I know this subject has come up a few times on the list and, while the solution is the same, the symptoms can sometimes appear different. Especially to those new to Pro Tools, I thought I'd point out something that might save you some headache.
Occasionally, people encounter situations where plug-in parameters, send levels, pan postions, etc. seem to be editable but snap to another value upon playback. Almost every time, it's a matter of automation being active and automation data having been written to the tracks, whether it's volume or mutes or any of the values the plug-ins offer. If you're working from a template or someone else's session, you absolutely have to check to make sure that automation is off if you don't want stuff to get wacky. In general, automation is only used for final mixes but you'll find that sometimes it inadvertently gets written when people aren't careful. Make sure automation is disabled in the automation window. If you find that there is automation within your tracks and you'll need to get rid of the data, you can select the data from the pop-up view in the Edit window where waveforms are displayed by default. Select the type of data you wish to erase and press Delete. Depending upon how much automation there is, this process might be quite time-consuming. Another method is to unassign the outputs of the tracks. This will delete automation data. You'll get an alert to warn you of this fact. Go for it if you don't need the automation. regarding plug-ins, if you unassign the plug-in from the track, the automation will probably also be deleted so you can get a fresh start. Before resuming work on a session, again, either disable automation in the automation window or make sure all tracks are set to Auto Read and not Auto Write or Touch, etc. Hope that helps, Slau -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
