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A confusing area for novice Pro Tools users is the distinction between the choice of “interface” or “bus” when selecting inputs and outputs for audio tracks.

Recently, one of my students was working in Pro Tools 8, and when she attempted to save her session Pro Tools flashed this ominous message: "could not save as because volume not found(-35)". So here is how we solved the issue.

I recently upgraded my Acad version of Pro Tools 11 to the latest version 12. Besides costing $99/year, here are the hoops that I had to face in order to install the new software. AVID succeeds, as usual, in making the process more complicated than it probably should be. So here is what you need to know.