You would also need some way of monitoring the surround mix, but, thankfully, that doesn't mean you need to carry your multi-output interface with you. So if, for example, you wanted to work on a surround session away from the studio on your laptop, you'd need the Complete Production Toolkit. In these screens you can see what happens to my surround session (top) when I open it in Pro Tools 10 (below): the surround track is missing, and the other tracks are greyed out, because they are routed to surround buses. When you try to open a surround session in the basic Pro Tools 10, you'll be warned that it isn't compatible. If you tried to open a surround session in non-HD Pro Tools 10 without the Complete Toolkit, you'd see a Session Notes warning, and when you clicked OK, the session would load, but none of the surround tracks would appear, while the mono and stereo tracks would be greyed out if they were routed to surround buses, as these aren't available in the basic PT10. Total Session ExchangeĮven LE systems have always been able to open sessions created on other Pro Tools rigs, but there are limitations, and these are especially obvious if you're working in surround. It gives you the same high Pro Tools HD track counts, full session compatibility, VCA groups, surround mixing and advanced tools, without requiring you to go to the expense of buying HDX or HD Native hardware. The Complete Production Toolkit is an option for Pro Tools 10 that expands the software to include almost all of the features found in Pro Tools HD software. Avid's Complete Production Toolkit effectively bridges the gap between HDX and native Pro Tools systems.

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