In this free Pro Tools video tutorial, we explain what has changed about the behaviour of Record Enable buttons with the Pro Tools 2020.9 release.

In Pro Tools 2020.9, Avid announced changes to the preferences to address an issue which has irritated some users. The way Audio tracks Record Enables behave differently to MIDI tracks.

With 2020.9 the following options are available…

• Latch Audio Tracks - Audio track record enables are latched. MIDI and Instrument tracks are not affected. This follows the behaviour of previous versions of Pro Tools when the “Latch Record Enable Buttons” preference is ON.

• Cancel Previous on Audio Tracks - Record enabling an audio track will cancel record enables on all other audio tracks. This follows the behaviour of previous versions of Pro Tools when the “Latch Record Enable Buttons” preference is OFF.

• Cancel Previous on All Tracks - Record enabling ANY track type, will cancel record enables on all other tracks regardless of track type.

• Tip: Record-enable buttons can be latched at any time by holding the Shift key.

This is different from the legacy behaviour of Pro Tools versions pre-2020.9. To illustrate the difference we have a before-and-after tutorial video which demonstrates how things are now alongside how things used to be.