Avid Technology Pro Tools HD 7.2 - Manual (Page 38)

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Enabling Tracks for
DestructivePunch Recording
DestructivePunch Enabling Tracks
without Record Enabling Them
You can enable tracks for DestructivePunch
without record enabling them. This lets you
punch in on individual tracks at any time after
starting playback by clicking the Record Enable
button.
To DestructivePunch enable an audio track:
■ Start-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac)
the track’s Record Enable button to toggle the
button to solid blue.
To DestructivePunch enable all audio tracks:
■ Alt-Start-click (Windows) or Option-Control-
click (Mac) a track’s Record Enable button to
toggle all Record Enable buttons to solid blue.
To DestructivePunch enable all selected audio
tracks:
■ Start-Alt-Shift-click (Windows) or Control-
Option-Shift-click (Mac) a track’s Record Enable
button to toggle the Record Enable buttons for
the selected audio tracks solid blue.
DestructivePunch Enabling and Record
Enabling Tracks Simultaneously
You can simultaneously DestructivePunch en-
able tracks and record enable them. This starts
recording as soon as the transport is record-
armed and playback begins.
To simultaneously DestructivePunch enable and
record enable an audio track:
■ Click the track’s Record Enable button to tog-
gle the track’s Record Enable button to flashing
blue and red.
To simultaneously DestructivePunch enable and
record enable all audio tracks:
■ Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac) a
track’s Record Enable button to toggle all Record
Enable buttons to flashing blue and red.
To simultaneously DestructivePunch enable and
record enable all selected audio tracks:
■ Alt-Shift-click (Windows) or Option-Shift-
click (Mac) a track’s Record Enable button to
toggle the Record Enable buttons for the se-
lected audio tracks to flashing blue and red.
Create a VCA group for each stem or set of
tracks on which you plan to punch, and use
the VCA Record Enable button to arm all
tracks in the group for DestructivePunch.