User Manual

Chapter 21: Record Setup 439
Working with Hard Drives for
Recording
Monitoring Drive Space
Pro Tools lets you check how much drive space
is available. The Disk Usage window shows the
available drive space for each drive connected to
your system as text and as a gauge display.
To monitor available space on your drive during a
Pro Tools session:
 Choose Window > Disk Space.
To display available drive space in Text Only view
only:
 From the Disk Usage menu, select Text Only.
Recording with Multiple Hard
Drives
(Optional)
By default, Pro Tools records audio files to the
Audio Files folder inside the session folder. If
you have multiple hard drives for recording, you
can use the Disk Allocation window to specify
other hard drive locations to record audio files
on a track-by-track basis.
Hard drives that are full do not appear in the
Disk Allocation window.
To increase system performance, Pro Tools can
record and play each track from a different hard
drive. You can also automatically distribute any
newly created tracks to multiple audio drives
with Round Robin Allocation.
Navigating in the Disk Allocation Window
To resize the Disk Allocation window:
 Drag the lower-right corner of the window ac-
cording to standard convention for your operat-
ing system (Windows or Mac).
To scroll up or down in the Disk Allocation window:
 Press Page Up or Page Down.
Disk Usage window
Disk Usage window, selecting Text Only view