How the Save Copy In Command Works

Unlike the Save As command, Save Copy In does not close the original session, so subsequent edits are made to the original session. Session copies can be used to archive important sessions, for versioning, or as a means to prepare sessions for transfer to another Pro Tools system.

Save Copy In can save only the audio being used in the session. Any audio that was recorded or imported and then later removed from the session, but not deleted from disk, is not included in the new session copy.

To include all audio being used in the session, select the All Audio Files option.

Using the Save Copy In command is the only way to change the sample rate of a session. The sample rate of each of the session’s copied audio files is converted to the selected sample rate. When saving a session copy to a different sample rate, Pro Tools uses the selected Sample Rate Conversion Quality option in the Import section of the Processing Preferences page (Setup > Preferences).

When you save a copy of the session to a lower bit depth, Dither (and Noise Shaping) are applied. See the following table:

 

Dither and Noise Shaping with Save Copy In

Bit Depth	Dither	Noise Shaping
32-bit float to 32-bit float	Yes	Yes
32-bit float to 24-bit	Yes	Yes
32-bit float to 16-bit	Yes	Yes
32-bit float to 8-bit	Yes	No
24-bit to 32-bit float	No	No
24-bit to 24-bit	No	No
24-bit to 16-bit	Yes	Yes
24-bit to 8-bit	Yes	No
16-bit to 32-bit float	No	No
16-bit to 24-bit	No	No
16-bit to 16-bit	No	No
16-bit to 8-bit	Yes	No

The dither setting used for any conversion is the Dither plug-in with Noise Shaping enabled.

For more information about using Dither, see Dither.