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Regardless of the current QuickPunch/TrackPunch
Crossfade Length setting, Pro Tools always exe-
cutes a 4 millisecond “monitor only” crossfade
(which is not written to disk) to avoid distracting
pops or clicks that might occur as you enter and
exit record mode.
DestructivePunch and Crossfades
DestructivePunch uses a fixed 10-millisecond lin-
ear crossfade at each in and out point. After punch
recording is completed, crossfades can be edited in
the same manner as standard crossfades (see
Chapter 31, “Fades and Crossfades”).
Transport and Record Settings
Transport and Record preferences for punch re-
cording appear on the Operation Preferences page.
These preferences specify how track and Transport
record status respond during, between, and after
punches and passes.
Transport RecordLock
This setting lets the Transport Record be config-
ured to either emulate a digital dubber, or to main-
tain legacy behavior for the Transport master Re-
cord.
 When not enabled, the Transport Record dis-
arms when Pro Tools is manually stopped or stops
due to a loss of timecode. This replicates legacy
Pro Tools recording behavior.
 When enabled, the Transport Record remains
armed when playback or recording stops. This
saves having to re-arm the Transport between
takes, emulating digital dubber behavior.
Destructive Recording and Transport RecordLock
As a precaution against accidentally recording
over previous material, the
Transport RecordLock
option is automatically disabled and grayed out
when Destructive record mode is enabled.
Audio Track RecordLock
This setting lets Pro Tools tracks either emulate a
digital dubber, or maintain legacy behavior for
track record status.
 When the Audio Track RecordLock option is en-
abled, the record-enabled audio tracks remain
armed when playback or recording stops.
 When the Audio Track RecordLock option is not
enabled, record-enabled audio tracks are taken out
of record enable when Pro Tools is stopped. This
prevents tracks from remaining armed from pass to
pass, emulating track record behavior of a digital
dubber.
TrackPunch preferences
Punching out of record by pressing Record
on the Transport takes the transport out of re-
cord enable.
For examples of how these settings can be ap-
plied, see “Example TrackPunch and De-
structivePunch Workflows” on page 574.