Pro Tools 2020.3 was released at the very end of March bringing the folder tracks previewed at NAMM 2020 to a public release of Pro Tools. In this free video tutorial brought to you with the support of Avid Julian Rodgers looks at Basic Folder Tracks, what are they, how do you use them and most importantly of all why would you use them?
Basic Folder Tracks
A Basic Folder Track is purely organisational. Tracks can be placed in a Basic Folder Track and opening and closing the track can show and hide the folder contents in a single click. This was possible with workarounds using existing features in previous versions of Pro Tools, for example by Control-clicking on groups in the Groups list or creating memory locations which use show/hide tracks but Basic Folder Tracks are a real improvement over these other techniques. Find out more in this free video tutorial.
Julian Rodgers is Editor of Production Expert. He has a background in live sound and has been a Pro Tools user since 2001. He lives by the sea in West Cornwall where he plays piano, bass and guitar equally badly and is an avid collector of microphones and opinions about all things audio.