DigiDesign Pro Tools Reference Manual page 195

Input Only Monitoring
In Input Only mode, when a track is record-en-
abled, Pro Tools monitors audio input only, re-
gardless of any punch-in/out selection or state.
For Pro Tools LE, the Input Monitor Enabled
Status indicator (in the Transport window)
lights green when Input Only mode is enabled.
Input Monitor Enabled Status indicator
Transport window
For Pro Tools HD, the indicator lights green
when one or more tracks have TrackInput en-
abled.
Selecting a Record Monitor Mode
in Pro Tools LE
For record-enabled tracks to use Auto Input
Monitoring:
Select Track > Auto Input Monitoring.
■
For record-enabled tracks to use Input Only
Monitoring:
Select Tracks > Input Only Monitoring.
■
To toggle between Auto Input and Input
Only monitoring, press Alt+K (Windows)
or Option+K (Mac).
Selecting Record Monitor Modes
with TrackInput Monitoring
(Pro Tools HD Only)
TrackInput monitoring lets you toggle individual
audio tracks between Auto Input and Input
Only monitoring modes at any time, during
playback, recording, stop, and even when a
track is not record-enabled. TrackInput moni-
toring provides the monitoring flexibility
needed in overdubbing and mixing, and is sim-
ilar to the input switching on analog multitrack
recorders and similar machines.
When the TrackInput button in a track is en-
abled (green), the track monitors audio in Input
Only mode.
When the TrackInput button in a track is dis-
abled, the track monitors in Auto Input mode.
TrackInput button
Off (Auto Input)
TrackInput button
On (Input Only)
TrackInput Monitor buttons in the Edit Window
To toggle the monitoring mode of audio tracks do
one of the following:
To toggle individual tracks, click the TrackIn-
■
put Monitor button for each track you want to
toggle.
To toggle all tracks in the session, Alt-click
■
(Windows) or Option-click (Mac) a TrackInput
Monitor button.
To toggle all selected tracks in the session, Alt-
■
Shift-click (Windows) or Option-Shift-click
(Mac) a selected track's TrackInput Monitor but-
ton.
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