M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio - Manual (Page 421)

Chapter 20: MIDI Recording 403
3 Click the track’s MIDI Output selector and as-
sign the device from the pop-up menu.
4 Configure the external MIDI device to receive
Sysex data according to the manufacturer’s in-
structions.
5 Click Play in the Transport to begin playback.
Pro Tools begins playing and transmits the pre-
viously recorded Sysex to the assigned MIDI de-
vice.
Recording Audio from a MIDI
Instrument
Typically, you will monitor the audio from
MIDI instruments (both hardware and plug-ins)
using Instrument and Auxiliary Input tracks.
During the final mixdown, audio from Instru-
ment and Auxiliary Input tracks can be included
when using Bounce to Disk, or on a bussed re-
cording path if recording to a new track.
Recording Audio from an Instrument
Plug-in
To record audio from an instrument plug-in:
1 Create a new Instrument track.
2 Insert an instrument plug-in on that track.
3 Do one of the following:
• Record your MIDI performance on the In-
strument track.
– or –
• Manually enter MIDI data in the Instru-
ment track.
4 Create a new audio track with the same num-
ber of channels as the Instrument track (such as
stereo).
5 Set the Instrument track’s Audio Output Path
selector to a bus (for example, Bus 1–2).
6 Set the audio track’s Audio Input Path selector
to the same bus.
7 Set the audio track’s Audio Output Path selec-
tor to the main monitoring path (for example,
A 1–2).
8 Record enable the audio track.
9 Do one of the following:
• To record from the beginning of the ses-
sion, click Return To Zero in the Transport.
– or –
• Make a Timeline selection for the record
range.
10 Click Record in the Transport to arm
Pro Tools for recording.
When using instrument plug-ins, you may
want to record the audio from a MIDI in-
strument to a new track before mixing in or-
der to free up DSP resources.
You can also record both the MIDI and au-
dio from your performance at the same
time.