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contents

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. Welcome to the 003 Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Family Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Tools LE Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

tem Requirements and Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

nventions Used in This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

. Installing Pro Tools on Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5tallation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

talling Pro Tools LE and Connecting Your Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

nching Pro Tools LE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

ditional Software on the Pro Tools Installer Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

nnecting FireWire Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

installing Pro Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

. Installing Pro Tools LE on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11tallation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

talling Pro Tools LE and Connecting Your 003 Family Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

nching Pro Tools LE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

ditional Software on the Pro Tools Installer Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

nnecting FireWire Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

nnecting to Laptops with 4-Pin FireWire Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

installing Pro Tools LE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Contents v

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Chapter 4. Configuring Your Pro Tools System

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Starting Up or Shutting Down Your System

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Configuring Pro Tools LE Software

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Optimizing a Mac System for Pro Tools

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Optimizing a Windows System for Pro Tools

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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. 003 Top Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 Operating Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

3 Top Panel Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

play Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

er Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

nsole/Channel View Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

nsport and Navigation Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

tomation Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

difiers Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

/DI Input Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

nitor Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

. 003 Rack Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55/DI Input Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

nitor Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

tus Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

. 003 and 003 Rack Back Panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

. 003 Rack+ Front Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 and Line/DI Input Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

nitor Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

tus Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

. 003 Rack+ Back Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Chapter 10. Making Studio Connections

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Connecting Headphones

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Connecting a Sound System

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Connecting Audio Inputs

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Connecting a Microphone

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Connecting Instruments to 003 Family Interfaces

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nnecting Equipment with Digital Ins and Outs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

rd Clock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

ng External Effects Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

nitoring and Recording from Alternate Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

cording from a Digital Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

nnecting a Recorder for Mixdowns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

I Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

ng a Footswitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

1. Pro Tools Mode with 003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91ving a Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

rking in Console View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

rking in Channel View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

play Options in Console and Channel View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

ating Custom Plug-In Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

vigating and Editing Values in Entry Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

rking with Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

igning Pro Tools Paths (Input, Output, Sends, Inserts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

rking with Output Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

cording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

vigating in the Edit Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

neral Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

rking With Memory Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

ntrolling Track Display on the Control Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

rking with Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

3 Top Panel Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

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Chapter 12. Using MIDI Mode with 003

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Overview of MIDI Mode

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Selecting MIDI Mode

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Recalling MIDI Map Presets

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Mapping Controls

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Editing MIDI Map Presets

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ming MIDI Map Presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

ving MIDI Map Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

tory Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

tory Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

A. Utility Mode (003 Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143essing Utility Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

wing Firmware Version Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

D Display Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

itch Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

coder Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

er Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

as Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

I Test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

dio Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

B. Configuring AMS (Mac OS X Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149dio MIDI Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

tch Name Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

C. Configuring MIDI Studio Setup (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153I Studio Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

I Patch Name Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Appendix D. Hard Drive Configuration and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157Avoid Recording to the System Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Supported Drive Formats and Drive Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Formatting an Audio Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Partitioning Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Defragmenting an Audio Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

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Pe

Be

Appendix Ab

Ab

Index . . .Contents ix

ng Mac Drives on Windows Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

rd Disk Storage Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

E. Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165cking Up Your Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

mmon Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

rformance Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

fore You Call Digidesign Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

F. Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169out the Pro Tools Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

out www.digidesign.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

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supported adapters, visit the Digi-ite at:


SB MIDI interfaces are compatible o Tools systems for Mac OS X. -to-serial port adapters and serial evices are not supported.

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Hard Drive Requirements

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www.digi

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sing an ATA/IDE or FireWire hard lize your drive with the Disk Utility included with Apple System soft-or Windows Disk Management

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Pro Tools LE Installer disc in your

staller disc, locate and double-click ols LE.mpkg.

connect your 003 family interface to mputer until you have installed ols LE software.

ails on Administrator privileges in S X, see your Apple OS X documen-

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003 Family S6

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or deselect) a custom configuration allation options (see Installation s on page 7) and click Continue.

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e remaining on-screen instructions.

stallation is complete, click Restart.

unching Pro Tools LE software, shut computer and connect the 003 fam- to your computer.

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reWire ports (back panel)

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Files (Required for Pro Tools) In-o Tools application and supporting needed to run Pro Tools. This option the Digidesign CoreAudio Driver. must be selected to install Pro Tools.

g-Ins Installs free plug-ins including ug-ins, free Bomb Factory plug-ins, TL Utilities, and Digidesign D-Fi plug-ins.

eative Collection Installs a set of free plug-ins and virtual instrument

cluding 4.4 GB of associated sample r more information, see the Creative ug-ins Guide.

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Pro Tools LE software:

your 003 family interface is con-ur computer and powered on.

f the following:

he Pro Tools LE icon in the Dock.

and double-click the Pro Tools LE tion on your hard drive.

authorization code in the dialog e to type it exactly as printed, and ny spaces and capitalization), then te. (Your authorization code is lo-e inside front cover of this guide.)

et a warning dialog about updating ware for your hardware, follow the

en instructions to perform the re update. See Updating 003 Fam-ware on page 8.

003 Family S8

4 Use the Quick Start dialog to do one of the following:

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Create a new blank session.

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tem.

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mo session can be opened by double- the Filtered Dream.ptf file (located iltered Dream Demo Session folder).

connect a FireWire hard drive to the FireWire port on the back panel of 3 family interface.

d higher performance from audio enable journaling. See Enabling ing for Audio Drives on page 30.

003 Family S10

To connect a FireWire hard drive, do one of the following:

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or

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lications/Digidesign/Pro Tools/tilities and double-click Tools.

tinue to proceed with the uninstall.

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003 Family S12

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ther dialogs appear (such as the New Hardware dialog), leave pen and do not click on them. These will close on their own.

dows Vista, a series of Windows y dialogs may appear. Click Install one until they go away.

15 Wait for the installer to finish installing all software components, drivers, and PACE System files before proceeding to the next step.

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Pro Tools Demo Session

The Pro Tools LE Installer disc includes a demo session that you can use to verify that your sys-tem is working.

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r of FireWire ports on your computer.


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dows, logging in with Administrator or details on Administrator privi-o your Windows documentation.

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r Pro Tools system in this order:

volume of all output devices in your

ny external hard drives. Wait ap- ten seconds for them to spin up to

ny control surfaces (such as Com-

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Configuring Pro Tools LE Software

Pro Tools System Settings

In the Playback Engine dialog, Pro Tools LE lets you adjust tchanging syfor processi

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Hardware Buffer Size

The Hardware Buffer Size (H/W Buffer Size) con-trols the size of the buffer used to handle host processing tasks such as Real-Time AudioSuite (RTAS) plug-ins. The H/W Buffer setting can also be used to manage monitoring latency.

Playback Engetup Guide

he performance of your system by stem settings that affect its capacity ng, playback, and recording

es, the default settings for your sys- optimum performance, but you adjust them to accommodate large g-intensive Pro Tools sessions.

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e Hardware Buffer Size:

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/W Buffer Size pop-up menu, select uffer size, in samples.

tion to causing slower screen response nitoring latency, higher Hardware

Size settings can increase the latency by RTAS plug-ins, and affect the y of plug-in automation, mute data, DI track timing.

RTAS Processors

The RTAS Processors setting determines the number of processors in your computer allo-cated for RTAS (Real-Time AudioSuite) plug-in processing.

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1 Choose Setup > Playback Engine.

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uters that have multiple processors, re multi-core processing or hyper-

his setting lets you enable multipro-rt for RTAS plug-ins. Used in com-

th the CPU Usage Limit setting, the sors setting lets you control the way sing and other Pro Tools tasks are the system.

:

ns with large numbers of RTAS plug-an allocate 2 or more processors to essing and set a high CPU Usage

ns with few RTAS plug-ins, you can wer processors to RTAS processing

low CPU Usage Limit to leave more rces available for automation accu-n response, and video.

g on the importance of video and reen response, and on the density of n being employed, try different

ions of RTAS Processors and CPU Us-settings to achieve the best results. ple, to improve screen response in a ized session using a moderate num-S plug-ins, try reducing the number

lug-ins, but keep the CPU Usage Limit maximum (up to 99% on a single system).

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your computer:

Processor to limit RTAS processing CPU in the system.

2 Processors to enable load balanc-oss two available processors.

tems running four or more proces-oose the number of processors for rocessing.

ge Window and RTAS Processing

Usage window (Windows > System lays the combined amount of RTAS ccurring on all enabled processors

e indicator, regardless of how many re available in the system. If the Sys-

indow shows that you are at the lable resources, increase the number cessors and adjust the CPU Usage .

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CPU Usage Limit

The CPU Usage Limit setting controls the per-centage of CPU resources allocated to Pro Tools host processing tasks. Used in combination with the RTAS Processors setting, the CPU Usage Limit setting lets you control the way Pro Tools tasks are carried o

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RTAS Engine (RTAS Error Suppression)

The RTAS Engine options determine RTAS error reporting during playback and recording. This is especially useful when working with instrument plug-ins.

Increasdown setup Guide

ut by the system.

Usage Limit settings limit the effect ls processing on other CPU-inten- such as screen redraws, and are use-you are experiencing slow system or when running other applications e time as Pro Tools.

U Usage Limit settings allocate more g power to Pro Tools, and are useful g back large sessions or using more -ins.

um available CPU Usage Limit de-e number of processors in your com-n the number of processors you TAS processing. This value can

85% for single-processor computers, r multiprocessor computers (which e entire processor to Pro Tools).

ocessor computers, the maximum imit is reduced when you use all your as selected in the RTAS Processing u). For example, on dual-processors,

90%. On four-processor computers, 95%.

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CPU Usage Limit pop-up menu, select ge of CPU processing you want to ro Tools.

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AS error suppression:


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le, you can also select Minimize Addi-tency.

Suppression Options

s During Playback/Record When en-ools continues to play and record TAS processing requirements ex-cted CPU Usage Limit. This can result clicks in the audio, but does not nsport.

ditional I/O Latency (Mac enabled, any additional latency due ng RTAS errors during playback and imized to 128 samples. Suppressing

requires at least 128 samples of ad-fering on some systems. If this op-led, the buffer is half the H/W Buffer

Size, or at least 128 samples (whichever is greater). If you are on an older, slower com-puter, you may want to disable this option to avoid adverse performance.

This option is only available on Mac if the Ignore Errors During Playback/Record option is enabled.

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m DAE Playback Buffer Size for most ons is 1500 msec; Level 2 (Default).

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needs more system memory for the ck Buffer, it will prompt you to re-mputer.

e

ize setting determines the amount DAE allocates to pre-buffer audio for d looping when using Elastic Audio.

duces the amount of system mem- disk operations and frees up mem-r system tasks. However, perfor-n using Elastic Audio features may

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ves performance when using Elastic res, but it also decreases the amount vailable for other system tasks, such cessing.

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Cache Size pop-up menu, select a ize.

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lug-in Only)

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only affects playback if disk stream-ted in Structures plug-in controls cture Plug-in Guide for more informa-

m Plug-in Streaming Buffer Size for s is 250 ms (Level 2).

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appears in the Playback Engine dia-ne of the Structure sampler instru-n is installed on your system. This eful when you are playing samples

e drive that contains audio for the ion. When this option is selected, tomatically optimizes the size of

Streaming Buffer to facilitate disk ac-th Pro Tools and Structure. The

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Optimize for Streaming Content op-

Pro Tools Hardware Settings

In the Hardware Settings dialog, Pro Tools lets you set the default sample rate and clock source for your system, and configure the digital inputs on the 003 family interface.

Default Sam

The Samplesample rate setting is avonly when n

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1 Choose S

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Clock Source

The Pro Tools Hardware Setup dialog lets you se-lect the Clock Source for the system.

Internal If you are recording an analog signal di-rectly into Pro Tools (or using an external ana-

You cacreatina differdialog.details.

Hardware SetCha

ple Rate

Rate setting appears as the default when you create a new session. (This ailable in the Hardware Setup dialog o session is open.)

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up dialog

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Note thavailabpter 4: Configuring Your Pro Tools System 25

l device for effects), you will usually rnal setting.

ou are transferring material into om an external digital device, or if common house clock signal, you nize Pro Tools to the digital device signal. The external clock source to the connector on the back of the nterface that is receiving your clock IF (RCA), Optical, or Word Clock. If g an optical device, you also need to cal Format (ADAT or S/PDIF).

e Clock Source:

etup > Hardware.

n use only one pair of S/PDIF inputs RCA or Optical) at a time. At , it is recommended that you use the (RCA) port.

at S/PDIF (RCA) output is still le when S/PDIF Optical is selected.

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2 Choose the clock source from the Clock Source pop-up menu.

3 Click OK.

Optical Format

The Optical port can be set for eight channels of ADAT Optical I/O (supporting up to 48 kHz) or two channels of S/PDIF Optical I/O. The Optical Format ADAT option is replaced by None for ses-sion rates 88.2 kHz and 96 kHz.

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gital input device must be connected ned on for Pro Tools to synchronize your input device is not turned on, e Clock Source set to Internal.

e S/PDIF input pair can be used at a hen you select S/PDIF (RCA) as the

ource, the Optical Format setting itch to ADAT (for sample rates z and 48 kHz), or to None (for sam-

s 88.2 kHz and 96 kHz).

sely, when you select S/PDIF as the Format, the Clock Source setting itch to Internal if it was previously /PDIF (RCA).

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digital format of the Optical I/O port:

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tical Format section, do one of the

DAT if your optical device is using AT format.

/PDIF if your optical source device is he S/PDIF format.

e S/PDIF input pair can be used at a hen you select S/PDIF as the

Format, the Clock Source setting itch to internal if it was previously /PDIF (RCA).

sely, when you select S/PDIF (RCA) lock Source, the Optical Format set-

ll switch to ADAT (for sample rates z and 48 kHz), or to None (for sam-

s 88.2 kHz and 96 kHz).

Configuring I/O Setup

Using the I/O Setup dialog, you can label Pro Tools LE input, output, insert, and bus signal paths. The I/O Setup dialog provides a graphical representation of the inputs, outputs, and signal routing of the 003 family interface.

Pro Tools LEwill get youonly if you paths.

To rename I/

1 Choose S

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3 To change the name of a path or subpath, dou-ble-click directly on the Path Name, type a new name for the path, and press Return (Mac) or Enter (Windows).

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See the Pro Tools Reference Guide (or choose Cha

has default I/O Setup settings that started. Use the I/O Setup dialog want to rename the default I/O

O paths in I/O Setup:

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Input, Output, Insert, or Bus tab to dis-responding paths.

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ing MIDI Setup

use any MIDI devices with Pro Tools, e following:

configure your MIDI setup with Au-tup. See Appendix B, Configuring S X Only) for details.

ows, configure your MIDI setup with Setup. See Appendix C, Configur-

udio Setup (Windows Only) for de-

Up Your System ation

uring your system and Pro Tools, save an image of your system drive up utility such as Norton Ghost

or Bombich Carbon Copy Cloner oing this, you can quickly restore configuration and settings if you ny problems.

Pro Tools Reference Guide) for more ation on renaming I/O paths.

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Optimizing a Mac System for Pro ToolsTo ensure optimum performance with Pro Tools, configure your computer before using Pro Tools hardware and software.

Before confyou are loggcount wherdetails on Arefer to you

Turning Off Software Update

To turn off the Software Update feature:

1 Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu and click Software Update.

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f Energy Saver

e Energy Saver feature:

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Sleep tab and do the following:

computer sleep setting to Never.

display sleep setting to Never.

t Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when e option.

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rocessor Performance:

ystem Preferences from the Apple lick Energy Saver.

Options tab and set Processor Perfor-ighest.

Disable or Reassign Mac Keyboard Shortcuts Used by Pro Tools

To have the full complement of Pro Tools key-board shortcuts, you need to disable or reassign any conflicting Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts in the Apple System Preferences, including the fol-lowing:

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Reassign Spaces Keyboard Shortcuts

If you want to use Spaces, you should reassign the Spaces keyboard shortcuts to avoid conflicts with important Pro Tools keyboard shortcuts. You can reassign Spaces keyboard shortcuts to use a combination of modifier keys (Com-

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focus to the window drawer

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6 Press andtrol+Shift anmand+Numbto a space

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on+Control+Shift) in addition to Spaces keyboard shortcut assign-oid these conflicts.

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ystem Preferences from the Apple lick Expos & Spaces.

Spaces tab.

at Enable Spaces is selected.

hold Command+Option+Con-d select Control+Option+Shift+Com-om the To activate Spaces pop-up

hold Command+Option+Con-d select Control+Option+Shift+Com-

Keys from the To switch between -up menu.

hold Command+Option+Con-d select Control+Option+Shift+Com-er Keys from the To switch directly pop-up menu.

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