One of my readers, Guinn, sent 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.
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Thanks for the video, unfortunately when I click on the “T” to make it an “R” I get the following message…
“macintosh hd cannot be designated as an audio record volume because it is not a valid audio volume”
How do I make my computers Hard Drive record enable? It was actually working just fine earlier today and I had set it up to be a Record Volume before but can’t remember now! My computer crashed today and I had to re-install Pro Tools, so all my settings were deleted! Any advice? Thanks!
Hey Brad. Your recent computer crash may have something to do with the issues. It’s always a good idea to trash Digidesign preferences and databases when anything screwy is happening. You can see that described here.
I actually JUST figured it out. I had to upgrade to Pro Tools LE 7.1.1 instead of the original 7.1 that came on the disc. Drive is now “R” enabled and ready to go! Thanks though!
This was extremely helpful. I never have to search the net for answers like this but I was starting to freak out as I could not figure out what the crap was going on with my pro tools program. Your 2:30 tutorial saved me time and most likely money. I owe you a big fat thank you.
Its 4am and my brains stopped functioning hours ago. Ran into this issue. Your instructions rock and you are awesome! Thank you Citizen!
Glad I could help!!
Hey Joe, I tried all youve mentioned above. I even uninstalled protool le 8, repaired external drive, repaired mac HD permission and trashed preference. When I reinstalled protool, i got the same message about my external HD not being an audio record volume. I tried the workspace change with no luck. Any other tips for this issue?
Hmm…sorry. I don't know what's going on. I bet the hard drive just isn't compatible with PT. Check Digi's site for compatibility info.