Specifications

What’s New in Pro Tools 9.030
Session Interchange
When exchanging a session between Pro Tools
systems, you may need to reconfigure the ses-
sion’s I/O settings. This will depend on system
ID, path names and/or path format, as well as on
the Pro Tools versions of each system on which
the session is transferred.
Path Names and Automatic Output
Bus Remapping
A system ID is created and saved in a session for
every computer the session is opened on (using
the computer’s MAC address). If Pro Tools finds
a matching system ID when opening a session,
output paths are restored and no reconfiguring
is necessary.
When a Pro Tools session is opened on a system
for the first time, Pro Tools attempts to automat-
ically remap output busses.
If Pro Tools does not find a matching system ID,
Pro Tools attempts to remap output busses ac-
cording to the following criteria (in order):
Path Name and Format Path names must be ex-
actly the same, and of the same format. Use the
suggested path naming schemes (see “Recom-
mended Output Path Naming Schemes” on
page 30).
Path Format Only If matching path names are
not found, Pro Tools remaps paths to existing
paths of the same format (channel width).
Any output bus path that cannot be automati-
cally remapped is opened as Inactive. You must
manually remap those paths to an active output
path.
Recommended Output Path Naming
Schemes
Generally, you will want to use standard nam-
ing schemes for output paths in your Pro Tools
sessions. This facilitates session exchange be-
tween different Pro Tools systems.
Here are some examples of standard industry
naming schemes:
•Main A, Main B
• Studio A, Studio B
• Stereo A, Stereo B
• Meter
• Monitor
• Aux A, Aux B
• Cue A, Cue B, Cue C, Cue D, Cue E, Cue F,
Cue G, Cue H, Cue I, Cue J
• Dial Main, Dial A, Dial B, Dial C, Dial B,
Dial E
• Efx Main, Efx A, Efx B, Efx C, Efx D, Efx E
• Music Main, Music A, Music B, Music C,
Music D, Music E
Pro Tools Versions and Session
Interchange
When exchanging a session between systems
with different versions of Pro Tools software
(such as your Pro Tools 9.0 system and a col-
league’s Pro Tools 8.x system), use the following
to maintain paths and signal routing.