Specifications

What’s New in Pro Tools 9.060
Mic Preamps in I/O Setup
On the Mic Preamps page of the I/O Setup, sig-
nal paths for one or more PRE multi-purpose mi-
crophone preamplifiers can be mapped to audio
interfaces. For more information, see the PRE
Guide.
Mic Preamps in Pro Tools Edit
and Mix Windows
After you create a new track and set the track in-
put to an analog input that the PRE output
channel is mapped to, the PRE controls (identi-
fied as Mic Preamps) appear on top of the track
channel strip. If you do not see these controls,
choose Display > Mix Windows Shows > Mic Pre-
amps View.
To create a track with a Mic Preamp
1 Choose Track > New, and create a mono or ste-
reo audio or Auxiliary Input track.
2 Select an input path from the track Input Se-
lector. Make sure you choose an input that a PRE
output was mapped to in I/O Setup.
If the Mic Preamps view doesn’t appear at the
top of the channel strip, you may need to set the
Mix or Edit window to show PRE controls (see
“Viewing Mic Preamp Controls in Pro Tools” on
page 61).
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.
Mic Preamps