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Audition Paths
You can specify the output path through which
files and regions are auditioned in the Region
List or in DigiBase browsers.
Using the Default Audition Path
When you audition a file or region in the Region
List, Pro Tools routes the audio output through
the Audition Path. Pro Tools assigns a default
Audition Path to the first available main Output
path of the corresponding format. You can also
select a different Audition Path in the I/O Setup
dialog.
On Pro Tools | HD systems with more than
one audio interface, you can only select the
first audio interface as an audition path.
Configuring Audition Paths
You can specify the monitoring outputs for Re-
gion List auditioning using the Audition Paths
menu.
Audition Paths Main Menu The main menu con-
sists of all path format choices available on the
current system (Mono and Stereo on all systems,
and LCR and greater on Pro Tools|HD systems).
Audition Paths Submenus Each path format
choice has a submenu listing Output paths of
that given format. (The mono submenu lists
Output paths of any format.)
To configure an Audition Path:
Select a path from the Audition Paths menu or
■
submenus.
To audition regions in the Region List:
Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac) the
■
region in the list.
Auditioning Discrete Signals in Multichannel
Items
In the Region List, multichannel regions are au-
ditioned through the current Audition Path. Sig-
nals can be auditioned "in-place," or through all
outputs, as described below.
Audition In-Place
When auditioning a mono component of a mul-
tichannel region, that mono component will by
default be auditioned in-place. That is, it will
play from the corresponding speaker channel of
its parent multichannel region.
To audition in-place:
In the Region List, make sure the stereo or
1
multichannel region is in expanded view (show-
ing .L, .R, and other component channels).
Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac) the
2
region for the channel you want to audition.
Audition to All Outputs
Mono regions can be routed equally to all out-
puts of the parent region's Audition Path.
To audition through all channels of the main
audition path:
Shift-Alt-click (Windows) or Shift-Option-
■
click (Mac) on the signal in the Region List.
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