M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio - Manual (Page 378)

Pro Tools Reference Guide 360
To record enable all selected audio tracks, or all
selected MIDI and Instrument tracks:
„ Alt-Shift-click (Windows) or Option-Shift-
click (Mac) the Record Enable button on any se-
lected audio, or MIDI or Instrument track to tog-
gle record enable on or off for all selected audio,
or MIDI and Instrument tracks.
Latch Record Enable Buttons
Preference
When the Latch Record Enable Buttons option is
selected in the Operation Preferences, you can
record enable additional audio tracks by clicking
their Record Enable buttons. Previously record-
enabled tracks remain enabled. The Latch Record
Enable Buttons
option affects audio tracks only.
When the Latch Record Enable Buttons option is
deselected, record enabling a subsequent audio
track disables the previously record-enabled au-
dio track.
To enable the Latch Record Enable Buttons
preference:
1 Choose Setup > Preferences and click the
Operation tab.
2 Select Latch Record Enable Buttons.
Record Safe Mode
Pro Tools provides a Record Safe mode on a per
track basis that prevents tracks from being
record-enabled by accident. Use Record Safe
mode to protect important audio or MIDI data
on a track from being recorded over.
To put an audio, MIDI, or Instrument track in
Record Safe mode:
„
Control-click (Windows) or Command-click
(Mac) the track’s Record Enable button. The
Record Enable button is grayed out.
Control-click (Windows) or Command-click
(Mac) again to take the track out of Record Safe
mode.
To put all audio, MIDI, and Instrument tracks in
Record Safe mode:
„
Control-Alt-click (Windows) or Command-
Option-click (Mac) the Record Enable button on
any track.
Control-Alt-click (Windows) or Command-Op-
tion-click (Mac) again to take all tracks out of
Record Safe mode.
To put all currently selected tracks into Record
Safe mode:
„ Control-Alt-Shift-click (Windows) or Com-
mand-Option-Shift-click (Mac) the Record En-
able button on any of the selected tracks to
toggle them in and out of Record Safe mode.
Record enabling a track that is part of a Mix
Group does not record enable the other
tracks in the Group. To record enable all
tracks in a group, click directly to the left of
the group’s name in the Group List to select
all tracks in the group, and then Alt-Shift-
click (Windows) or Option-Shift-click (Mac)
the Record Enable button of one of the
tracks to record enable the selected tracks.