Pro Tools TDM 6.9 New
Features
Pro Tools TDM 6.9 includes the following new
or enhanced features:
System Configuration Updates
• Increase in total number of buses to 128
• Increase in total number of auxiliary tracks
to 160
Session and Track Features
• Track selection enhancements:
• Selecting a range of tracks
• Selecting or deselecting non-contiguous
tracks
• Show/Hide Track List selection enhancements:
• Show a range of tracks
• Show or hide non-contiguous tracks
• Regions List selection enhancements:
• Selecting a range of regions
• Selecting or deselecting non-contiguous regions
• Track View enhancements:
• Changing to the next or previous Track
I/O Setup Updates
• I/O Setup dialog interface changes:
• Renamed I/O Setup options and Path tools
• New Track Default Output option supports
bus paths
• Path selection enhancements in I/O Setup:
• Selecting a range of paths in I/O Setup
• Selecting or deselecting non-contiguous
paths in I/O Setup
Navigation Features
• Back/Forward commands:
• Back command
• Back and Play command
• Forward command
• Forward and Play command
• Back/Forward Amount preference
• Repeating Back/Forward commands
• Extending selections with Back/Forward
commands
Playlists and Groups Enhancements:
• Improved grouped playlist synchronization
New Plug-Ins and Plug-In Features
• EQ III DigiRack plug-in
• Plug-In menu organization enhancements:
• Organize plug-ins in a Flat List, or by Category,
Manufacturer, or Category and Manufacturer
• “Organize Plug-In Menus By” pop-up
menu (Display Preference)
• Effects Category
New or Enhanced Soloing Features
• New Solo modes:
• SIP (Solo In Place)
• AFL (After Fader Listen)
• PFL (Pre-Fader Listen)
• I/O Setup options for AFL/PFL modes:
• AFL/PFL Path Selector
• AFL/PFL Mutes (Output Path) Selector (for
systems without a D-Control or D-Command
control surface)
Modified Solo Latch Options
• Latch
• X-OR (Cancels Previous Solos)
• Momentary
New or Enhanced Automation Features
• “After Write Pass, Switch To…” Automation
preference:
• Touch
• Latch
• None
• “After Write Pass, Switch To…” Support in
Trim Modes
• “Stop” Mutes Audio Inputs (When in Auto Input)”
now called “Mute Record-Armed Tracks
While Stopped”
• AutoMatch for Latch and Write Automation
modes (supported Digidesign control surfaces
only)
• Automation Enable window updates
• Suspend automation on-the-fly updates:
• Switching to any Automation mode from
Off during playback or record
• Suspending automation on-the-fly
• Track View Selector turns grey when suspending
automation.
• Automation fader improvements:
• Stationary faders in all Trim modes
• Join and AutoJoin, for automatic punch-in
support in Latch mode (with supported
Digidesign control surfaces)
• Join/AutoJoin indicator in Pro Tools Edit
window
• Constrain new breakpoints to next or previous
automation value
• Glide Automation
• Automation Write on Stop modes enhancements
• Automation Mute Overwrite/Extend command
• Write automation to the next breakpoint
Surround Features
• Combined Panning mode buttons
• AutoGlide mode
Changes to Avid Compatibility
• Support for MXF audio import and playback
• Support for MXF audio export (DigiTranslator
2.0 required)
• Removal of “Publish as OMFI” command
from audio export and Bounce to Disk dialogs
New Localization Support
• Full Korean and Simplified Chinese localization
• Multilingual application support for
Pro Tools LE systems (Localized OS on
Mac OS X only)
New Machine Control Preference
• Set Servo Lock bit at Play (Tamura Support)