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Importing tracks from another session

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it's not uncommon for certain parts to be recorded in different locations. Perhaps the harmony vocal parts were completed in a local studio, while the lead guitar track was being worked out in the guitarist's home studio. In a case like this, the finished tracks from the different recording sessions will eventually need to be consolidated back into a single master session. This is where the import session data command can help out. So here I have the main crash down session that we've been working on, and I have a separate session file with many of the same tracks that also includes the finished guitar solo. Now I want to add that guitar solo track to my current session. It will go into this section here, around bar 46. Let's take a listen to how that currently sounds. (rock music) So it definitely needs something in here. (rock music) I'll go to the file menu and choose import session data. where I saved the session with the guitar solo, and this is it here. Opening that session brings up So, we'll select the guitar solo track, by scrolling down in the track list here, and selecting it, will add it as a new track in my session. Now notice that it's also possible that already exists in your session in order to update the track content. But that's not what I need here. And in this session that I'm importing from the guitar solo has a send to a delay track, that's not in our main session. So that's down here, the delay effects track. So I'll want to select that to import as well. Now before choosing okay, it's a good idea to verify what we will be importing. In this bottom section of the dialog box, I can select the options to import which can include things like, the tempo and meter rulers, the key signature ruler, So I don't need any of those, but I can also choose what options I'm importing with the selected tracks using the track data to import button. Here, I want to make sure that I'm including the clips and media for the selected track. But I might also want to include other attributes, Now it's generally okay to include all of these selected attributes, even if we might not actually use some of them. With that done, we'll proceed by clicking okay to close the track data to import, and then clicking okay again to close the import session data dialog box and import the tracks. So, in this case, the two tracks have been added to the bottom edit window. As we can see in the track list here. So I'll just select the guitar solo track here, and drag it up with my other guitars. And then I'll select the delay effects, and drag it up here with my other effect returns. And let's check that out. And let's check that out. (rock music) (rock music) So that's basically it. The import session data command The import session data command offers a quick way to import tracks offers a quick way to import tracks from one session to another. from one session to another. When using this command, When using this command, select the tracks you want in the dialog box, select the tracks you want in the dialog box, and check the track data to import options and check the track data to import options to verify that you'll be importing everything you need. This is just one of many features in Pro Tools that makes it easy in Pro Tools that makes it easy to collaborate on a project from different locations. to collaborate on a project from different locations.

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