Track Color in PT 7.4

[Andy W.]

Ok, I'm going crazy and I can't find an answer. This is small, but very annoying.
When you add tracks to a session, why are the first 8 tracks blue? You know, that blue square? How do you turn that off? Thanks for any help.

[rghose]

Do you have a control surface? ProTools indicates which tracks are currently being used by a control surface by using those coloured squares. It works in banks of eight...each bank of 8 has a different colour.

[Andy W.]

No control surface. Just a 002 Rack.

[nicpope]

all audio tracks have a blue square underneath the track name. is that what you're talking about?

[Andy W.]

No, in the edit window the first 8 tracks always have a blue square around where the track name is typed. I can't get that to go away.

[Grumblefoot]

You can change it to any color you like

[Andy W.]

It's not the track color itself, it the box surrounding the track name.

[jmarkham]

Originally Posted by Andy W.

Ok, I'm going crazy and I can't find an answer. This is small, but very annoying.
When you add tracks to a session, why are the first 8 tracks blue? You know, that blue square? How do you turn that off? Thanks for any help.

could you post a screen shot?

jeff

[Mike Brown]

Originally Posted by rghose

Do you have a control surface? ProTools indicates which tracks are currently being used by a control surface by using those coloured squares. It works in banks of eight...each bank of 8 has a different colour.

This is the answer, but it is weird that it is showing up without you having a control surface.

[Andy W.]

Here is a screen shot.
Notice how the first 8 are blue.


http://www.gearslutz.com/board/images/attach/jpg.gif

[Caleb m]

Do you mean that the track name is highlighted?

[Andy W.]

yes

[balanceman]

try changing the pref for edit window follows..... I think track selection or similar.

I think the banks of 8 blue boxes went away when I changed this.
I'm not at the studio now, so this is from memory....

[TomD]

I'm using 7.3 so maybe it's a 7.4 thing but I've never seen tracks outlined in PT like that before.

[Andy W.]

Originally Posted by balanceman

try changing the pref for edit window follows..... I think track selection or similar.

I think the banks of 8 blue boxes went away when I changed this.
I'm not at the studio now, so this is from memory....

I looked in the prefs and didn't see anything. If you remember could you let me know?

[bgrotto]

Originally Posted by rghose

Do you have a control surface? ProTools indicates which tracks are currently being used by a control surface by using those coloured squares. It works in banks of eight...each bank of 8 has a different colour.

This is what's going on. There's no way to get rid of them if you have a control surface hooked up, or even one of those single-fader PreSonus doo-dads.

Try going into the Peripherals menu to make sure you haven't accidentally activated a control surface. Even though you don't have one, it may still be confusing your system into thinking you do.

[jmarkham]

Originally Posted by Andy W.

Here is a screen shot.
Notice how the first 8 are blue.


http://www.gearslutz.com/board/images/attach/jpg.gif

is this the currently banked tracks on your Control-8?

jeff

[Andy W.]

I got it!!!!
There was a control surface turned on in the periph's.
Turned it off and presto, blue square gone!!!!
Thanks everyone!