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Chapter 8: Sessions 87
When saving a +12 dB session as a +6 dB ses-
sion, Pro Tools alerts you that any automation
settings over +6 dB will be lowered to +6 dB. See
“Saving a Copy of the Session” on page 88.
In Pro Tools 7.x, when opening a session 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
session 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.
Saving a Session
You should save regularly while working on
your session to ensure that your work is pre-
served on your hard drive.
Saving the Session File
The Save command saves the changes you have
made to your session and writes them over the
previously saved version of the session file. The
Save command cannot be undone.
To save a session:
■
Choose File > Save.
Revert to Saved Command
If you have made changes to a session since you
last saved it, you can discard those changes and
revert to its previously saved state.
To revert to the last saved version of a session:
■
Choose File > Revert to Saved.
Saving the Session File with a
New Name
To save a copy of the current session with a new
name or to a different hard drive location, use
the Save As command. The Save As command
closes the current session and lets you keep
working on the renamed copy. This is useful if
you are experimenting and want to save succes-
sive versions of the session.
By working this way, you can quickly retrace
your steps if you want to go back to an earlier
version of your session. The Save As command
saves a new version of the
session file only, and
does not duplicate versions of the audio or fade
files.
Shift+O (Windows) or Com-
mand+Shift+O (Mac) opens the most recent
session.
If you have enabled the Operation prefer-
ence for Auto Backup, you can also open up
a backup copy of your session. This feature
lets you specify the total number of incre-
mental backups that are kept and how often
the session is saved. See “Auto Backup Sec-
tion” on page 68.