M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio - Manual (Page 105)

Chapter 7: Preferences 87
• When selected, taking an audio track out of
record enable (any mode) takes it out of In-
put Only mode, regardless of the global
monitor mode, and switches it to monitor
audio from disk only.
• When not selected, audio tracks remain in
Input Only monitoring mode until explic-
itly switched to Auto Input monitoring.
Mute Record-Armed Tracks While Stopped
(Pro Tools HD Only)
This setting determines
monitor status of record-armed tracks.
• When selected, Pro Tools mutes all record-
enabled tracks when the transport is
stopped. Input can still be monitored while
stopped using the TrackInput Monitor but-
ton.
• When not selected, Pro Tools does not
mute audio input on record-enabled tracks
when the transport is stopped.
PEC/Direct Style Input Monitoring (Pro Tools
HD Only)
This option changes the way the Track-
Input monitoring mode is indicated on-screen
(and on supported control surfaces) to emulate
“PEC” (playback) and “Direct” (input/bus) indi-
cation on some large format consoles.
• When not selected, the TrackInput button
shows the letter “I.” The button remains
gray to indicate Auto Input mode and
lights green to indicate Input Only mode.
• When selected, the TrackInput button re-
mains gray and shows the letter “D” to in-
dicated Input Only mode (“Direct”); it
lights green and shows the letter “P” to in-
dicate Auto Input mode (“Pec” or play-
back).
Automatically Create New Playlists When Loop Re-
cording
When selected, copies loop recorded al-
ternate takes to new playlists in the track. This is
especially useful to prepare for track composit-
ing in Playlists view after loop recording multi-
ple alternate takes.
Online Options
Record Online at Time Code (or ADAT)
Lock
When selected, online recording begins as
soon as Pro Tools receives and locks to incoming
time code.
Record Online at Insertion/Selection When se-
lected, online recording begins at the edit cursor
location. Recording continues until Pro Tools
stops receiving time code. If you make a selec-
tion, Pro Tools records online for the length of
the selection.
Open Ended Record Allocation
This preference determines how much of your
available hard drive space is allocated for record-
ing.
Use All Available Space When selected, the
drive’s entire available space is allocated. Gener-
ally, this is a good setting for recording longer
takes, as it provides the maximum amount of
drive space. Additionally, when recording mul-
tiple tracks, the files are spread across your drive.
This can sometimes slow down the recording
process for hard drives that use certain file sys-
tems, including HFS+ and NTFS.
Limit To Sets the maximum allowable recording
duration for one take. This can help reduce the
time it takes to begin recording by allocating
only a portion of your hard drive. The number
of minutes specified is allocated for each record-
enabled track. You may want to experiment
with this number to achieve the recording per-
formance you want.
If you do not regularly record longer takes, set a
smaller length (such as a low multiple of the
song’s total length).