Specifications

Live Recording Guide20
To create a Pro Tools session from VENUE using
VENUE Link:
1 On your VENUE system, make sure you have
loaded the Show file you want to use as the basis
for your Pro Tools session.
2 Launch Pro Tools and do one of the following:
• If the Quick Start dialog appears, choose,
Create Session from VENUE.
– or –
• If the Quick Start dialog does not appear,
choose File > New Session, and choose Cre-
ate Session from VENUE.
3 To set session parameters, do the following (if
session parameters are not visible click the Ses-
sion Parameters reveal button):
• Set the audio file format for the session. For
optimum compatibility between Windows
and Mac, set the file type to BWF (.WAV).
• Select the bit depth (16 bit or 24 bit).
• Set sample rate to 48 kHz. In most cases,
you will not be able to change this value
when connected to a VENUE system.
4 Click OK.
5 Select the drive where you want to save the
session. The session should be saved on a dedi-
cated audio drive.
6 Your most recently loaded VENUE Show file
appears as the session name. You can accept the
name or edit it.
7 Click Save.
8 The session is created and new, automatically
named tracks appear. IO routing is also automat-
ically assigned.
Creating a Session Using VENUE
Session Templates
VENUE Session templates offer basic record and
playback templates that provide pre-defined
tracks and I/O assignments.
In the Virtual Soundcheck templates, track out-
put assignments follow input assignments one-
for-one. When performing a Virtual Sound-
check, each Pro Tools track plays back through
its corresponding VENUE channel.
In the record templates, track output paths are
assigned to Pro Tools internal Bus 1-2.
Creating a session from VENUE in the New Session
dialog
The supported track count for a drive de-
pends on the session’s parameters and the
type of drive. For more information, see “Al-
locating Audio Drives” on page 60.
Saving the session in the Save As dialog
If you are recording multiple instances of a
performance using the same Show file, you
should save each session to a new folder and
name the folder and the session accordingly.
For detailed information on how tracks are
named and how I/O routing is assigned, see
“Using VENUE Link” on page 47.