SUNVOX AND PROTOOLS PRO
So how does Pro Tools 2021.6 change this? The first thing is to say that if you are using HDX Classic-i.e., the Hybrid Engine is turned off-then the voice limitations are the same: 256 voices per card, because the voicing is handled by the hardware.
Another point to bear in mind is these voice counts are halved when you double the sample rate. You could use 256 voices by creating 256 mono tracks or use up the same number of voices by creating 32 7.1 tracks. How those voices are used depends on the session. Prior to Pro Tools 2021.6 the limit was either 256 voices per card for HDX systems (a maximum of 768 for a three-card system) or 384 voices when using a Native audio engine-HD native, Core Audio, or ASIO. When we state the limit in Pro Tools | Ultimate we refer to a voice limit. So now that you understand the link between voices and Audio Tracks, we need to look at how we count them in Pro Tools and Pro Tools | Ultimate. In fact, you’ll be hard pushed to hit the track limits in Pro Tools, no matter how big your sessions are! Voices and tracks in Pro Tools | Ultimate You can create thousands more tracks in total in your Pro Tools session, and you can find the details here. So, when we talk about track limits in this article, bear in mind that we are talking about Audio Tracks only. Pro Tools has many different track types: Aux Inputs, Instrument Tracks, VCA Masters, Video Tracks, etc., that do not use up voices. In normal circumstances, it’s only Audio Tracks that use up voices. Again, a mono Audio Track uses one voice, a stereo Audio Track uses two voices, and so on.
In Pro Tools, audio from disk (and to disk for that matter) is handled by Audio Tracks. One audio stream uses one voice, so a mono stream uses a single voice, but a stereo stream uses two voices, and a 5.1 stream uses six voices. When Pro Tools plays back audio, it uses voices to stream the audio from your hard disk to the Pro Tools audio engine. To answer these questions, let’s go back to basics. But what are voices, why do they matter, and why are there limits at all?
The increased voice and track counts enable you to create even bigger sessions, and more I/O means that you can record more sources and connect more outboard gear when you’re using a Core Audio or ASIO interface. Pro Tools 2021.6 raises the voice, track, and I/O counts for both Pro Tools and Pro Tools | Ultimate.
0 kommentar(er)
