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Pro Tools Reference Guide942
If you use a control surface (such as D-Control or
003) with Pro Tools, colored outlines around
sends, inserts, and outputs indicate the current
controller focus.
Inactive Sends
Sends can be made inactive. Inactive sends free
their DSP and mixer resources, while retaining
their position in track Sends View. Inactive
sends do not output audio. However, Inactive
sends retain all related automation playlists. In
addition, edits made to regions on tracks with
inactive sends can still affect the sends automa-
tion playlists.
When opening sessions, sends will automati-
cally be made inactive if the required hardware
or other resources are not available.
To make a send inactive, do one of the following:
 Control-Start-click (Windows) or Command-
Control-click (Mac) on the Send assignment.
– or –
 Make the Track inactive. See “Making Tracks
Inactive” on page 241.
To toggle sends in the same position (A–J) and
assigned to the same path on all tracks active or
inactive:
 Control-Start-Alt click (Windows) or Com-
mand-Control-Option click (Mac) a send button
in the position you want to toggle.
To toggle sends in the same position (A–J) and
assigned to the same path on all selected tracks
active or inactive:
 Control-Start-Alt-Shift-click (Windows) or
Command-Control-Option-Shift-click (Mac) a
send button in the position you want to toggle.
Moving or Copying Sends
Sends can be moved or copied to other tracks, or
to other positions on the same track by drag-
ging. Sends can be dragged to create new sends
at the destination, or dragged onto existing send
assignments to replace them.
Sends can be moved and copied to tracks with
compatible send formats (mono, stereo, or
other). Pro Tools alerts you when you try to
move or copy a send to an incompatible destina-
tion. (For more information, see “Send Format
and Track Compatibility” on page 943).
Indication of Send mute, clipping, and window status
Display of inactive sends
Unmuted Window is open
(lit Send)
Muted
(blue)
Clipped
(red text)
Inactive sendActive
Inactive track
(italicized and
grayed out)
send
(plain text)
(entire track is italicized
and grayed out)