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Live Recording Guide
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On the Pro Tools System
To perform a Virtual Soundcheck with FWx:
1
Launch Pro Tools and open the corresponding
Pro Tools session.
2
Make sure that the outputs of the tracks you
want to use for Virtual Souncheck are patched to
the corresponding VENUE input channels as
patched in the VENUE system Patchbay. To
change a channel’s output assignment, click the
Output Path selector and choose the output.
3
In the Edit window toolbar, or in the Trans-
port window (
Window > Transport
) click Play, or
press the Spacebar to begin playback.
Recording Audience Mics
(For FWx, HDx and VENUE MADI)
In addition to recording Stage input channels
and busses, you may also want to record audi-
ence mics. Patch audience mics into available
Stage inputs located on your Stage Rack or Mix
Rack, or into a Pro Tools HD interface, and re-
cord them to Pro Tools using VENUE system Di-
rect Outs.
On the VENUE System
To record audience mics using Direct Outs:
1
Make sure the VENUE system and the
Pro Tools system are connected and configured.
2
Patch any audience mics into any available in-
puts.
3
Go to the Patchbay page and click the
Directs
tab.
4
Click the
Channels
tab to the left of the chan-
nel grid.
5
Click the
Pro Tools
tab at the top right of the
channel grid to show the available Pro Tools
channels.
6
Click in the channel grid to assign the audi-
ence mic Direct Outs (listed on the left) to avail-
able Pro Tools channels (listed across the top).
Pro Tools I/O paths
See “Assigning Outputs to Tracks for Moni-
toring, Playback, and Virtual Soundchecks”
on page 25 for more information.
Output Path
selector
See Chapter 2, “Hardware Connections”
and Chapter 3, “Configuring VENUE and
Pro Tools” for more information.
Routing audience mic Direct Outs to Pro Tools