Instrument Track - No Input Monitoring Button - Why ?

[Seafoam_Green]

I am curious as to why Instrument tracks do not specifically feature an input monitoring button the same as Audio Tracks do ?


I am answering my own question here (below) ..,

And that is because the Tracks REC Ready button will enable audio from the V.I to be heard.


..., but still curious as to reasons why (ie; technically speaking) any V.I inserted on an instrument track MUST be Record ready enabled before it can be heard ?

.., and why can't we have them heard without being being record enabled


The reason I thought of this question is because ...,
When Bluecat Patchbay is run as a Standalone App - I can still play my V.I when inserted in a slot ...., and Patchbay has no REC Ready button - so why can't Pro Tools allow this also

[Stig Eliassen]

Setup (menu) > Preferences > MIDI tab > Default thru instrument > First selected MIDI track. No need to have the track record-enabled to hear it.

[midnightrambler]

Originally Posted by Stig Eliassen

Setup (menu) > Preferences > MIDI tab > Default thru instrument > First selected MIDI track. No need to have the track record-enabled to hear it.

Doesn't that just enable MIDI on the first track on the list, rather than the track you've actually selected?

[Stig Eliassen]

Originally Posted by midnightrambler

Doesn't that just enable MIDI on the first track on the list, rather than the track you've actually selected?

First VI track in the session with none selected, otherwise the selected track.

[midnightrambler]

Originally Posted by Stig Eliassen

First VI track in the session with none selected, otherwise the selected track.

Ah right, thanks!!

[Seafoam_Green]

thx Stig

[Seafoam_Green]

Originally Posted by Stig Eliassen

Setup (menu) > Preferences > MIDI tab > Default thru instrument > First selected MIDI track. No need to have the track record-enabled to hear it.

Is it possible to have a few instruments hooked up using this method and still be playable .., say for example crew wanted to jam away without recording until they felt ready ?

I know that record enable should allow this , but just wondering if there were any other options available to achieve this without record arming the instrument track ?

Also is record arming adding any extra latency of CPU usage than without ?

[Stig Eliassen]

Originally Posted by Seafoam_Green

Is it possible to have a few instruments hooked up using this method and still be playable .., say for example crew wanted to jam away without recording until they felt ready ?

I know that record enable should allow this , but just wondering if there were any other options available to achieve this without record arming the instrument track ?

Also is record arming adding any extra latency of CPU usage than without ?

You can't have multiple VI tracks selected and audible without record-enabling them. I'm curious; why are you wanting to avoid record-enabling tracks?

I haven't noticed any difference in latency or CPU usage, but I don't know the technicalities happening "behind the scenes".

[midnightrambler]

Originally Posted by Stig Eliassen

I'm curious; why are you wanting to avoid record-enabling tracks?

I can't speak for the OP but I sometimes like to jam along with other musicians using VIs, but really don't want to record all my bum notes....

[Carl Kolchak]

Originally Posted by midnightrambler

I can't speak for the OP but I sometimes like to jam along with other musicians using VIs, but really don't want to record all my bum notes....

Exactly - if you are recording on any other track, it means all armed tracks get recorded.

Sometimes you just have to go back to the old way of doing things, and use a MIDI track in combination with an Aux track.


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