Specifications

Live Recording Guide22
Creating a Session Manually
On all systems, sessions can be created manu-
ally.
You can then create your own custom template
from the session you have created, which you
can use as a basis for subsequent sessions. See
“Creating Custom Templates” on page 26.
To create and save a session:
1 Launch Pro Tools and do either of the follow-
ing:
• If the Quick Start dialog appears, choose,
Create Blank Session.
– or –
• If the Quick Start dialog does not appear,
choose File > New Session, and choose
Create Blank Session.
2 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.
3 Click OK.
4 Select the drive where you want to save the
session. The session should be saved on a dedi-
cated audio drive.
5 Name your session and click Save. The new
session is created. Pro Tools provides two main
windows in sessions, the Edit window (Window >
Edit) and the Mix window (Window > Mix).
Choose Window > Edit to view the Edit window.
6 After Pro Tools has created and opened the
new session, choose Setup > IO Setup. The IO
Setup dialog lets you define which physical
ports on your hardware are routed to available
inputs and outputs in Pro Tools.
7 In the IO Setup dialog, do the following:
• Click the Input tab, and click the Default
button.
• Click the Output tab, and click the Default
button.
• Click OK to confirm and close the IO Setup
dialog.
8 Proceed to “Creating Tracks” on page 23.
Saving the session in the Save As dialog
You can toggle between the Mix window
and the Edit window by pressing
Cmd+= (Mac) or Ctrl+= (Windows).
Saving the session in the Save As dialog