Track Record: Remote Recording with Pro Tools

Signal Flow Overview

This diagram shows the complete signal flow for remote recording with Pro Tools and SyncDNA across different time domains:

• Backing Track/Mix sends prelay audio to the Prelay Bus
• Record Track receives performer audio via SyncDNA-Receive plugin and routes to the Mix Bus
• Prelay Bus (green)
  • sends to performers via Transmit plugin, does local and guest recording delay compensation via Delay plugin
  • sends to the Mix Bus
• Mix Bus (purple)
  • sends to guests via Transmit plugin, moves local audio into the guest domain via Delay plugin when SyncDNA runs in Screening Mode
  • sends to the local monitoring output
• Producer Output local monitoring output
• Committed takes (Take 1, Take 2) are rendered from the record track

Initial Setup

• Launch SyncDNA app and log in
• Create and open a session, invite the performer and the guests you want to work with
• Launch Pro Tools
• Create and open a session in Pro Tools

Session Setup

• Open the I/O Setup (menu: Setup > I/O...)

  • Under the Bus tab:
    • Create a mono bus called "No Input"
    • Create a stereo bus called "Mix"
    • Create a stereo bus called "Prelay"

  

• Create a new instrument track for SyncDNA and add a "SyncDNA" plugin

  

  

• Create a new audio track for the performer input and add a "SyncDNA-Receive" plugin

  • Choose the performer input channel

  

  • Set the "No Input" bus as input for the track
  • Set the "Mix" bus as output for the track

  

• Route everything you want the performer to hear while recording to the "Prelay" bus (backing tracks, mix elements, etc.)

  

• Create a stereo aux "Prelay" track

  • Add a "SyncDNA-Transmit" plugin and select "Performers" as Target Mode

  

  • Add a "SyncDNA-Delay" plugin and select "Recording" as Delay Mode

  

  • Set the "Prelay" bus as input
  • Set the "Mix" bus as output

  

• Create a stereo aux "Mix" track

  • Add a "SyncDNA-Transmit" plugin and select the "Guests" as Target Mode

  

  • Add a "SyncDNA-Delay" plugin and select "Screening" as Delay Mode

  

  • Set the "Mix" bus as input

  

Recording

• Record arm the performer track
• Start recording in the transport
• Stop the transport when done

You will hear the performer's audio immediately but no waveform data will be visible yet.

• Commit the performer track

  

  

• Pro Tools will receive the audio from SyncDNA and add it to a new track

• If you want the performer to hear the recorded audio during the next take, you must change the output of the commited track to the "Prelay" bus

  

• Mute the performer input track for review/mixing to prevent playback overlap with the committed track

• Unmute the performer input track and repeat those steps for another take