Specifications

Chapter 4: Live Recording and Playback 21
Creating a Session Using
VENUE Session Templates
Pro Tools offers VENUE record and playback
session templates that provide pre-defined
tracks and track I/O assignments.
In the Virtual Soundcheck templates, track out-
put assignments follow input assignments one-
for-one. When performing a Virtual Sound-
check, each Pro Tools track plays back through
its corresponding VENUE channel.
In the record templates, track output paths are
assigned to Pro Tools internal Bus 1-2.
To create a Pro Tools session using a VENUE
Session template:
1 Launch Pro Tools and do either of the follow-
ing:
• If the Quick Start dialog appears, choose,
Create Session from Template.
– or –
• If the Quick Start dialog does not appear,
choose
File > New Session, and choose Cre-
ate Session from Template
.
2 From the Session Template pop-up menu, se-
lect the VENUE category, and choose an avail-
able template from the list.
3 To set session parameters, do the following (if
session parameters are not visible click the Ses-
sion Parameters reveal button):
• Set the audio file format for the session. For
optimum compatibility between Windows
and Mac, set the file type to BWF (.WAV).
• Set the bit depth to 24-bit.In most cases,
you will not be able to change this value
when connected to a VENUE system.
• Set sample rate to 48 kHz. In most cases,
you will not be able to change this value
when connected to a VENUE system.
4 Click OK. The Save As dialog appears.
5 Select the drive where you want to save the ses-
sion. The session should be saved on a dedicated
audio drive.
6 Name your session and click Save. The new
session is created.
7 Pro Tools provides two main windows in ses-
sions, the Edit window (
Window > Edit) and the
Mix window (
Window > Mix). Choose Window >
Edit
to view the Edit window.
8 After Pro Tools has created and opened the
new session, choose
Setup > I/O. The IO Setup di-
alog lets you define which physical ports on your
hardware are routed to available inputs and out-
puts in Pro Tools.
Quickstart dialog showing VENUE session templates
You can create and save your own templates
and have them available in the Quick Start
or New Session dialogs. See “Creating Tem-
plates with Pro Tools 8.0 and Higher” on
page 26.
A drive’s supported track count depends on
the session’s parameters and the type of
drive. For more information, see “Allocating
Audio Drives” on page 60.
Saving the session in the Save As dialog
You can toggle between the Mix window and
the Edit window by pressing
Cmd+= (Mac) or Ctrl+= (Windows).