M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio - Manual (Page 404)

Pro Tools Reference Guide 386
Expanding Alternate Takes to New
Tracks
Expanding alternate takes to new tracks readily
facilitates auditioning, editing, and mixing al-
ternate takes, each on separate tracks.
To expand alternate takes to new tracks:
1 Identify the region on the main playlist with
matching alternate regions (takes).
2 Do one of the following:
• Right-click the region and choose Matches
> Expand Alternates To New Tracks .
• If the region is selected, with the Selector
tool, Control-click (Windows) or Com-
mand-click (Mac) anywhere on the selected
region and choose Matches > Expand Alter-
nates To New Tracks
.
• If the region is not selected, with the Selec-
tor tool, Control-click (Windows) or Com-
mand-click (Mac) at the precise beginning
of the loop or punch range and choose
Matches > Expand Alternates To New Tracks
.
3 Then choose one of the following from the Ex-
pand Alternates To New Tracks sub-menu:
By Track Name Names all new tracks after the
source track name.
By Region Name Names each new tracks after
the corresponding original region names that
you see in the Matches list.
By Track and Region Name Names all new tracks
after the source track name, but with the corre-
sponding original region names in parenthesis.
All matching alternate regions are copied to new
tracks.
Recording from a Digital
Source
If you plan to use a DAT player, digital-output
CD recorder, or other digital device with your
Pro Tools system, make sure it supports the cor-
rect digital format. For example, your Pro Tools
audio interface’s AES/EBU inputs and outputs
should only be connected to another AES/EBU
device.
Pro Tools|HD Digital Options
The 192 I/O, 192 Digital I/O, and 96 I/O include
AES/EBU, S/PDIF, and ADAT digital options. Ad-
ditionally, the 192 I/O and 192 Digital I/O in-
clude TDIF digital I/O options. The 96i I/O in-
cludes only the S/PDIF digital option.
On a 192 I/O, 192 Digital I/O, or 96 I/O,
Pro Tools can receive digital audio from the fac-
tory-installed Optical (ADAT) I/O at any time (if
it is not set to S/PDIF). However, Pro Tools can
only receive digital audio from one of its enclo-
sure [Encl] digital sources—AES/EBU, S/PDIF, or
Optical (S/PDIF) at a time.
Enclosure digital sources come standard with
Pro Tools|HD I/Os and are labelled on-screen as
[Encl] versions, to differentiate them from digi-
tal inputs and outputs available on the 192’s
Digital I/O card. For example, the AES/EBU in-
puts and outputs that come standard in the
192 I/O enclosure are identified as AES/EBU
[Encl].
For additional information on configuring
your particular Pro Tools system for record-
ing from a digital source, see your Setup
Guide.