Specifications

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Importing VENUE Settings into
Pro Tools
When VENUE Link is enabled, you can import
VENUE settings into Pro Tools in two ways.
 You can create a Pro Tools session from
VENUE. Tracks are automatically created,
named, and given I/O assignments based on the
currently loaded VENUE Show file.
 You can import VENUE channel names as
track names into an existing Pro Tools session.
You can use this option in the following ways:
• If you have created a session from VENUE,
but prior to recording you have changed the
names of channels on your console, use this
feature to update track names automati-
cally.
• If you are working from an existing tem-
plate, which includes the VENUE channels
plus a variety of other inputs (such as audi-
ence mics or playback sources from another
Pro Tools peripheral), use this feature to
update the VENUE-related track names
without affecting the other non-VENUE
tracks.
Create a Session from VENUE
When you choose to create a Pro Tools session
from VENUE, new mono and stereo audio tracks
are created for all patched VENUE system mono
and stereo Stage input channels, as well as for
any output busses or Direct Outs patched to as-
signable outputs in the VENUE system Patch-
bay.
To create a session from VENUE:
1 On your VENUE system, make sure you have
loaded the Show file you want to use as the basis
for your Pro Tools session.
2 In Pro Tools, do either of the following:
• If the Quick Start dialog appears, choose,
Create Session from VENUE.
– or –
• If the Quick Start dialog does not appear,
choose
File > New Session, and choose Cre-
ate Session from VENUE
.
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.
• Select the bit depth.
• 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.
5 Your most recently loaded VENUE Show file
appears as the session name. Accept the name or
edit it, and select the drive where you want to
save the session. The session should be saved on
a dedicated audio drive
.
6 Click Save.
New tracks appear in Pro Tools as follows, de-
pending on the type of VENUE channel im-
ported into Pro Tools:
Naming and saving the session
If you are recording multiple instances of the
same performance (using the same Show file
name), you should save each session to a new
folder and name the folder and the session
accordingly.