Specifications

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To prepare an audio track for recording:
1 Choose Track > New.
2 Specify 1 Mono Audio Track in Samples, if
your source is mono, or 1 Stereo Audio Track in
Samples, if your source is stereo.
3 Click Create.
4 Make sure the Mix window is open by choos-
ing Window > Mix.
5 In the Mix window, click the Audio Input Path
selector on the new track.
6 From the pop-up menu, select the interface in-
put you want to record. For example, select
Mic/Line 1 if your audio source is plugged into
the first input of your M-Audio interface.
7 Play the instrument or sound source at the
volume you will record.
8 Use the Gain controls to maximize the signal
going into Pro Tools while avoiding clipping.
To record an audio track:
1 Click the Track Record Enable button.
2 Choose Track > Input Only Monitoring. This al-
lows you to monitor the input of tracks that are
record enabled.
Creating a new Stereo audio track
A mono instrument uses one input on an
M-Audio interface, and a stereo instrument
uses two. Creating a stereo track in
Pro Tools will not make a mono instrument
into a stereo instrument. If a mono instru-
ment is recorded on a stereo track, one of the
sides of the stereo track will show no signal.
Choosing an input in the Mix window
Input Path selector
Routing an input to a mono track
Clipping occurs when you feed a signal to an
audio device that is louder than the circuitry
can accept. To avoid clipping, adjust the Sig-
nal Gain control (if any). If the M-Audio in-
terface has front panel Clip LEDS, adjust the
gain to a level where the Peak LEDs do not
light.
Record enabling a track in the Mix window