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Real-Time Properties View (Edit Window
Only) Shows controls for Real-Time Properties
for MIDI and Instrument tracks. For more infor-
mation on Real-Time Properties, see “MIDI Real-
Time Properties” on page 690.
Delay Compensation View The Delay Compensa-
tion View displays the total amount of plug-in
(TDM and RTAS) and hardware insert delay on
each track, lets you apply a user offset of track
delay, and displays the total amount of delay
that Pro Tools applies to each track. The Delay
Compensation View can be shown or hidden in
the Mix Window.
Delay values can be specified in either samples
or milliseconds, as selected in the Operation
Preferences page. For more information on De-
lay Compensation, see “Delay Compensation”
on page 956.
Track Color View Shows track color in each
track. For detailed information, see “Color Cod-
ing for Tracks, Regions, Markers, and Groups”
on page 241.
Audio Input and Output Paths
Pro Tools lets you configure the physical input
and outputs of your audio interfaces and also in-
ternal bus paths and subpaths in the I/O Setup
dialog and the Hardware Setup dialog. These
hardware inputs and outputs, and internal bus
paths can be assigned as inputs and outputs on
audio, Auxiliary Input, Instrument, and Master
Fader tracks.
Input Audio Path
Input Path selectors determine the source input
for audio, Auxiliary Input, and (optionally) In-
strument tracks. Track inputs can be set from
hardware inputs or internal bus paths or sub-
paths. For detailed information on assigning
track inputs, see “Assigning Audio Inputs” on
page 226.
Hardware input and bus paths can be configured
in the I/O Setup. For more information, see
Chapter 7, “I/O Setup.”
You can also define what physical ports are
routed to Pro Tools input ports in the Hardware
Setup dialog. For more information, see “Con-
figuring Pro Tools System Settings” on page 60.
Output Audio Path
Track Output Path selectors route the post-fader
signals to the assigned output or bus paths. The
Output Path selector routes the main track out-
put to the chosen main or sub-path. Tracks can
be routed directly to hardware output or inter-
nal bus paths and subpaths for submixing (main
or sub-paths).
Real-Time Properties View (Edit window)
Delay Compensation View
User Offset
Track Compensation
indicator
Delay indicator