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Pro Tools Reference Guide510
A folder with the session name is created on each
hard drive, containing subfolders for audio and
fade files.
• To assign a track to a different hard drive, click
the track and select a drive name.
• To assign all tracks to the same hard drive, press
Option (Mac) or Alt (Windows) while selecting
a drive name.
• To make a continuous selection, Shift-click a
track name (in the Track column) to
extend the selection to include already-
selected tracks and all tracks in between.
• To make a noncontiguous selection,
Command-click (Mac) or Control-click (Win-
dows) a track name in the Track
column to extend the selection to include al-
ready-selected tracks without including tracks
in-between.
3 To save recorded audio files to an existing
folder (without creating another session folder),
select
Customize Allocation Options, then click
Change and choose the folder. To create sub-
folders in this folder, select the
Create Subfold-
ers for Audio, Video, and Fade Files
option.
4 To automatically distribute any newly created
tracks among the drives connected to your sys-
tem, select the
Use Round Robin Allocation for
New Tracks
option.
If you are using Round Robin Allocation and want
audio to be recorded to your system’s start-up
drive, do the following:
• Open the Workspace browser (
Window > Work-
space
) and set the Volume Designator for your
system volume to R (Record and Playback). See
“Workspace Volume Designation” on page 510.
5 When you are finished, click OK.
Saving Disk Allocation Settings
To save Disk Allocation settings for use with fu-
ture sessions, save the session as a template. For
details, see “Session Templates” on page 176.
Disk Allocation and Cross-
Platform Sessions
To ensure cross-platform operation, it is required
that Mac Pro Tools sessions and their associated
audio files be on Mac-formatted (HFS or HFS+)
drives. Windows Pro Tools sessions and their as-
sociated audio files must be on Windows-format-
ted NTFS drives.
Workspace Volume Designation
The Workspace volume designation can alter disk
availability, thus affecting Disk Allocation. From
the Workspace browser, you can designate vol-
umes as Record, Playback, or Transfer. If you
change a drive’s designation, making it read-only
(Play Only or Transfer), check the Disk Allocation
window for any tracks formerly allocated to that
drive. For more information, see “Volume Permis-
sions” on page 312.
Round Robin Allocation is not supported with
partitioned hard drives.
If you want to exclude individual, valid,
mounted volumes from Round Robin Alloca-
tion passes, open the Workspace browser and
make the volume safe by designating it as P
(Playback only) or T (Transfer). For more in-
formation, see “Volume Permissions” on
page 312.
See “Saving Copies of Mac Sessions to be
Compatible with Windows” on page 460 and
“Sharing Sessions Created on Different
Computer Platforms” on page 459.