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in a question last week about how to make his hard drive work with Pro Tools. Pro Tools kept telling him that it wasn't an "audio record volume." I remember this was the first tech support issue I had with my first Pro Tools system, and I thought it would be a good topic for a video. Questions? Leave a comment! Tags: hard drives Pro Tools Stan Blyth Thanks! I looked everywhere for a solution. Once I watched your video, it took 2 minutes to resolve my issue. https://www.facebook.com/mattyatesmusic Matt Yates Thankyou thankyou thankyou! This problem has just appeared, some time after I'd started using my glyph drive! Seems ok http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/Error_Message/en323949 now!!! Matt http://www.homestudiocorner.com Joe Gilder Nice! dmadden hi have a question when i get the message hard drive cant be designated as an audio volume because it is not a valid audio volume http://www.homestudiocorner.com Joe Gilder Sorry, you may need to reformat or contact AVID about compatibility or something? http://rastine.smugmug.com/ Bob Stine When I tried this, I got a message that said the drive couldn't be set as an audio volume because it's formatted as http://www.homestudiocorner.com/video-how-to-make-your-hard-drive-an-audio-record-volume-in-pro-tools/ a "FAT Volume" http://www.homestudiocorner.com Joe Gilder FAT is a PC format I think. Might need to reformat the drive? I’d check with whatever DAW company you use for what they recommend. Klark Kent i am having the same problem but when I change the T to an R another error message pops up that says " OS cannot be designated as an Audio Record volume because it is not a valid audio volume" please help!!! http://www.homestudiocorner.com Joe Gilder Hey Klark, I'm sorry, but I really don't know anything more than what I showed in the video. Maybe try contacting tech support or searching the DUC forums? *duc*.avid.com/ http://www.facebook.com/paulo.agustinhofilho.9 Paulo Agustinho Filho hey, i have Pro Tools SE v. 8.0.3, and i have this same problem… but i cant solve this because i just dont find the Workspace - my "window" just have a few options. Do you know where can i find this?? tks! http://www.homestudiocorner.com Joe Gilder Sorry, I don't know. You may want to check here: http://www.duc.avid.com http://www.facebook.com/brendan.dreaper Brendan Dreaper When I try to change T to R it says that the "hard drive cannot not be designated as an Audio Record volume because it is not a valid audio volume" Do you have a solution for this? http://www.homestudiocorner.com Joe Gilder Sorry, I don't. Might want to try the Pr
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issue Previous Issues Subscribe Advertise Search ReviewsArticles Search Search TechniquesArticles Search PeopleArticles Search Sound AdviceArticles Search Music BusinessArticles Search Articles Search You are hereHomeTechniques Resolving Hard Drive Problems Avid Pro Tools Tips & TechniquesSoftware > DAW > Pro ToolsPublished October 2010By Mike ThorntonDoes Pro Tools sometimes take an unwarranted dislike to one of your hard drives? Here's how to deal with it, and how to let non‑admin users join the Pro Tools party. This month we're going to look at a couple of maintenance‑related issues that have been on my list to cover for a while. The first, I suspect, will have affected us all at some point, and the other will be of interest to folk who provide Pro Tools systems in a shared environment. The first problem has recently cropped up more regularly than usual for several of my clients, and it has to do with getting the message in the screenshot below."But it was fine last time I tried it...” One of Pro Tools' more familiar error messages. I suspect most of you will have seen it at some point. Most of my clients work on the 'sneaker net' principle: for want of a proper network, they simply walk the drive from one system to another, hence the nickname 'sneaker net'! The problem seems to come up randomly as they start to work on a Session. "It was OK yesterday, but now I get this message when I try and open my Session” would be a typical query. Sometimes it can be fine on one system but this message comes up on another system. So what's going on, and what can be done? Transfer, Playback & Record Pro Tools categorises drives into three groups: Transfer (T): Pro Tools will label a drive a Transfer Drive if it isn't suitable to play back Sessions. Examples include shared network drives, CD‑ROMS, and drives that are formatted in a non‑native format. Transfer drives cannot be used to either play or record Pro Tools Sessions directly. Any Sessions on them will first need to be copied onto a drive formatted correctly for Pro Tools — which is not necessarily the same as being formatted correctly for the computer's operating system. On the Mac platform Pro Tools only supports 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled)' drives; if you are running Pro Tools on Windows, NTFS is the supported format. Playback (P): On a Playback drive, Pro Tools will play back any Session on that drive but won't permit new files to be added to it, so it won't