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Opening a Session that Was Saved
with +6 dB Fader Gain
All Pro Tools 7.x and higher sessions have a
+12 dB fader gain level. However, when saving a
Pro Tools 7.x or higher session to a lower ver-
sion of Pro Tools that su6 dB and
+12 dB fader gain, the new session can be saved
with either a +6 dB or a +12 dB maximum fader
gain.
When saving a +12 dB session as a +6 dB session,
Pro Tools alerts you that any automation set-
tings over +6 dB will be lowered to +6 dB. See
“Saving a Copy of the Session” on page 120.
In Pro Tools 7.x or higher, when opening a ses-
sion that was saved with a +6 dB maximum gain
level, the session will update to a +12 dB range.
Opening Recent Sessions
The Open Recent submenu in the File menu lets
you open any of the 10 most recently opened
Pro Tools sessions.
To open a recent session:
„
Choose
File > Open Recent
and choose the ses-
sion you want to open.
If a session is open when choosing a recent ses-
sion, you are prompted to save it before
Pro Tools closes the session and opens the cho-
sen recent session.
To open the most recent session:
„
Shift+O (Windows) or Com-
mand+Shift+O (Mac).
To clear the recent sessions submenu:
„
Choose
File > Open Recent
and choose
Clear
.
Opening Session with Plug-ins
Deactivated
Pro Tools lets you open sessions with all of the
session’s plug-ins set to inactive. Since sessions
with a lot of plug-ins can take a long time to
load, this lets you quickly open any session for
immediate visual inspection and audio playback
(without plug-ins). If it is the session that you
want to work with, you can easily reopen the
session with plug-ins activated.
To open a Pro Tools session with all plug-ins set to
inactive:
1
In Pro Tools, choose File > Open Session .
2
In the Open Session dialog, locate and select
the session you want.
3
Shift-click Open .
To re-open the same session with all plug-ins set to
active, do one of the following:
„
Choose
File > Revert To Saved
.
– or –
„
Choose
File > Open Recent
and select the most
recent session in the submenu.
Press Shift+O (Windows) or
Shift+O (Mac) to open the most
recent session.