DigiDesign Digidesign Pro Tools 8.0, Reference Manual

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Chapter 6: I/O Setup 75
I/O Setup Options
Pro Tools systems have additional I/O Setup fea-
tures. These include default signal routing for
metering and auditioning, and default track lay-
out for multichannel mix formats.
Controller Meter Path
(D-Control, D-Command, and ProControl Only)
The Controller Meter Path selector determines
the path displayed across the Output meters of
D-Control, D-Command
®
, or ProControl con-
trol surfaces. For more details, refer to your con-
trol surface documentation.
This selector is available in the Output and Bus
pages of I/O Setup.
Audition Paths
You can specify the output path through which
files and regions are previewed (auditioned) in
the Region List or in DigiBase browsers, and
when previewing AudioSuite processing.
Using the Default Audition Path
When you preview a file or region in the Region
List in a DigiBase browser, or when AudioSuite
processing, Pro Tools routes the audio output
through the specified Audition Path. Pro Tools
assigns a default Audition Path to the first avail-
able main Output path of the corresponding for-
mat. You can also select a different Audition
Path in the I/O Setup dialog.
Configuring Audition Paths
You can specify the monitoring outputs for au-
ditioning audio in the Region List and DigiBase
browsers, or for previewing AudioSuite process-
ing, using the
Audition Paths
pop-up menu.
Audition Paths Main Menu
The main menu con-
sists of all path format choices available on the
current system (Mono and Stereo on all systems,
and LCR and greater on Pro Tools|HD systems).
Audition Paths Submenus
Each path format
choice has a submenu listing Output paths of
that given format. (The mono submenu lists
Output paths of any format.)
To configure an Audition Path:
„
Select a path from the
Audition Paths
pop-up
menu or submenus.
New Track Default Output Path
You can specify the default output path assign-
ment for new tracks, in each available format.
The
New Track Default Output
pop-up menu is
available in the Output page of I/O Setup dialog
only.
To specify a default output for new tracks in the
I/O Setup dialog:
„
Click the
New Track Default Output
pop-up
menu and select a format and Output path.
For information on previewing audio in the
Region List, see “Previewing Regions in the
Region List” on page 217.
For information on previewing audio in
DigiBase browsers, see “Previewing Audio
in DigiBase” on page 248.
The New Track Default Output can be set to
bus paths, as well as output paths.