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Pro Tools Reference Guide226
Open in Score Editor (MIDI and Instrument Tracks
Only) Opens the track in the Score Editor win-
dow.
Open in MIDI Event List (MIDI and Instrument
Tracks Only) Opens the track in the MIDI Event
List.
Notation Display Track Settings (MIDI and Instru-
ment Tracks Only) Opens the Notation Display
Track Settings window for the track. Music nota-
tion can only be viewed in the Score Editor or in
MIDI Editor windows set to Notation view.
Expand Channels to New Tracks Expands multi-
channel audio files imported from a field re-
corder to new tracks, such that every channel re-
sides on its own mono audio track. Pro Tools
also automatically conforms all expanded tracks
to the edits in the guide (expanded) track. You
can expand multichannel files to new tracks or-
dered by channel name, by channel number, by
channel name and number, or by Time Code
only.
Assigning Audio Inputs and
Outputs to Tracks
Inputs for audio, Auxiliary Input, and Instru-
ment tracks can be assigned to audio interface
channels or busses. Outputs for audio, Auxiliary
Input, Master Fader, and Instrument tracks can
also be assigned to audio interface channels or
busses.
For stereo and multichannel surround tracks, in-
puts and outputs appear as stereo pairs and mul-
tichannel groups. The available inputs, outputs,
and busses are defined as paths in the I/O Setup
dialog (see Chapter 7, “I/O Setup”).
Automatic Input and Output
Assignments
When adding tracks to a new session, inputs are
automatically assigned in ascending order. For
example, if you have an audio interface with
eight inputs, creating four new mono audio
tracks will automatically add four audio tracks
with inputs assigned to the first four paths de-
fined in the I/O Setup dialog. When creating ste-
reo tracks, inputs are automatically assigned to
subsequent input pairs.
The outputs automatically assigned to new
tracks are determined by the New Track Default
Output Bus specified in the I/O Setup dialog.
Assigning Audio Inputs
(Audio, Auxiliary Input, and Instrument Tracks)
To assign an audio input of an audio, Auxiliary
Input, or Instrument track:
1 In order to assign audio track inputs in the
Edit window, select View > Edit Window > I/O.
2 In the Mix or Edit window, click the track’s In-
put Path selector and choose from the available
audio interface channels and busses. Stereo and
multichannel surround tracks have inputs avail-
able as pairs and multichannel groups.
The Input Path selector lets you route any audio
input or any of the Pro Tools internal busses to
an audio, Auxiliary Input, or Instrument track.
The choices available in this pop-up menu are
Input/output assignments for three mono audio tracks
Track Input set
to Audio 2
Track Input
set to Bus 2
Track set to
No Input