Specifications

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Recording an Audio Track
To record an audio track:
1 Assign the input for a track and set its input
levels appropriately.
2 Click the Record Enable button for a track.
(See Figure 6 on page 42).
3 Choose Windows > Show Transport to display
the Transport window.
4 Click Return To Zero to start recording from
the beginning of the session. You can also record
according to a selection or from the cursor loca-
tion in the Edit window.
5 Click Record in the Transport window to en-
able recording.
6 Click Play or press the Spacebar to record on
all record-enabled tracks.
7 Record your performance.
8 Click Stop in the Transport window or press
the Spacebar when you are finished recording.
To play back a recorded track:
1 Click the track’s Record Enable button a sec-
ond time to take it out of Record mode.
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 MIDI
To configure a MIDI track for recording:
1 For Macintosh systems, choose MIDI > Input
Devices and make sure your input device is se-
lected in the MIDI Input Enable window. Click
OK to apply your changes.
2 Choose File > New Track and specify 1 MIDI
Track, then click Create.
3 In the Mix window, click the track’s MIDI Out-
put selector and choose the destination (assign-
ment) for that MIDI track by choosing a MIDI
interface port, a channel, or a device from the
pop-up menu. Choices vary depending on the
operating system, Pro Tools version, and the
hardware and instruments you have connected.
4 You can assign a default program change to
the track by clicking on the Patch Select button
in the Mix window and making the necessary
selections for program and bank select, and then
clicking Done. Default program changes are
sent when playing a track.
Transport window (Expanded view shown)
Online
Rewind
Stop
Play
Record
Return To Zero
Go to End
Fast Forward
MIDI Output selector