M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio - Manual (Page 100)

Pro Tools Reference Guide 82
Category and Manufacturer Organizes plug-ins
in two levels of menus. The top menus display
plug-ins by process category (such as EQ, Dy-
namics, and Delay), with individual plug-ins
listed in the category submenus. The bottom
menus display plug-ins by manufacturer (such
as Bomb Factory, Digidesign, Focusrite, or TL
Labs), with individual plug-ins listed in the
manufacturer submenus.
Language Options (Windows Only)
Language Sets the language to use in the
Pro Tools application, independently of what
language version of Windows is used.
Default Automatic Naming to English Causes au-
tomatically named session elements in a session
to be named in English even when working with
the Pro Tools application set to another lan-
guage.
Meters Section
Peak Hold Options
These options determine how long the peak in-
dicators on track meters stay lit after a peak is de-
tected.
3 Seconds When selected, track meters display
the last peak level for three seconds.
Infinite When selected, track meters display the
last peak level until you click them to clear
them.
None When selected, track meters do not hold
the peak level.
Clip Indication Options
These options determine how long the clip indi-
cators on plug-in, send, and track meters stay lit
after a clip is detected.
3 Second Clip Hold When selected, meters dis-
play the last clip indication for three seconds.
Infinite Clip Hold When selected, meters display
the last clip indications until you click them to
clear them.
No Clip Hold When selected, meters do not hold
the clip indication.
Show Meters in Sends View
When the Sends view is displaying individual
send controls, you can select this option to show
send level meters. Deselecting this option can
help speed up screen redraws and processing.
Color Coding
Always Display Marker Colors Lets you choose to
view Marker colors in the Markers ruler, regard-
less of the settings you choose for Default Region
Color Coding
.
MIDI Note Color Shows Velocity When enabled,
MIDI notes display varying shades of the as-
signed track color in MIDI notes view in the Edit
window and in MIDI Editor windows. Notes
with high velocities are darker and notes with
lower velocities are lighter.
Default Track Color Coding Options
These color coding options determine the de-
fault color coding assignment for tracks in the
Edit and Mix windows. The options are:
None Turns off color assignment for tracks.
Tracks and MIDI Channels Assigns a color to
each track in the Mix or Edit window according
to its voice or MIDI channel assignment.
Tracks and MIDI Devices Assigns a color to each
track in the Mix or Edit window according to its
voice assignment or MIDI device assignment.