DigiDesign Digidesign Pro Tools 8.0, Reference Manual

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Chapter 21: Punch Recording Modes 419
To DestructivePunch-enable all selected audio
tracks:
„
Alt-Start-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
This method can be used when tracks already
meet the requirements for DestructivePunch re-
cording.
To simultaneously DestructivePunch enable and
record enable an audio track:
„
Click the track’s Record Enable button. The
track’s Record Enable button flashes 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. All tracks’ Record
Enable buttons flash 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. The
Record Enable buttons for the selected audio
tracks flash blue and red.
Track Record Status Display
When Pro Tools is in DestructivePunch mode,
each track’s Record Enable button indicates its
DestructivePunch and record enable status as
follows:
• When a track is both DestructivePunch-en-
abled and record-enabled, its Record Enable
button flashes blue and red.
• When a track is DestructivePunch-enabled
but not record-enabled, its Record Enable but-
ton lights solid blue.
• When a track is record-enabled only, its
Record Enable button flashes red.
• While a track is recording (in any mode), its
Record Enable button lights solid red.
Monitoring and Levels
To complete the setup for DestructivePunch:
1
Configure monitoring for record-enabled
tracks by selecting a mode from the Track menu,
as appropriate. Choices include:
• Set Record Tracks to Auto Input
•
Set Record Tracks to Input Only
Selecting either monitoring mode only affects
tracks that are record-enabled.
2
Start playback.
3
To compare levels of the input source with au-
dio on disk, click the TrackInput button. When
lit (green), the track is monitoring input. When
unlit (gray), the track is monitoring from disk
(see “Selecting Record Monitor Modes with
TrackInput Monitoring” on page 364).
When you are satisfied with your levels, you are
ready to start punch recording.
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.
For more information, see “VCA Master
Tracks” on page 832.