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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.