Avid Technology Pro Tools HD 7.2 User Manual
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Chapter 2: System Configuration, Session and Navigation Enhancements
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Video
• Only the main video track will be displayed.
• Only the first QuickTime movie in the session
will be displayed or played back.
• If the session contains QuickTime movies in
the Region List but no video track, the session
opens with a new QuickTime Movie track
containing the first QuickTime movie from
the Region List.
• The Timeline will display and play back only
the video playlist that was last active. Alter-
nate video playlists will not be available.
• Video regions and video region groups will
not be shown or saved.
Saving Pro Tools HD 7.2 Sessions to
Pro Tools 5.0 Format
A Pro Tools 7.2 session cannot be opened with
Pro Tools version 5.0.
To save a Pro Tools 7.x session so it is compati-
ble with Pro Tools version 5.0, use the File >
Save Copy In command to choose the
“Pro Tools 5.0” session format.
When saving a Pro Tools HD 7.2 session to
Pro Tools 5.0 format, the following will occur:
Tracks
• Multichannel surround tracks will be re-
moved from the session.
• Instrument tracks will be split into separate
Auxiliary Input and MIDI tracks.
• VCA Master tracks will be removed and VCA
automation will be coalesced to the corre-
sponding slave tracks.
• Trim automation playlists will be coalesced to
their corresponding automation playlists.
• Inactive tracks will be removed from the ses-
sion.
• Tracks assigned to “No Output” will be routed
to Busses 31 and 32.
• Tracks or sends assigned to Busses 33–64 will
be routed to Busses 31 and 32.
• Tracks assigned to multichannel paths or sub-
paths of multichannel paths will be routed to
Busses 31 and 32.
• Sends assigned to multichannel paths or sub-
paths of multichannel paths will be dropped.
• Tracks or sends assigned to stereo paths refer-
ring to even/odd channels (such as 2–3) will
be routed to Busses 31 and 32.
• Fader Gain levels and automation breakpoints
higher than +6 dB will be changed to +6 dB.
• Long names will be shortened to 31 charac-
ters.
• The following attributes will be dropped:
• Region groups
• Region loops
• Sample-based MIDI regions
• Sample-based MIDI tracks
• Sends F–J and any associated automation
• Marker/Memory Locations 201–999
• Multi-mono plug-in instances
Groups
• All groups beyond the first 26 (Bank 1, Groups
a–z) will be dropped.
• Mix Groups will keep only Main Volume in-
formation.
• Mix/Edit Groups will keep only Main Volume
and Automation Mode information.
• Automation overflow information for
grouped controls will not be preserved.
• Group behavior of Solos, LFEs, Mutes, Send
Levels, Send Mutes will not be preserved.
• Solo Mode and Solo Latch settings will be
dropped.