Does Pro Tools have a lock track function

[Chris Norman]

Hiya All,
I have a project which has just topped my computer's CPU off. It has a couple of software instrument tracks, and a lot of Eleven Free plugins. I can't even get it to play the opening bars LOL.

So, I was wondering: Does Pro Tools have a lock track function like Garage Band does?

I seem to remember Lock Tracks gave you the ability to bounce a single track to disc, so it wouldn't be processed. This seems like a really simple feature, so I'm just wondering if Pro Tools can do the same.

Cheers, and have fun.

[Stephen Martin]

i think this and folder tracks are two of those features every daw but PT has hasn't haven't seen any sign of them. Would love to be proven wrong here. Meanwhile just render each track to an individual audio track with the effects/synths printed. will take forever bouncing each track though since pt can once again render in real time only… Can we get logic accessibility now? lol

[Slau Halatyn]

Route the output of your track to an unused bus. Create a new audio track and set its input to that bus. Record enable the new track and play the session or the selection range in which that track is active. Make your initial track inactive or unassign its voice. Alternatively, you can just delete it as well.

HTH,

Slau

[Chris Norman]

Ah brilliant, thank you.

Also, I'm thinking this is a stupid question, but just want to check, if a plugin is TDM only, Amp Farm for example, does that mean it can only be used on Pro Tools HD systems?

Cheers,

[Christopher-Mark Gilland]

First of all, why are you putting all those plugins on your instrument
tracks? Maybe I'm misunderstanding exactly what you're doing, but if I'm
understanding correctly, would it not be easier to put the effects all on an
auxiliary track, then use your sends to route the audio from all the
instruments needed through to that one aux, then just move the aux track up
and down if you needed to ajust over all amounts etc?

Sorry, maybe I'm not getting what you're trying to accomplish, but aside
from making certain tracks be inactive... that can simply be done by
interacting with the track list table, making sure the tracks you wanna make
inactive are selected, then do your vo+shift+M and go down to make inactive,
and hit vo+space.

Just know that if you do that though, odds are, you'll then not be able to
even hear the tracks since they're inactive.

Chris.

[Christopher-Mark Gilland]

You know... I never totally understood in a DAW what exactly a folder track
was used for.

Chris.

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From: "Stephen Martin" <monkeyp...@gmail.com>
To: <ptac...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: Does Pro Tools have a lock track function


i think this and folder tracks are two of those features every daw but PT
has hasn't haven't seen any sign of them. Would love to be proven wrong
here. Meanwhile just render each track to an individual audio track with the
effects/synths printed. will take forever bouncing each track though since

pt can once again render in real time only� Can we get logic accessibility

[Brian Casey]

I don't use them or like them in Sonar, but its just another way of grouping
tracks, its more of an organisational thing to my mind.

Brian.
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From: "Christopher-Mark Gilland" <clgil...@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 1:40 AM
To: <ptac...@googlegroups.com>

Subject: Re: Does Pro Tools have a lock track function

> You know... I never totally understood in a DAW what exactly a folder
> track was used for.
>
> Chris.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen Martin" <monkeyp...@gmail.com>
> To: <ptac...@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 7:32 PM
> Subject: Re: Does Pro Tools have a lock track function
>
>
> i think this and folder tracks are two of those features every daw but PT
> has hasn't haven't seen any sign of them. Would love to be proven wrong
> here. Meanwhile just render each track to an individual audio track with
> the effects/synths printed. will take forever bouncing each track though

> since pt can once again render in real time only… Can we get logic

[Chris Norman]

You would usually be completely right Chris, however, I am using Eleven Free, which is a guitar Amp simulator, and not a particularly great one either LOL.

I'm running the cabs distorted, to achieve a stereo electric guitar sound from a mono signal LOL, which actually worked pretty well, but it did mean that I had 4 instances of Eleven going.

Just for the archives sake, I got round it in two ways:

1. Using Slau's suggestion, I did the following:
Made all non essential tracks inactive and hid them (just so I could see which ones weren't being used).
I already had my recorded guitar signal dry on one channel, so I routed it to bus 9 and 10.
I created two AUX channels, both Mono (Eleven doesn't show up in stereo), one with bus 9 as the input, and the other with bus 10. Got the amp settings, and eq how I wanted, then set the track's outputs to bus 23, and 24 respectively.
Finally, A last stereo audio channel, with it's input set to Bus 23-24 was used, which when armed took the audio from the mess documented above, and recorded the guitar signal to a stereo track.

Now I just have compression, and a second level of eq on it, and it actually doesn't sound too bad.

Anyways, thanks for the suggestions all,

Have fun,

[Christopher-Mark Gilland]

Gotcha.

> since pt can once again render in real time only� Can we get logic

[Christopher-Mark Gilland]

Oh, ok. God, shows what I know! I thought you meant you had 11 free tracks
and you were putting instruments on all of 'em, then putting various
inserts. God I feel stupid! LOL!

[Slau Halatyn]

The idea is that TDM will be phased out in time.

slau

[Chris Norman]

Ah, and replaced with this AAX stuff? sounds good to me LOL, I really
want amp farm! :-)

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Take care,

Chris Norman.

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[HF]

PT does not have the ability to freeze tracks. Any sort of rendereing
has to be done in real-time.