Specifications
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Introduction
- Installation and Authorization
- Session and Track Features
- Advanced Editing Features
- Advanced Automation Features
- AutoJoin with Latch Mode
- Touch/Latch Mode
- Trim Mode
- Composite Automation Playlist
- Copy Track Automation to Sends
- AutoMatch
- Prime Controls for Writing Automation in Latch Mode
- Glide Automation
- Trim Automation
- Write Automation to the Start, End, or All of a Track or Selection
- Write Automation to the Next Breakpoint or to the Punch Point
- Overwrite or Extend Mute Automation
- Snapshot Automation
- Preview Automation
- Capture Automation
- VCA Master Track Automation
- Surround Features
- Pro Tools Audio Connections for 5.1 Mixing
- Configuring Pro Tools for Multichannel Sessions
- Default I/O Selectors in I/O Setup
- 5.1 Track Layouts, Routing, and Metering
- Routing Audio for Surround Mixing
- Multichannel Audio Tracks
- Multichannel Signal Routing
- Paths in Surround Mixes
- Example Paths and Signal Routing for a Surround Mix
- Introduction to Pro Tools Surround Panning
- Output Windows
- Surround Panner Controls
- Panning Modes
- Divergence and Center Percentage
- LFE Faders in Multichannel Panners
- Pan Playlists
- Surround Scope Plug-In
- Video Features
- Included Plug-Ins
- Index
Complete Production Toolkit 2 Guide6
Authorizing Complete
Production Toolkit 2
Complete Production Toolkit 2 and its addi-
tional software components must be authorized
before they can be used in Pro Tools.
Complete Production Toolkit 2 and
Additional Software Components
Each Complete Production Toolkit 2 compo-
nent must be authorized before it can be used in
Pro Tools. Authorization includes activating
your software licenses online, then transferring
your licenses to an iLok USB Smart Key (iLok).
An iLok can hold hundreds of licenses for all of
your iLok-enabled software. Once a license for a
given piece of software is placed on an iLok, you
can use the iLok to authorize that software on
any computer.
The following Complete Production Toolkit 2
software components must be authorized before
they can be used in Pro Tools:
• Complete Production Toolkit 2 (includes
Pro Tools features)
• Neyrinck SoundCode Stereo
•X-Form
Authorizing Downloaded Software
If you downloaded software from the Avid Store
(http://shop.avid.com), you authorize it by
downloading licenses from iLok.com to an iLok.
Authorizing Boxed Versions of
Software
If you purchased a boxed version of Complete
Production Toolkit 2, it comes with an Activa-
tion Code (on the included Activation Card).
To authorize Complete Production Toolkit 2 using
an Activation Code:
1 If you do not have an iLok.com account, visit
www.iLok.com and sign up for an account.
2 Transfer the license for your toolkit option
and plug-ins to your iLok.com account by doing
the following:
• Visit www.avid.com/activation.
– and –
• Input your Activation Code (listed on your
Activation Card) and then your iLok.com
User ID. Your iLok.com User ID is the name
you create for your iLok.com account.
3 Transfer the licenses from your iLok.com ac-
count to your iLok USB Smart Key by doing the
following:
• Insert the iLok into an available USB port
on your computer.
• Go to www.iLok.com and log in.
• Follow the on-screen instructions for trans-
ferring your licences to your iLok.
4 Launch Pro Tools.
5 If you have any installed unauthorized
plug-ins or software options, you are prompted
to authorize them. Follow the on-screen instruc-
tions to complete the authorization process.
iLok USB Smart Key
An iLok USB Smart Key is not supplied
with plug-ins or software options, but
comes with new Pro Tools 9.0 systems or
can be purchased separately.
For more information, visit www.iLok.com.