Creating tracks

Now that you have set up a session, it’s time to populate it with some tracks. Pro Tools offers up to nine different tracks, each with functions and purpose. We’ll create some simple tracks with two different methods and explain their purpose in brief.

Getting ready

For this recipe, you will need a blank session. You may use the Example session you created in the previous recipe. In your Pro Tools session, make sure that Track Color is enabled in the Edit window. You can do this by going to the menu bar, selecting View | Edit Window Views, and making sure it is checked or using the Edit Window View selector dropdown directly above the track headers on the left-hand side of the Edit window (see Figure 1.5):

Figure 1.5: The Edit Window View selector dropdown

How to do it…

The New Track window can almost set up an entire session in one shot by allowing you to create a variety of tracks and customize their order...