Pro Tools Reference Guide260
To record enable all selected audio, or all selected
MIDI and Instrument tracks:
â– Alt-Shift-click (Windows) or Option-Shift-
click (Mac) the Record Enable button on any se-
lected audio, or MIDI or Instrument track to tog-
gle record enable on or off for all selected audio,
or MIDI and Instrument tracks.
Latch Record Enable Buttons
Preference
When the Latch Record Enable Buttons prefer-
ence is selected, record enable additional audio
tracks by clicking their Record Enable buttons.
Previously record-enabled tracks will remain en-
abled. The Latch Record Enable Buttons prefer-
ence affects audio tracks only.
When the Latch Record Enable Buttons prefer-
ence is deselected, record enabling a subsequent
audio track disables the previously record-en-
abled audio track.
To enable the Latch Record Enable Buttons
preference:
1 Choose Setup > Preferences and click the
Operations tab.
2 Select Latch Record Enable Buttons.
Record Safe Mode
Pro Tools provides a Record Safe mode on a per
track basis that prevents tracks from being
record-enabled. Use Record Safe mode to protect
important track recordings.
To put an audio or MIDI track in Record Safe mode:
â– Control-click (Windows) or Command-click
(Mac) the track’s Record Enable button. The
Record Enable button is greyed out.
Control-click (Windows) or Command-click
(Mac) again to take the track out of Record Safe
mode.
To put all tracks in Record Safe mode:
â– Control-Alt-click (Windows) or Command-
Option-click (Mac) the Record Enable button on
any track.
Control-Alt-click (Windows) or Command-Op-
tion-click (Mac) again to take all tracks out of
Record Safe mode.
To put all currently selected tracks into Record
Safe mode:
â– Control-Alt-Shift-click (Windows) or Com-
mand-Option-Shift-click (Mac) the Record En-
able button on any of the selected tracks to
toggle them in and out of Record Safe mode.
Record enabling a track that is part of a Mix
Group does not record enable the other
tracks in the Group. To record enable all
tracks in a group, click directly to the left of
the group’s name in the Group List to select
all tracks in the group, and then Alt-Shift-
click (Windows) or Option-Shift-click (Mac)
the Record Enable button of one of the
tracks to record enable the selected tracks.