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Chapter 3: Working with Real-Time Plug-ins 29
Limitations for Inserting or
Removing Plug-ins During
Playback
When playing back tracks containing RTAS
plug-ins, the following limitations on inserting
or removing plug-ins apply:
• Inserting RTAS and TDM plug-ins on or re-
moving from Auxiliary Input, Master
Fader, or Instrument tracks temporarily in-
terrupts playback, but without stopping
the transport.
• Inserting an RTAS plug-in after a TDM
plug-in on an audio track, or removing an
RTAS plug-in from an audio track if it
comes after a TDM plug-in, temporarily in-
terrupts playback, but without stopping
the transport.
• Inserting a TDM plug-in before an RTAS
plug-in on an audio track, or removing a
TDM plug-in from an audio track if it
comes before an RTAS plug-in, temporarily
interrupts playback, but without stopping
the transport.
HTDM Plug-in Conversion to
RTAS
When you use Pro Tools 7.0 or higher to open a
session that was last saved in a version of
Pro Tools prior to 7.0, most HTDM plug-ins will
be automatically converted to their RTAS coun-
terparts.
However, in rare cases as with some third-party
plug-ins, these plug-ins will not automatically
convert to RTAS and display as inactive. This
means that the plug-in either has not been con-
figured for automatic conversion or that no
RTAS version is available.
In such cases, you must manually convert each
individual HTDM plug-in to its RTAS counter-
part by selecting it’s RTAS version from the In-
sert selector or the Convert Plug-in pop-up
menu. If an RTAS version is not available, the
HTDM version will remain inactive.
When HTDM plug-ins are converted to
RTAS, any RTAS plug-ins that precede
TDM plug-ins on audio tracks will be by-
passed if you enable Record Enable or
TrackInput monitoring on that track. See
“Ordering RTAS and TDM Plug-ins on an
Audio Track” on page 28 for details.