Record Monitoring Modes - DigiDesign Pro Tools Reference Manual

Latch Record Enable Buttons
Preference
When the Latch Record Enable Buttons prefer-
ence is selected, you can record enable addi-
tional audio tracks by clicking their Record En-
able buttons. Previously record-enabled tracks
will remain enabled. The Latch Record Enable
Buttons preference affects audio tracks only.
When the Latch Record Enable Buttons prefer-
ence is deselected, record enabling a subsequent
audio track makes the previously record-enabled
audio track no longer record-enabled.
To enable the Latch Record Enable Buttons
preference:
Choose Setup > Preferences and click the
1
Operations tab.
Select Latch Record Enable Buttons.
2
Record Safe Mode
Pro Tools provides a Record Safe mode on a per
track basis that prevents tracks from being
record-enabled. Use Record Safe mode to protect
important track recordings.
To put an audio or MIDI track in Record Safe mode:
Control-click (Windows) or Command-click
■
(Mac) the track's Record Enable button. The
Record Enable button is greyed out.
Control-click (Windows) or Command-click
(Mac) again to take the track out of Record Safe
mode.
To put all tracks in Record Safe mode:
Control-Alt-click (Windows) or Command-
■
Option-click (Mac) the Record Enable button on
any track.
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Control-Alt-click (Windows) or Command-Op-
tion-click (Mac) again to take all tracks out of
Record Safe mode.
To put all currently selected tracks into Record
Safe mode:
Control-Alt-Shift-click (Windows) or Com-
■
mand-Option-Shift-click (Mac) the Record En-
able button on any of the selected tracks to
toggle them in and out of Record Safe mode.

Record Monitoring Modes

Pro Tools offers two modes of input monitoring:
Auto Input and Input Only. These monitoring
modes determine how input signals are moni-
tored during playback, record, or while the
transport is stopped.
Auto Input Monitoring
In Auto Input mode, when session playback is
stopped, Pro Tools monitors audio input. When
playback is started for a punch-in, Pro Tools
monitors existing track material up until the
punch point. While punched in, the input sig-
nal is monitored. On punch-out, monitoring
switches back to the existing track material. This
is similar to the auto-switching logic found on
digital and analog multitrack tape machines.
When using Auto Input, the switch back to
monitoring track material on punch-out is
not instantaneous.
With Pro Tools HD, tracks are in Auto In-
put mode by default, and a monitoring con-
trol (TrackInput button) is provided for each
track. See "Selecting Record Monitor Modes
with TrackInput Monitoring" on page 183.