These preferences provide access to a number of advanced features and additional options.
“Show Advanced Tools” checkbox: When selected, advanced features such as project alternatives and backups, beat mapping, expanding mixing and automation capabilities, and more are available. Additional options can be individually enabled.
Additional Options are available only when Show Advanced Tools is selected in Advanced preferences.
Additional Options “Audio” checkbox: When selected, enables destructive audio editing and advanced configuration options.
Additional Options “Surround” checkbox: When selected, enables all features for surround audio production. Note that this requires a surround speaker setup for in order to hear your audio.
Additional Options “MIDI” checkbox: When selected, enables signal flow control and real-time processing of MIDI input and output streams in the Environment.
Additional Options “Control Surfaces” checkbox: When selected, enables the creation of new control surfaces and the ability to edit any functional detail of control surface systems.
Additional Options “Score” checkbox: When selected, enables the full feature set of the Score window.
Additional Options “Advanced Editing” checkbox: When selected, enables advanced editing functionality such as region aliases, track reassignment, historical tuning scales, and the Tempo Interpreter.
Additional Options “Disable All” button: Click to deselect all Additional Options checkboxes.
Additional Options “Enable All” button: Click to select all Additional Options checkboxes.
For details, see Work with advanced tools and additional options.