Record Enabling Tracks

For more information, see the following topics:

Latch Record Enable Buttons Preference

Record Safe Mode

To record audio or MIDI to a track you must first enable the track’s Record Enable button. To record simultaneously to multiple tracks, record enable multiple audio, Instrument, or MIDI tracks.

When one or more tracks are record-enabled, click the Record button in the Transport to arm recording, and then click the Play button in the Transport to start recording.

MIDI and Instrument tracks can be record-enabled during playback or record. To record enable audio tracks, the Transport must be stopped, or QuickPunch, TrackPunch, or DestructivePunch must be enabled. For more information on QuickPunch, TrackPunch, and DestructivePunch, see Record Modes.

To record enable an audio, MIDI, or Instrument track:

From either the Mix or Edit window, click the track’s Record Enable button to toggle record enable on or off for the track. The track’s Record Enable button flashes red, the track’s fader is solid red, and the Track Record Enabled indicator in the Transport turns red (indicating at least one track is record-enabled).

Press Shift+R to record enable any track containing the Edit cursor on an Edit selection.

To record enable multiple audio tracks:

From either the Mix or Edit window, click each audio track’s Record Enable button to toggle record enable on or off for each track.

If Latch Record mode is not enabled, Shift-click each track’s Record Enable button to toggle record enable on or off for each track. See Latch Record Enable Buttons Preference.

To record enable multiple MIDI and Instrument tracks:

From either the Mix or Edit window, Shift-click each MIDI or Instrument track’s Record Enable button to toggle record enable on or off for each track.

To record enable MIDI and Instrument tracks using the Up/Down Arrows:

While pressing Command (Mac) or Control (Windows), press the Up/Down Arrows to record enable the previous or next MIDI or Instrument track. The previous (or next) record track is no longer record-enabled.

To keep the previous track record-enabled while enabling new tracks, press Command+Shift+Up/Down (Mac) or Control+Shift+Up/Down (Windows).

To record enable all audio tracks, or all MIDI and Instrument tracks:

Option-click (Mac) or Alt-click (Windows) the Record Enable button to toggle record enable on or off for all audio tracks, or all Instrument and MIDI tracks.

For record-enable, Pro Tools treats MIDI and Instrument tracks as the same type. Consequently, Option-clicking (Mac) or Alt-clicking (Windows) the Record Enable button on any MIDI or Instrument track will record enable all MIDI and Instrument tracks in the session.

To record enable all selected audio tracks, or all selected MIDI and Instrument tracks:

Option-Shift-click (Mac) or Alt-Shift-click (Windows) the Record Enable button on any selected audio, or MIDI or Instrument track to toggle record enable on or off for all selected audio, or MIDI and Instrument tracks.

Record enabling a track that is part of a Mix Group does not record enable the other tracks in the Group. To record enable all tracks in a group, click directly to the left of the group’s name in the Group List to select all tracks in the group, and then Option-Shift-click (Mac) or Alt-Shift-click (Windows) the Record Enable button of one of the tracks to record enable the selected tracks.