Chapter 8. Tracks; Track Types - DigiDesign Pro Tools Reference Manual

Chapter 8: Tracks
This chapter covers basic track management
tasks such as creating and deleting tracks, as-
signing voices and output channels, and group-
ing tracks.

Track Types

In a Pro Tools session, you can have several dif-
ferent types of tracks. These can include audio
tracks, Auxiliary Input tracks, Master Fader
tracks, VCA Master tracks, MIDI tracks, Instru-
ment tracks, and video tracks.
Video track features are described in
Chapter 29, "Working with Video in
Pro Tools"
Audio Tracks, Auxiliary Input Tracks,
Master Fader Tracks, and VCA Master
Tracks
Pro Tools provides mono, stereo, and multi-
channel format audio tracks, Auxiliary Input
tracks, Master Fader tracks, and VCA Master
tracks.
Audio Tracks
Audio tracks contain arrangements of recorded
(or imported) audio files.
Auxiliary Input Tracks
Auxiliary Input tracks (or Auxiliary Inputs) can
be used as effects sends, destinations for sub-
mixes, as a bounce destination, as inputs to
monitor or process audio (such as audio from
MIDI sources), and for many other audio rout-
ing tasks.
Master Fader Tracks
Master Fader tracks (or Master Faders) control
the overall level of the audio tracks that are
routed to the session's main output paths. For
example, you could have 24 tracks in a session
with channels 1–8 routed to Analog Output 1–2,
channels 9–16 to Analog Output 3–4, and chan-
nels 17–24 to Analog Output 5–6. You could
then create three master faders, one to control
each of these output pairs.
Master Fader tracks have additional uses (such as
controlling submix levels). For more informa-
tion, see "Master Fader Tracks" on page 526.
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