Chapter 1: Overview
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Chapter 1: Overview
Welcome to the FWx FireWire Record/Playback Option for
VENUE systems. The FWx Option lets you integrate a
Digidesign
®
Pro Tools
®
LE system with your VENUE system,
allowing you to record and archive live performances, and to
integrate pre-recorded Pro Tools tracks with live inputs.
By combining the recording and playback features of the FWx
Option, you can also perform Virtual Soundchecks: play back
the tracks you recorded the night before and adjust the mix
before a performance or rehearsal.
FWx Capabilities and Features
The FWx Option provides the following features:
• Direct digital connection (24-bit, 48 kHz) between your
VENUE system and a computer running Pro Tools LE
• Recording of up to 18 channels of digital audio directly to
Pro Tools
• Playback of up to 18 Pro Tools tracks
• Support for Windows XP, Vista, and Mac OS X
• A standard FireWire cable connection
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FWx Components
The FWx Option package includes the following items:
• FWx card (installs into the VENUE FOH Rack and
Mix Rack)
• FWx card ribbon cable
• Pro Tools LE software
• Digidesign Registration Information card
• A FireWire cable (six-pin 1394)
System Requirements
The following are required to use the FWx Option with your
installed and configured VENUE system:
• A compatible FireWire-equipped computer running
Windows XP, Vista, or Mac OS X.
• A compatible version of Pro Tools LE version 6.7 or higher
(Windows) or 6.9.2 or higher (Macintosh). Digidesign
Pro Tools LE hardware is not required.
For complete system requirements, visit the Digidesign
website (www.digidesign.com).
Compatibility Information
Digidesign can only assure compatibility and provide support
for hardware and software it has tested and approved.
For a list of Digidesign-qualified computers, operating sys-
tems, hard drives, and third-party devices, refer to the latest
compatibility information on the Digidesign website
(www.digidesign.com/compatibility).
Only one FWx card can be installed in the FOH Rack
or the Mix Rack.
An FWx card and an HDx TDM Option Card cannot
be installed simultaneously.
FWx FireWire Option card
