M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio - Manual (Page 308)

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With Pro Tools LE, you can import tracks and
some general session data, but with Pro Tools
HD, or Pro Tools LE with Complete Production
Toolkit or DV Toolkit 2, you can select specific
session data (such as automation and routing) to
import. You can also import main playlist op-
tions—either replacing existing options or over-
laying elements onto existing tracks.
For example, with Pro Tools HD, or Pro Tools LE
with Complete Production Toolkit or DV Tool-
kit 2, you can choose to import only the track’s
audio into your current Pro Tools session. This is
analogous to “changing the tape reel” in a tradi-
tional studio setup with a tape machine and
mixing console. Or, you can choose to import
all of a track’s mixer settings without its audio,
effectively importing a channel strip and using
it on a track in your current session. By import-
ing mixer settings for all of the tracks in a ses-
sion or session template, you can reuse an entire
Pro Tools mixer on all the sessions in a project.
To import tracks or their attributes:
1 Open or create a new session.
2 Do one of the following:
• Choose File > Import > Session Data, select
the session to import data from, and click
Open
.
– or –
• Drag the session file whose tracks or at-
tributes you want to import from a Digi-
Base browser, Windows Explorer, or Mac
Finder into empty space in the Edit win-
dow or to the Track List.
3 If the Fader Gain setting of the session is differ-
ent, you will be prompted to keep or change the
Fader Gain
before the Session Data dialog opens.
4 In the Source section, select tracks to import
by clicking the pop-up menu to the right of each
track name and selecting New Track.
5 With Pro Tools HD, or Pro Tools LE with Com-
plete Production Toolkit or DV Toolkit 2, for
each track you select, you can choose to import
it as a new track, or choose a destination track
from the corresponding pop-up menu. Click
Match Tracks
to automatically match source and
destination tracks with the same names.
6 With Pro Tools HD, or Pro Tools LE with Com-
plete Production Toolkit or DV Toolkit 2, select
any additional track data you want to import
from the Track Data to Import pop-up menu.
7 With Pro Tools HD, or Pro Tools LE with Com-
plete Production Toolkit or DV Toolkit 2, select
from among the Main Playlist Options to choose
how you want to import the source tracks.
8 If applicable, choose options for how media
files should be imported from the Audio Media
Options
and the Video Media Options pop-up
menus.
9 Choose the Time Code Mapping Options for im-
ported data.
10 If the sample rates of the sessions are differ-
ent, select the sample rate for the source session
from the Source Sample Rate pop-up menu.
11 To import the meter and tempo maps from
the source session, select the Import Tempo/Meter
Map
option.
12 To import key signatures from the source ses-
sion, select the Import Key Signature Map option.
To select multiple tracks, Alt-click (Win-
dows) or Opt-click (Mac) on any track pop-
up menu and select Import As New Track.
If the destination Pro Tools system does not
support surround mixing, surround tracks
are not displayed in the Source Track List.