DigiDesign Pro Tools Reference Manual page 183

Opening Pro Tools HD Sessions in
Pro Tools LE or M-Powered
A Pro Tools HD 7.2 session that does not con-
tain video tracks or VCA Masters can be opened
with Pro Tools LE or M-Powered 7.x, but certain
session components will open differently or not
at all.
Pro Tools HD 7.2 sessions that contain
video tracks or VCA Master tracks can only
be opened with Pro Tools LE or M-Powered
7.0cs3 and higher.
When opening a Pro Tools HD 7.x session in
Pro Tools LE or M-Powered 7.x, the following
will occur:
Tracks
• Any tracks beyond the first 32, as well any
inactive tracks, will be set to voice off.
• Any assignments to busses beyond 32 will
be made inactive.
• Any Instrument tracks beyond 32 will be
made inactive.
• TDM plug-ins with RTAS equivalents will
be converted; those without equivalents
are made inactive.
• Multichannel surround tracks will be re-
moved from the session.
• Unavailable input and output paths will be
made inactive.
• Any Delay Compensation settings will be
removed.
• VCA Master tracks will be removed and any
uncoalesced VCA automation will be
dropped.
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, Mutes, Send Levels,
Send Mutes will not be preserved.
• Solo Mode and Solo Latch settings will be
dropped.
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.
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