options pop-up menu,
choose how you want to import audio files into
Pro Tools:
• If the audio files reside on a volume from
which Pro Tools can play back audio, select
Link to Source Media (Where Possible).
• If the audio files reside on a volume from
which Pro Tools cannot play back audio,
select Copy from Source Media to copy all au-
dio to the Pro Tools audio storage or Con-
solidate from Source Media to copy only
the audio used in the session to the
Pro Tools audio storage.
4 From the Video Media Options pop-up menu,
choose how you want to import video files into
Pro Tools:
• If the video files reside on a volume from
which Pro Tools can play back video, select
Link to Source Media.
• If the video files reside on a volume from
which Pro Tools cannot play back video, se-
lect Copy from Source Media to copy all
video to the Pro Tools video storage.
5 In the Import Session Data dialog, deselect
any source tracks that you do not want to be im-
ported. (If you are importing Session Data from
AAF or OMF sequences, all tracks are selected by
default. If you are importing tracks from a
Pro Tools session, no tracks are selected by de-
fault.)
6 Click OK.
7 If your audio or video source media is on a vol-
ume that is not suitable for playback (shown as a
Transfer volume in the Workspace browser) or if
your MediaNetwork workspace privileges are
read-only, Pro Tools displays a dialog that guides
you to copy the media to a volume designated
for Playback or Record. (Click Yes.)
Pro Tools imports the audio and video media to
the Timeline. Audio tracks with mixed sample
rates and/or bit depth are automatically con-
verted to the same sample rate and bit depth as
the session.
Now you are ready to edit the audio files in
Pro Tools.
Drive Selection When Importing
Session Data
When using the Import Session Data dialog to
import audio files with Copy or Consolidate
Source selected in the Audio Media Options
pop-up menu, all new audio files are stored on
the volumes designated for their respective tar-
get tracks in the Disk Allocation dialog.
Selecting a Unity Workspace When
Importing Session Data
When using the Import Session Data dialog to
import audio files with Copy or Consolidate
Source selected in the Audio Media Options
pop-up menu, all new audio files are stored on
the volumes designated for their respective tar-
get tracks in the Disk Allocation dialog.
When importing video files (such as from a CD),
the video files are copied by default to the same
volume that holds the session file. To have the
files copied to another volume, open the Work-
space browser, and select T in the volume desig-
nation column for all volumes except the vol-
ume where you want the video to be stored. To
ensure that the files are not copied to the root
If there are any errors or region name trun-
cations, a dialog will appear asking you if
you want a detailed report of the changes.
Click Yes and choose where you want to
save the log.