User Manual

Chapter 23: Record Setup 509
Recording with Multiple Hard
Drives
(Optional)
By default, Pro Tools records audio files to the Au-
dio Files folder inside the session folder. If you
have multiple hard drives for recording, you can
use the Disk Allocation window to specify other
hard drive locations to record audio files on a
track-by-track basis.
Hard drives that are full do not appear in the Disk
Allocation window.
To increase system performance, Pro Tools can re-
cord and play each track from a different hard
drive. You can also automatically distribute any
newly created tracks to multiple audio drives with
Round Robin Allocation.
Navigating in the Disk Allocation Window
To resize the Disk Allocation window:
 Drag the lower-right corner of the window.
To scroll up or down in the Disk Allocation
window:
 Press Page Up or Page Down.
Allocating Audio Drives in Your
System
To allocate the audio drives in your system:
1 Choose Setup > Disk Allocation.
2 In the Disk Allocation window, assign a hard
drive for each track by clicking in the Root Me-
dia Folder column and selecting a volume from
the Disk Allocation pop-up menu.
Only drives designated as R (Play and Record) can
be selected in the Disk Allocation window. For
more information, see “Performance and Transfer
Volumes” on page 308.
Disk Allocation window
Disk Allocation pop-up menu