S/PDIF Mirroring gone from Pro Tools???

[RokVox]

Can someone please tell me why for the love of God this feature was taken out of Pro Tools???

I found some sort of workaround, I think:

"How do I enable S/PDIF mirroring in Pro Tools LE for the Digi 002 and Digi 002 Rack?
S/PDIF mirroring was not included in Pro Tools LE for the Digi 002 and Digi 002 Rack.

S/PDIF mirroring routes the audio signal to the Main, Monitor and headphone outputs as well as the S/PDIF outputs. This routing is not automatic with the Digi 002 as it was with the Digi 001.

It is possible to mirror tracks on the SPDIF output by holding down the control key (mac) or the start key (win) and selecting S/PDIF L & R stereo. You will notice a "+" in the track's output selector now that you have assigned multiple routings. The output will now say Analog 1 & 2 stereo with a "+" sign: + Analog 1 & 2.
To change the outputs of all the audio and auxiliary tracks simultaneously, hold down the control and option key (mac) or the Start and Alt keys (win).

You can control the output level of these tracks by creating an additional Stereo Master fader for the SPDIF output. (File menu > New Track. Create a Stereo Master Fader. Set the output to S/PDIF L & R stereo).
This new Stereo Master fader will control the output going to the S/PDIF output on the Digi 002."

So, you can't apply this workaround to the Master Fader? Well, that bites if you have 5 Plugz on the inserts on the Master Fader and have to create another Master Fader with the same Plugz inserted on that one eating up more CPU power!

Also, seems that the enable S/PDIF mirroring checkbox in the Digi CoreAudio Manager prefs doesn't "stick".

What happen to this company?


PowerMac G5 DualCore 2.3 (PPC), 6.5 GB of Ram, Tiger 10.4.9,
DIGI 002 (Console), ProTools LE 7.3.1cs5
Apogee Mini-DAC

[Paul David]

I agree... this is so weird.

Please tell me there's an easier way to monitor the stereo LR and the s/pdif outs at the same time.