Half-speed recording – M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio User Manual

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14

When the material from the source has fin-

ished, click Stop in the Transport.

15

Stop playback on the recording source.

After a Digital Transfer

(Pro Tools HD Only)

After you have finished recording digitally, set
the Clock Source pop-up menu in the Session
Setup window back to Internal. Otherwise,
Pro Tools will not switch back to its own inter-
nal clock and may not record or play audio
properly. Failure to switch back to Internal syn-
chronization typically results in pitch problems
(fast or slow playback), clicks and pops, or DAE
errors, since a DAT machine or CD Recorder that
is idle can default to a different sample rate or
stop outputting a sample rate clock altogether.

Half-Speed Recording

Pro Tools lets you play and record at half-speed.
This capability is similar to that of a tape deck
where you can record material at half-speed and
then play it back at normal speed (faster and up
an octave), or record material at normal speed
and play it back at half-speed (slower and down
an octave), for special effects.

Half-Speed Recording

Use half-speed recording to record difficult to
play MIDI tracks or to record complex automa-
tion moves.

To record at half-speed:

1

Record enable the tracks you want to record at

half-speed.

2

Click Record in the Transport to arm Pro Tools

for recording.

3

Press Control+Shift+Spacebar (Windows) or

Command+Shift+Spacebar (Mac). Recording be-
gins and all existing track material plays at half-
speed.

4

When you have finished recording, click Stop.

For information on Half-Speed Playback,
see “Half-Speed Playback Mode” on
page 338.

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