Managing I/O settings from session to session.

[xrekcor]

hey Folks,

I'm just wondering how people manage I/O Setup/files....

PT doesn't seem to save this info with the session and reload when I open the session at a later point, usually after creating new sessions. Do you guys running studios with high workload save seperate I/O files along with the session? is there a way to do this automatically? or maybe it is just the way I'm approaching I/O management that causes a few issues. I try to keep consistency in naming busses and with I/O's tabs I just keep the default naming unless I really need to name something.

I have a I/O template setup that matches session template which also matches a scene setup on my TF5. This all works really well. I have a session template which I use to start a standard session. But with and during the process of recording...etc....etc.... the I/O setup is modified, mostly adding internal busses....etc...etc...yadda...yadda... which can vary from session to session.

Whats happens sometimes if a load a previous session I get miss-matches in the I/O setup having been changed/modified in the previous session. I then have to go back through and rename (actually mostly I just create new busses so if I jump back a session nothing has changed) modify the I/O setup.

I'm not sure why these I/O profiles aren't saved to the session and reloaded when the session is reloaded. Which leads me to believe I am probably doing something wrong with either house keeping or maybe there is a switch/option that I haven't set. I know I can select an I/O profile when creating a new session but there doesn't appear to be an option when you reload a session.

[K Roche]

Originally Posted by xrekcor

hey Folks,

I'm just wondering how people manage I/O Setup/files....

PT doesn't seem to save this info with the session and reload when I open the session at a later point, usually after creating new sessions. Do you guys running studios with high workload save seperate I/O files along with the session? is there a way to do this automatically? or maybe it is just the way I'm approaching I/O management that causes a few issues. I try to keep consistency in naming busses and with I/O's tabs I just keep the default naming unless I really need to name something.

I have a I/O template setup that matches session template which also matches a scene setup on my TF5. This all works really well. I have a session template which I use to start a standard session. But with and during the process of recording...etc....etc.... the I/O setup is modified, mostly adding internal busses....etc...etc...yadda...yadda... which can vary from session to session.

Whats happens sometimes if a load a previous session I get miss-matches in the I/O setup having been changed/modified in the previous session. I then have to go back through and rename (actually mostly I just create new busses so if I jump back a session nothing has changed) modify the I/O setup.

I'm not sure why these I/O profiles aren't saved to the session and reloaded when the session is reloaded. Which leads me to believe I am probably doing something wrong with either house keeping or maybe there is a switch/option that I haven't set. I know I can select an I/O profile when creating a new session but there doesn't appear to be an option when you reload a session.

Have you tried the "Restore from Session" button at the bottom of either the Input tab or Output tab ?

[Benoni]

Are you talking about saving an IO setup for different interfaces after you name everything? You can do that in the IO. Just save the files, and if a session is wrong, import the file (you will probably want to choose apply to all tabs) and BAM, you're all set and ready to go.

I cover that here towards the end.

Pro Tools - Name Inputs and Outputs
https://youtu.be/NkcvEjA5FOw

[xrekcor]

Originally Posted by K Roche

Have you tried the "Restore from Session" button at the bottom of either the Input tab or Output tab ?

Ah-Ha I knew it was me...... thanks my friend as usual the answer was right in front of me. Funny thing is I use the Import and Export button on the dialog all the time..... plus check "Apply to all tabs" and never noticed that button sitting between......

[xrekcor]

Originally Posted by Benoni

Are you talking about saving an IO setup for different interfaces after you name everything? You can do that in the IO. Just save the files, and if a session is wrong, import the file (you will probably want to choose apply to all tabs) and BAM, you're all set and ready to go.

I cover that here towards the end.

Pro Tools - Name Inputs and Outputs
https://youtu.be/NkcvEjA5FOw

Yup thats what I have kinda been doing. But as your session progresses ie add more track and busses and such the sessions I/O profile is no longer the same as the original I/O template. I thought that I/O profile some how gets lost and wasn't being save to the session. But the previous poster has pointed out how to reload it.

which leads me to this question. Do you need clear all the Tab's of the I/O setup dialog before you "import from session", do it before you load the session or does the "restore from session" feature clean all this up for you? if you do it after loading a session does it append to whatever is already there (which in some instances might be pretty useful)

thanks for your input folks always appreciated.

[priorytools]

Originally Posted by xrekcor

Yup thats what I have kinda been doing. But as your session progresses ie add more track and busses and such the sessions I/O profile is no longer the same as the original I/O template. I thought that I/O profile some how gets lost and wasn't being save to the session. But the previous poster has pointed out how to reload it.

which leads me to this question. Do you need clear all the Tab's of the I/O setup dialog before you "import from session", do it before you load the session or does the "restore from session" feature clean all this up for you? if you do it after loading a session does it append to whatever is already there (which in some instances might be pretty useful)

thanks for your input folks always appreciated.

Is there not a preference somewhere like "always import IO settings from session" . . ?