DigiDesign Pro Tools 8.0 Reference Manual page 87

Deleting Paths
Path definitions can be deleted from the current
session to reflect changes to your hardware
setup, or to clean up track selector menus by re-
moving unwanted or unnecessary path defini-
tions. After deleting a path, any tracks or send
assignments to that path are reset to No Output.
To delete a main path or sub-path:
In the I/O Setup dialog, select the path you
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want to delete.
Click Delete Path.
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Click OK to save changes and close the I/O
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Setup dialog.
To delete all paths:
Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac) any
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path name.
Click Delete Path.
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Click OK to save changes and close the I/O
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Setup dialog.
Making Paths Active or Inactive
Pro Tools paths can be Active (on) or Inactive
(off, or unavailable). Paths can be globally acti-
vated or deactivated in the I/O Setup dialog.
Making a signal path inactive will turn off the
signal path on any and all tracks currently as-
signed to it.
Pro Tools also sets unavailable paths to inactive.
Paths can be unavailable when hardware or
other system resources are unavailable, such as
when opening a session saved on a different
system.
Tracks can also be made active or inactive. For
information, see "Making Track Inputs and Out-
puts Inactive from the Edit or Mix Window" on
page 181.
To globally activate or deactivate a path:
Choose Setup > I/O.
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Select a path type using the tabs at the top of
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the window.
Set the Active/Inactive control for the path.
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Inactive
Active and inactive path settings in I/O Setup
Inactive tracks that were assigned to the path
display in italics in the track path selectors.
Click OK to save changes and close the I/O
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Setup dialog.
Display of Active and Inactive Paths in I/O
Setup
Unhighlighted (Italics) Indicates the path is
inactive.
Highlighted (Non-Italics) Indicates the path is
active.
Highlighted (Italics) Indicates the path is active,
but there are not enough system resources avail-
able.
Active
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