User Guide

Chapter 6: Working with Pro Tools LE 67
Recording an Audio Track
To record an audio track:
1 Click the Record Enable button for a track, as-
sign its input (see “Routing Audio to a Track” on
page 65), and set the input levels appropriately
(see “Setting Input Levels with Digi 002” on
page 66).
2 In the Transport window (Windows > Show
Transport), click Return To Zero to ensure that
you are starting from the beginning of the ses-
sion. You can also record to a selection in the
timeline or from the cursor location in the Edit
window.
3 Click Record in the Transport window to en-
able recording.
4 Click Play or press the Spacebar to record on
all record-enabled tracks.
5 Start playing your instrument.
6 Click Stop in the Transport window or press
the Spacebar when you are done recording.
To play back a recorded track:
1 Disable the track’s Record Enable button.
2 Click Play in the Transport window or press
the Spacebar to start playback.
3 Click Stop in the Transport window or press
the Spacebar to stop playback.
Recording To and From Digital
Devices
Digi 002 provides both S/PDIF (RCA) digital in-
put connectors and Optical connectors for
transfer of digital audio.
Setting Digital Format and Clock Source
Before recording from a digital source, make
sure you have enabled the appropriate Digital
Format in the Hardware Setup dialog. For more
information, see “Configuring Hardware Setup”
on page 12 for Macintosh, or “Configuring
Hardware Setup” on page 21 for Windows.
Recording To and From an ADAT
You can use Digi 002 to interface with an ADAT,
either to record tracks from an ADAT into
Pro Tools LE for editing, or to record tracks from
Pro Tools LE to an ADAT.
To record ADAT tracks into Pro Tools LE:
1 Open or create a session in Pro Tools LE.
2 Record enable up to eight audio tracks (de-
pending on how many tracks are used on the
ADAT tape).
3 Assign ADAT Optical Inputs 1–8 to your eight
tracks.
4 Verify that Pro Tools LE is synchronized to
Optical, and that the Optical Format is set to
ADAT.
5 Click Record in the Transport window.
6 Click Play in the Transport window to begin
recording, then press Play on the ADAT.
7 When playback from the ADAT tape is fin-
ished, click Stop in the Transport window, or
press the Spacebar.
To record Pro Tools LE tracks to an ADAT:
1 Open the session you want to record to ADAT.
2 Record enable up to eight audio tracks on the
ADAT.
3 Route the output of up to eight audio tracks in
Pro Tools to the Optical outputs on Digi 002.