Pro tools instrument track greyed out

The following tutorial shows the user how to create an instrument track in Pro Tools. In other words, the input to an Instrument track is MIDI information, while the output is digital audio that comes from the Virtual Instrument applied.

An Instrument track gives the user the possibility of adding inserts to modify the audio signal that it creates, in fact, the very first insert must be the virtual instrument selected so that it can be triggered by the MIDI information received by the track. This tutorial will present a step-by-step guide on how to create and setup an instrument track for proper use in Pro Tools.

Open or create a new Pro Tools session and make sure you can see the Edit window:. The picture above shows the Edit window in Pro Tools. For the purpose of this tutorial we will create a single instrument track, ticks-based. The parameters of the New Tracks window will be set as:. As soon as this button is pressed, the window will close and the program will take us back to the Edit window:.

This is the default name Pro Tools will give to the instrument tracks, but they can be changed by double-clicking on the names. The picture above shows the Edit Window of a Pro Tools session that contains 9 tracks. Since the track has been made inactive, it does not playback any audio information, therefore it does not consume any CPU resources. Note how the track does not show greyed-out anymore, meaning it is now active again. The track will process the audio information and output its signal to the selected analog output; it will also consume CPU resources.

At this point the user has learned how to make a track inactive or active in Pro Tools. The tutorial has now finished. How to make a track Inactive or Active in Pro Tools.