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plug-ins on the track continue to use their re-
quired DSP resources. For Pro Tools LE systems,
inactive Inputs and Outputs do not consume
host-processing resources. RTAS plug-ins require
CPU resources, and TDM plug-ins use the DSP
available on Pro Tools|HD cards.
You can make track inputs and outputs inactive
(or active) directly from the Edit or Mix win-
dows. Inactive I/O Paths are grayed out.
To make a track’s Input or Output Path inactive (or
active), do one of the following:
„ In the Edit or Mix window, Right-click the In-
put selector or Output selector for a track, and
choose Make Inactive (or Make Active) from the
pop-up menu.
– or –
„ Control-Start-click (Windows) or Command-
Control-click (Mac) the Input or Output selector
in the Mix or Edit window.
To make all tracks’ Inputs or Outputs assigned to
the same path inactive (or active), do one of the
following:
„
In the Edit or Mix window, Alt-Right-click
(Windows) or Option-Right-click (Mac) the In-
put selector or Output selector for a track, and
choose Make Inactive (or Make Active) from the
pop-up menu.
– or –
„ Control-Alt-Start-click (Windows) or Com-
mand-Option-Control-click (Mac) the Input or
Output selector in the Mix or Edit window.
To make all selected tracks’ Inputs or Outputs
assigned to the same path inactive (or active), do
one of the following:
„ In the Edit or Mix window, Alt-Shift-Right-
click (Windows) or Option-Shift-Right-click
(Mac) the Input selector or Output selector for a
track, and choose Make Inactive (or Make Active)
from the pop-up menu.
– or –
„
Control-Alt-Start-Shift-click (Windows) or
Command-Option-Control-Shift-click (Mac)
the Input or Output selector in the Mix or Edit
window.
Toggling Multiple Paths
If a track has only one main output assignment,
Control-Start-click (Windows) or Command-
Control-click (Mac) the track’s Output Path se-
lector to toggle the main output to inactive.
When there are multiple assignments, the track
selector will be displayed for you to specify the
Input, Output, Insert, or Bus Path.
Track Priority and Voice
Assignment
Pro Tools|HD systems provide a certain number
of voices (simultaneous channels of audio play-
back and recording), depending on the system.
For example, a Pro Tools|HD 1 system can pro-
vide up to 96 voices of audio playback and re-
cording, at 44.1 or 48 kHz. For details on
Pro Tools system capabilities, see Table 5 on
page 31.
You can also make a path globally inactive
(or active) in the I/O Setup dialog. See
“Making Paths Active or Inactive” on
page 69.
If a Send (A–J) has multiple Output Path
assignments and one of those is toggled ac-
tive or inactive, then all of the Output Path
assignments for that Send (A–J) are toggled
active or inactive.