Chapter 10: Recording 97
Arming Pro Tools for
Recording
With channels in Record-Ready mode and their
inputs assigned, you are ready to arm Pro Tools
for recording.
REC ARM and MASTER REC
Buttons
The REC ARM buttons are located directly below
the MIC/LINE AMPS and LINE SUBMIXER sec-
tions near the top of each channel strip. These
buttons arm disk track channel strips for record-
ing.
The channel REC ARM button LED will flash
when a channel is in Record-Ready mode and
lights solid when Pro Tools enters record (record
mode).
Record-Enabling Tracks
To toggle a track into or out of Record-Ready mode
from the fader section:
■ Press the REC ARM button on the tracks to
which you would like to record.
Flashing LEDs on the MASTER REC button and
the selected channel REC ARM buttons indicate
Record-Ready mode.
The MASTER REC button will flash whenever
any channels are in Record-Ready mode. This
can be particularly useful when tracks that are
not displayed within the current bank are armed
for recording.
Shortcuts
To toggle all audio tracks in or out of Record-
Ready mode:
■ Press MASTER REC.
– or –
■ While pressing APPLY TO ALL CHANNELS,
press REC ARM on any active audio track.
– or –
■ While pressing OPT(ALT)/ALL, press REC
ARM on any active audio track.
To toggle all MIDI tracks in or out of Record-Ready
mode:
■ While pressing APPLY TO ALL CHANNELS,
press REC ARM on any active MIDI track.
– or –
■ While pressing OPT(ALT)/ALL, press MASTER
REC.
– or –
■ While pressing OPT(ALT)/ALL, press REC
ARM on any active MIDI track.
When using the MASTER REC button, a di-
alog will appear warning you if a track or
tracks could not be put into Record mode be-
cause it doesn't have an input or output as-
signment.
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