???PRO TOOLS QUESTION???

Does anyone know how to burn a Pro Tool session on CD? I have G4 MAC. Any advice would be great!!

Use the bounce to disc function

I don't want to burn the song, I want to burn the actual session to take it to a studio.

copy the folder containing the session(pts. file and all audio files) to a cd

what burning software do you use because if you are using iTunes i dont thinks its gonna work. u need the program like TOAST , so you can burn data cds. thats what i use

I use nero......!

ive never used that but if you can burn a data cd then you should be straight. drag the PT file into to nero folder or however that works and your shit should run OK. check this out for PT help. duc.digidesign.com

often, your protools session will be larger than 800 mb so you would need to use a DVD-R if it's a huge file.

otherwise, just go to create data CD on your burning program and drag your PT session into the interface. press burn.

To Transfer your session to another system you need to:
1. Click on the Audio button at the top of the region list, located on the right-hand side of the Edit window. Choose Select>Unused Regions.

2. Click on the Audio button again, and choose "Clear Selected." ProTools will ask whether you want to delete or remove the files from the session. Choose remove, not delete.

3. Click on the File menu, select "Save Session Copy in" and choose a name and location for the session copy. Make sure you check the box under the "item to copy" section that says "all audio files." ProTools will now chase down every file for the session, even across multiple drives, and consolidate all the files into one folder along with the session copy.

4. Locate your session copy, burn it to cd and you have a nice, clean, session you can take to any Protools studio.

I hope this is helpful.

Very good addition that most people don't mention. This
guy P's method will slim the session way down. Just wanted
to make sure you always remember that once you
do this, the session will less editable. That is, no more dragging
in temorarily unused regions to try out once this is done. You can always
search for them in the original computer, but it'll be a pain,
so be sure you solid with the track before you do this. Like,
done, and already mixing, because these files
are removed, and the copy disc will not contain
any other files than those in the edit window, aka "used" regions.

Thanks to everyone who responded, you were all very helpful!

Mr. Mind wrote:often, your protools session will be larger than 800 mb so you would need to use a DVD-R if it's a huge file.

or more than one cd

You can either take your external drive if you have one containing the session to the cd, or use a CD-ROM to copy your session files to the CD

Yeah man, we hope very much you know that you supposed to be recording onto an external hard drive, or secondsry internal hard drive that does not have system software on it. aka, never record sessions to your main hard drive, or even a partition of that or any drive containing system software and/or program files. Will seriously endager your audio files and can destroy the OS of your computer.

trupro wrote:Yeah man, we hope very much you know that you supposed to be recording onto an external hard drive, or secondsry internal hard drive that does not have system software on it. aka, never record sessions to your main hard drive, or even a partition of that or any drive containing system software and/or program files. Will seriously endager your audio files and can destroy the OS of your computer.

How?