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Pro Tools Reference Guide494
• If you select Record Online at Time Code
Lock, QuickPunch disregards the selection
and punches in and out whenever you
want (after Pro Tools has locked to time
code).
TrackPunch Audio Recording
(Pro Tools HD Only)
TrackPunch mode lets you punch tracks in and
out individually (one at a time) or punch multi-
ple tracks in and out simultaneously. Track-
Punch is a nondestructive punch mode which
leaves previous material on disk. (To destruc-
tively replace audio on disk, see “Destructive-
Punch Audio Recording” on page 498).
TrackPunch Setup
Before using TrackPunch in a record pass you
must configure Pro Tools, session, and track set-
tings.
Configure Pro Tools
To configure Pro Tools:
1 Configure tracks, voicing, and other Track-
Punch settings as needed (see “System, Session,
and Track Guidelines for Punch Recording” on
page 488).
2 Make sure Pro Tools is not recording or play-
ing back (the Transport is stopped).
Enable TrackPunch Mode
To enable TrackPunch mode:
 Do any of the following:
• Select Options > TrackPunch.
• Right-click the Record button in the Trans-
port, and select TrackPunch from the pop-
up menu.
• Start-click (Windows) or Control-click
(Mac) the Record button in the Transport
to cycle through available Record modes
until TrackPunch mode is selected (a “T”
indicates TrackPunch mode).
• Press Command+Shift+T (Mac) or Con-
trol+Shift+T (Windows).
For information about online playback with
Pro Tools, see the User Guide that came
with your system or with a Toolkit option (if
you purchase one). For information about
synchronization with TrackPunch and De-
structivePunch recording, see “Synchroniza-
tion and Track Arming Options for Punch
Recording” on page 492.