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Saving Disk Allocation Settings
To save Disk Allocation settings for use with fu-
ture sessions, save the session as a template. For
details, see “Creating Custom Session Tem-
plates” on page 91.
Disk Allocation and Cross-Platform
Sessions
To ensure cross-platform operation, it is re-
quired that Mac Pro Tools sessions and their as-
sociated audio files be on Mac-formatted (HFS or
HFS+) drives. Windows Pro Tools sessions and
their associated audio files must be on Win-
dows-formatted (NTFS or FAT32) drives.
Reallocating Tracks
When opening a session where some of the pre-
viously assigned hard drives are no longer avail-
able (or do not match the current session plat-
form), Pro Tools automatically reassigns tracks
to the volume where the session file is stored. In
such cases, use Disk Allocation if you need to re-
allocate tracks to other drives.
Workspace Volume Designation
The Workspace volume designation can alter
disk availability, thus affecting Disk Allocation.
From the Workspace browser, you can designate
volumes as Record, Playback, or Transfer. If you
change a drive’s designation, making it read-
only (Play Only or Transfer), check the Disk Al-
location window for any tracks formerly allo-
cated to that drive. For more information, see
“Audio and Video Volume Designators” on
page 196.
Recording to the System Volume
Pro Tools lets you record to your system vol-
ume, however this is generally not recom-
mended. Performance for audio recording and
playback on system drives is not as good as on
non-system hard drives.
Record to system drives only when absolutely
necessary, such as if your computer system has
only one hard drive, or if your other hard drives
are completely full.
By default, the system volume is not included in
Round Robin Allocation (regardless of volume
designation in the Workspace browser). To in-
clude the System Volume in Round Robin Allo-
cations, see “Allocating Audio Drives in Your
System” on page 266.
See “Saving Copies of Mac Sessions to be
Compatible with Windows” on page 246
and “Sharing Sessions Created on Different
Computer Platforms” on page 244.
On Windows, with the Digidesign HFS+
Disk Support option installed, you can
record to and play back from Mac-formatted
HFS+ drives. For more information, see the
Mac HFS+ Disk Support Option Guide.
Reallocating tracks does not affect the previ-
ously recorded audio. Reallocating tracks
only affects where new audio recording is
saved.
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