Chapter 4: Live Recording and Playback
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Click the Pickoff column in the Patchbay to
specify one of the following pickoff sources for
each Direct Output:
• Top of Channel (indicated by a “T”)
• Pre-Fader (indicated by a lowercase “p”)
• Post-Fader (indicated by an uppercase “P”)
8
Activate the Direct Outs by clicking the chan-
nel’s In button.
9
Set the level for the Direct Outs by adjusting
either channel’s Direct Out level control on-
screen (or use the Direct Out channel encoder if
available).
On the Pro Tools System
To record audience mics using Direct Outs:
1
Launch Pro Tools and create a new session.
2
Create and name audio tracks for the audience
mics.
3
If you are using an HD interface to input au-
dience mics, patch them to the inputs on your
interface.
4
Do one of the following to assign track input
sources:
• If you patched the mics into a Stage input,
click the Input Path selector and choose the
corresponding VENUE assignable channels
as patched in the VENUE system Patchbay.
– or –
• If you patched the mics into an HD inter-
face, click the Input Path selector and
choose the corresponding interface input.
5
Assign audience mic track outputs to an inter-
nal Pro Tools bus such as
Bus 1-2
.
6
Click the track’s Record Enable button. The
Record Enable button flashes when enabled,
and is lit solid when engaged.
On-screen Direct Out level control and In/Out button
On-screen, the Direct Out level encoder is
only available when the channel has been
selected on the Patchbay page.
See “Creating a Session” on page 19 for
complete information on creating a
Pro Tools.
See “Creating Tracks” on page 23 and
“Naming Tracks” on page 23 for more in-
formation.
Direct Out
level control
Confirming Pro Tools Input Paths
Confirming Pro Tools Input Paths
Record enabling the tracks
Input Path selector
Input Path
selector
Record Enable button