Specifications

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Mic Preamp Paths
When audio tracks or Auxiliary Inputs are cre-
ated, their mono, stereo, or multichannel for-
mat is defined. This format determines the Mic
Preamp behavior. Mono tracks control a single
channel, stereo tracks control two channels, and
multichannel tracks control multiple channels.
Using multi-channel input paths
Pro Tools allows you to create multichannel in-
put paths in the Inputs tab of I/O Setups. When
these multichannel inputs use a physical input
which has been mapped to a PRE output, their
controls will become automatically ganged to-
gether when a multichannel track input assign-
ment is made.
This is useful for stereo-pair miking situations
where you may want both microphones to be-
have in a similar manner—for example, gain
and phantom power controls affect both chan-
nels simultaneously.
If you are using advanced miking patterns, such
as M/S pairing, you will not want the micro-
phones to be ganged together. In this example,
you would want phantom power enabled on the
condenser mic, but not on the dynamic mic.
Furthermore, it is unlikely that they would have
the same gain setting. If you need to use multi-
microphone configurations and do not want
their PRE controls to be linked, use individual
mono inputs and mono paths.
Viewing Mic Preamp Controls
in Pro Tools
Both the Mix and Edit windows can be config-
ured to show or hide PRE controls.
To show or hide Mic Preamp controls in the Mix
and Edit windows:
 Choose View > Mix Window or View > Edit Win-
dow, or click the View Selector in the Edit win-
dow or Mix window, and do one of the
following:
• Select Mic Preamps View to show all Mic Pre-
amp controls, or deselect to hide.
• Select All to display the Pro Tools input/out-
put controls, Mic Preamps, inserts, sends,
and comments.
• Select None to hide Pro Tools input/output
controls, Mic Preamps, inserts, sends, and
comments.
Mic Preamps View, Mix window
Source and
Impedance
HPF
Insert
Mic Pre window
Pad
Phantom
Power
Phase
Gain