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Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started

 

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Chapter 3. Macintosh Configuration

 

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Installation Overview

 

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Macintosh System Optimization

 

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Hard Drive Configuration and Maintenance

 

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Installing Your M-Audio Interface

 

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Installing M-Audio Drivers

 

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Installing Pro Tools M-Powered Software

 

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Optional Software on the Pro Tools M-Powered Installer CD

 

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Launching Pro Tools M-Powered

 

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Configuring Pro Tools M-Powered

 

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Removing Pro Tools M-Powered

 

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Chapter 4. Working with Pro Tools M-Powered

 

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Session Basics

 

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Transport Controls

 

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Tracks

 

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Region List

 

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Navigating in a Session

 

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Importing Data into Pro Tools Sessions

 

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Basic Recording

 

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Editing

 

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Mixing

 

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Plug-Ins

 

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Mix Automation

 

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Final Mixdown

 

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Appendix A. Configuring MIDI Studio Setup (Windows Only)

 

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MIDI Studio Setup

 

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MIDI Patch Name Support

 

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Appendix B. Configuring AMS (Mac OS X Only)

 

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Audio MIDI Setup

 

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MIDI Patch Name Support

 

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Index 

 

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Summary of Contents for Pro Tools M-Powered 7

Page 1: ...Getting Started Pro Tools M Powered Version 7 0 ...

Page 2: ... of Digidesign Avid Digidesign M Audio and Pro Tools are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Avid Technology Inc in the US and other countries All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners Product features specifications system requirements and availability are subject to change without notice PN 9320 17748 00 REV A 11 05 ...

Page 3: ... Tools Guides 5 About www digidesign com 6 Chapter 2 Windows Configuration 7 Installation Overview 7 Windows System Optimization 7 Hard Drive Configuration and Maintenance 10 Installing Your M Audio Interface 11 Installing M Audio Drivers 11 Installing Pro Tools M Powered Software 12 Optional Software on the Pro Tools M Powered Installer CD 13 Launching Pro Tools M Powered 14 Configuring Pro Tools...

Page 4: ...Pro Tools M Powered 23 Configuring Pro Tools M Powered 23 Removing Pro Tools M Powered 28 Chapter 4 Working with Pro Tools M Powered 29 Session Basics 29 Transport Controls 35 Tracks 36 Region List 39 Navigating in a Session 40 Importing Data into Pro Tools Sessions 43 Basic Recording 45 Editing 49 Mixing 52 Plug Ins 55 Mix Automation 56 Final Mixdown 56 Appendix A Configuring MIDI Studio Setup Wi...

Page 5: ...taller CD which con tains Pro Tools M Powered software updated M Audio drivers DigiRack RTAS Real Time AudioSuite and AudioSuite plug ins and electronic PDF guides Pre authorized iLok for running Pro Tools M Powered This Pro Tools M Powered Getting Started Guide covering installation configuration and basic tutorials for M Powered systems The M Powered Basics Guide designed to give new users speci...

Page 6: ...Toolkit Digidesign Ethernet based control surfaces such as Control 24 Avid video peripherals Some Pro Tools M Powered configuration dia logs differ from the Pro Tools LE configuration dialogs that are presented in the Pro Tools Refer ence Guide For specific Pro Tools M Powered configuration dialogs see Chapter 2 Windows Configuration or Chapter 3 Macintosh Con figuration System Requirements Pro To...

Page 7: ...esign Web site www digidesign com Hard Drive Requirements For a list of Digidesign qualified hard drives see our Web site www digidesign com compato If you are using an ATA IDE or FireWire hard drive initialize your drive with Windows Disk Management Windows or the Disk Utility ap plication included with Apple System software Macintosh Avoid Recording to the System Drive Recording to your system d...

Page 8: ...the required disk space for certain track numbers and track lengths to help you estimate your hard disk usage Table 2 Required hard drive space for audio tracks 44 1 kHz and 48 kHz sessions shown Number of tracks and length 16 bit at 44 1 kHz 16 bit at 48 kHz 24 bit at 44 1 kHz 24 bit at 48 kHz 1 mono track 1 minute 5 MB 5 5 MB 7 5 MB 8 2 MB 1 stereo track or two mono tracks 5 minutes 50 MB 55 MB ...

Page 9: ...Powered Basics Guide provides simple steps getting sound in and out of your M Audio interface connect a microphone or instru ment record to a Pro Tools M Powered ses sion import audio from a CD create an audio CD from a Pro Tools M Powered session and other topics For additional information see the following online pdf guides Pro Tools Reference Guide explains Pro Tools software in detail Pro Tool...

Page 10: ...ied Pro Tools Operator or Expert study on your own using courses available online or find out how you can learn in a classroom setting at a certified Pro Tools Training Center Products and Developers Learn about Digidesign products download demo software learn about our Development Partners and their plug ins applications and hardware News and Events Get the latest news from Digi design sign up fo...

Page 11: ...ation for details Windows System Optimization Before configuring your computer make sure you are logged in as an Administrator for the ac count where you want to install Pro Tools For details on Administrator privileges refer to your Windows documentation Required Optimizations To ensure optimum performance with Pro Tools M Powered configure the following settings be fore you install Pro Tools sof...

Page 12: ...Pro Tools the Effects Clear Type setting must be disabled To disable ClearType font smoothing 1 Choose Start Control Panel 2 Double click Display 3 Click the Appearance tab 4 Click Effects 5 Deselect Use the following methods to smooth edges of screen fonts 6 Click OK to save your settings and close the Effects dialog 7 Click OK 8 Restart the computer Recommended Optimizations Pro Tools can also b...

Page 13: ...et tings button 5 In the Performance Options window click the Advanced tab 6 Under the Processor scheduling section select the Background Services option 7 Under the Memory Usage section select the System cache option 8 Click OK to close the Performance Options window 9 Click OK to close the System Properties win dow 10 Restart the computer for the changes to take effect Disabling Hyper Threading ...

Page 14: ...ed before you deselect the Don t show this message again option If performance has not changed run msconfig and return your computer Selective Startup back to Normal Startup Alternatively try disabling Startup items and non essential processes individually Hard Drive Configuration and Maintenance It is recommended that you start with a newly initialized audio drive You should also periodi cally de...

Page 15: ... Disk Management 6 Select the desired volume in the list then choose File Options Disk Cleanup determines how performance is being affected by drive conditions and lets you review and delete unnecessary files from the se lected volume For more information see your Windows XP documentation Defragmenting an Audio Drive Periodically defragment audio drives to maintain system performance To defragment...

Page 16: ... your computer has shut down com pletely connect your FireWire interface and power it on 7 Turn on your computer 8 When your system recognizes the new hard ware run the Found New Hardware Wizard Fol low the on screen instructions Installing Pro Tools M Powered Software To install Pro Tools M Powered 1 Start Windows logging in with Administrator privileges For details on Administrator privi leges r...

Page 17: ...Powered Demo installer icon 3 Set the install location to your audio drive and click Install 4 When installation is complete click OK MacDrive The MacDrive utility lets you mount Macintosh based HFS drives on a Windows based Pro Tools system and use them as Transfer drives To install the MacDrive demo included with Pro Tools 1 Insert the Pro Tools Installer CD into your CD ROM drive 2 From your CD...

Page 18: ...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 Lower Hardware Buffer Size settings reduce monitoring latency and are useful when you are recording live input Higher Hardware Buffer Size settings allow for more audio processi...

Page 19: ...ettings limit the ef fect of Pro Tools processing on other CPU inten sive tasks such as screen redraws and are useful when you are experiencing slow system re sponse or when running other applications at the same time as Pro Tools Higher CPU Usage Limit settings allocate more processing power to Pro Tools and are useful for playing back large sessions or using more real time plug ins The maximum a...

Page 20: ...red is running exit Pro Tools 2 Choose Start Control Panel 3 Launch the M Audio Control Panel as follows For FireWire interfaces launch M Audio FW Audio For PCI interfaces launch M Audio Delta Audio For USB Interfaces launch the M Audio control panel with the name of your inter face 4 To change settings in the M Audio Control Panel refer to the documentation that came with your M Audio interface 5...

Page 21: ...2 Open the M Audio Control Panel for your M Audio interface 3 In the Control Panel mixer for your interface route the input channels you want to monitor to the main outputs of the mixer usually Out puts 1 2 by clicking the corresponding output control 4 Adjust the output level and balance with the Control Panel mixer volume and pan controls 5 In Pro Tools begin recording 6 To listen back to the re...

Page 22: ...ly for details Backing Up your System Configuration After configuring your system and Pro Tools you should save an image of your system drive using a backup utility such as Norton Ghost By doing this you can quickly restore your system configuration and settings if you encounter any problems Removing Pro Tools M Powered If you need to remove Pro Tools M Powered Software from your computer you can ...

Page 23: ...s Macintosh System Optimization To ensure optimum performance with Pro Tools configure your computer before in stalling Pro Tools hardware and software Before configuring your computer make sure you are logged in as an Administrator for the ac count where you want to install Pro Tools For details on Administrator privileges in Mac OS X refer to your Apple OS X documentation Turning Off Software Up...

Page 24: ...m the Apple menu and click Spotlight 2 In the Spotlight window click Privacy 3 To prevent indexing of a drive drag its icon from the desktop into the list Disabling the Spotlight Shortcuts The Mac OS X Spotlight feature uses the same key commands Pro Tools uses to start recording Command Spacebar and to record online Command Option Spacebar If you want to retain use of these key commands in Pro To...

Page 25: ...Erase The drive appears on the Desktop with the new volume name Installing Your M Audio Interface Before you install Pro Tools M Powered you must first install your M Audio interface Con nect your M Audio interface according to the in structions that came with it Installing M Audio Drivers The Pro Tools M Powered Installer CD ROM in cludes M Audio drivers for using Digidesign qualified M Audio int...

Page 26: ...etely connect your FireWire interface and power it on 7 Turn on your computer Installing Pro Tools M Powered Software After the Apple System software settings are con figured and you have installed your M Audio in terface and drivers you are ready to install Pro Tools M Powered To install Pro Tools M Powered 1 Make sure you are logged in as an Administra tor for the account where you want to insta...

Page 27: ...Tools M Powered with an M Audio interface you must always have an iLok with an authorization for Pro Tools M Powered One pre authorized iLok is included with the M Pow ered package To authorize Pro Tools M Powered software 1 Insert the pre authorized iLok into an avail able USB port on your computer 2 Click the Pro Tools M Powered shortcut in your Dock or the application in Applications Digidesign...

Page 28: ...r threading this setting lets you enable multi pro cessor support for RTAS processes Used in com bination with the CPU Usage Limit setting the RTAS Processors setting lets you control the way RTAS processing and other Pro Tools tasks are carried out by the system A higher number of processors reserves more CPU processing capacity for RTAS plug in pro cessing This is useful for sessions with large ...

Page 29: ...centage of CPU processing you want to allocate to Pro Tools 3 Click OK DAE Playback Buffer Size The DAE Playback Buffer Size determines the amount of memory DAE allocates for disk buff ers The optimum DAE Playback Buffer Size for most disk operations is Level 2 DAE Playback Buffer Size settings lower than Level 2 may improve playback and recording initiation speed but may make it difficult to play...

Page 30: ... When finished close the M Audio Control Panel Sync Source Pro Tools Clock Source If your M Audio interface has a digital I O such as a S PDIF I O use the M Audio Control Panel to select the Sync Source for the system To select the Sync Source 1 If Pro Tools M Powered is running quit Pro Tools 2 In the Applications folder locate and launch the M Audio Control Panel as follows For FireWire interfac...

Page 31: ...he Control Panel mixer volume and pan controls 5 In Pro Tools begin recording 6 To listen back to the recorded tracks unmute the tracks in Pro Tools and begin playback 7 When you are finished recording turn off the mixer output control in the Control Panel mixer Configuring I O Setup Using the I O Setup dialog you can label Pro Tools input output insert and bus signal paths The I O Setup dialog pr...

Page 32: ...counter any problems Removing Pro Tools M Powered If you need to remove Pro Tools M Powered software from your computer you can use the Installer CD ROM or the downloaded Installer file To remove Pro Tools from your computer 1 Make sure you are logged in as an Administra tor for the account where Pro Tools is installed For details on Administrator privileges in Mac OS X refer to your Apple OS X do...

Page 33: ...ks audio MIDI and other session information Audio files and fade files Region group files and backup Session files are stored in folders within the session folder Starting a Session To create a new session 1 Launch Pro Tools M Powered 2 Choose File New Session 3 In the New Session dialog set the audio file type sample rate and bit depth parameters for the new session 4 Choose where you want to sav...

Page 34: ...ssion along the Timeline for editing of audio MIDI and au tomation data Mix Window Displays the Pro Tools mixer with its familiar fader strip controls for volume pan solo mute and signal routing To switch between the Edit and Mix windows press Control Equals Windows or Command Equals Macintosh Figure 1 Edit window Tracks Main Counter Edit tools Edit Audio region Rulers Track List Group List MIDI n...

Page 35: ... Rewind Fast Forward Pause and Record The Transport window can also show Counter and MIDI Control displays S Figure 2 Mix window Tracks Inserts Sends Track controls Pan sliders Volume fader Level meter Plug In Insert Send controls Figure 3 Transport window Transport controls Counters MIDI controls ...

Page 36: ...ter and Tempo rulers indicate changes in meter and tempo within the session The Markers ruler displays markers to important track locations Setting a Tempo You can set the tempo for your session by using the Song Start Marker located in the Tempo ruler To set the session tempo with the Song Start Marker 1 In the Tempo ruler double click the Song Start Start Marker 2 In the Tempo Change dialog ente...

Page 37: ...s Click to enable the Click option or Enable the Metronome Click button in the Transport window 2 Create a mono Auxiliary Input Aux Input track 3 Insert a Click plug in on the Auxiliary Input track 4 In the Click plug in window choose a click sound from the Librarian pop up menu this menu displays factory default when you first insert the plug in 5 Choose Setup Click and set the Click and Countoff...

Page 38: ...ions To save a session Choose File Save File Save As or File Save Copy In Save Saves the currently open session file leav ing it open for you to continue working Save As Creates a duplicate session file with the name you choose and leaves the duplicate open for you to continue working This can be useful if you want to experiment with different ar rangements in the session without affecting the ori...

Page 39: ...iew system resources and usage Choose Window System Usage Transport Controls The Transport window provides access to all Pro Tools transport commands Different trans port controls can be displayed or hidden in this window To show the Transport window Choose Window Transport To configure the Transport window Choose View Transport and select from the available view options The Transport window provi...

Page 40: ... mixer channels used for input routing and submixing Master Faders Provide master channel controls and options for any output or bus path MIDI Tracks Record play back and edit MIDI data Instrument Tracks Combine the functions of MIDI and Auxiliary Input tracks letting you control and monitor instrument plug ins or ex ternal MIDI devices in a single channel strip To create a new track 1 Choose Trac...

Page 41: ...r Faders MIDI tracks and Instrument tracks can all be automated See Mix Automation on page 56 for more information Audio Tracks Audio tracks Auxiliary Inputs and Master Fad ers share many identical controls Figure 4 shows the controls found in audio or Auxiliary Input tracks Master Faders provide all the same features as audio tracks and Auxiliary Input tracks with the following exceptions Input S...

Page 42: ...k comment area Automation mode Record Enable Solo button Group ID Volume fader Output window Voice selector Inserts up to 5 Sends up to 10 Track Type indicator Color bar button button selector selector Pan indicator Volume indicator Figure 5 MIDI track in the Mix window MIDI Velocity meter MIDI Output selector MIDI Input selector Automation Mode selector Mute button Solo button Record Enable Pan i...

Page 43: ...ist to tracks and arranged in any order Audio regions can also be auditioned from the Region List by Alt clicking Windows or Option clicking Macintosh the audio region name The Region List pop up menu provides features for managing regions and files such as sorting selecting importing or exporting files Figure 6 Stereo Instrument track in the Mix window Audio Output Path selector Mute button Solo ...

Page 44: ...ons appear as markers under the Timebase rul ers You can store up to 999 Memory Location s or markers in a session To define a memory location 1 Navigate to the location at which you want to store a marker or memory location or Begin playback somewhere before the point where you want to store a Memory Location or marker 2 Create a memory location by doing one of the following Press Enter on the nu...

Page 45: ...as zoom in vertically and horizontally using the Track Height selector and Zoom tools To change track height Click the Track Height selector the scaled ver tical bar at the left of the track and select a track height from the pop up menu New Memory Location dialog Memory Locations window Zoom and Track Height tools in the Edit window You can apply many commands including track height selection to ...

Page 46: ...s follows Drag up to zoom in vertically Drag down to zoom out vertically Drag to the right to zoom in horizontally Drag to the left to zoom out horizontally Zoom Toggle The Zoom Toggle button lets you store a zoom state and toggle between it and the current zoom state When Zoom Toggle is enabled the Edit window displays the stored zoom state When Zoom Toggle is disabled the Edit window reverts to ...

Page 47: ...formation on creating memory loca tions see Memory Locations on page 40 Importing Data into Pro Tools Sessions Pro Tools lets you import audio MIDI and a wide range of Pro Tools session data into your current session Importing Audio Pro Tools lets you import audio files from your hard drive or from CD This is very useful if you have audio files already recorded to disk or if you are working with C...

Page 48: ...IDI files you want to import 2 Drag MIDI files from the Workspace browser to the Track List 3 In the Import MIDI Settings dialog box choose the import location and settings for the MIDI you are importing Importing Files from Windows Explorer and Macintosh Finder Pro Tools lets you drag and drop audio MIDI region group REX and ACID files directly from Windows Explorer or Macintosh Finder to the Tim...

Page 49: ...e When you feed a signal into Pro Tools make sure to adjust the input level to optimize the dy namic range and signal to noise ratio of the re corded file If the input level is too low you will not take full advantage of the dynamic range of your Pro Tools system If the input level is too high the waveform will be clipped distorting the recording Try to set levels so that they register within the ...

Page 50: ... press the Spacebar to stop playback Recording MIDI Instrument tracks combine a MIDI track and Auxiliary Input into a single channel strip that provides both MIDI and audio capabilities In strument tracks let you record MIDI and moni tor audio from software and hardware instru ments To create an Instrument track and configure it for recording 1 Choose Setup MIDI Input Devices and make sure your in...

Page 51: ...m and bank select and then clicking Done Default program changes are sent when playing a track 7 If you are using an external MIDI device and connected its audio output to an audio interface for monitoring in Pro Tools click the Input se lector of the Instrument track and choose the corresponding audio input 8 Click the Track Record Enable button to en able the Instrument track for MIDI recording ...

Page 52: ...gin recording If you are using Wait for Note the Play Record and Wait for Note buttons flash Recording begins when the first MIDI event is received If you are using Countoff click Play The Record and Play buttons flash during the Countoff then recording begins 5 Play your MIDI controller or input device 6 When you have finished recording click Stop in the Transport window or press the Spacebar The...

Page 53: ...in the upper left of the Edit window The Edit mode affects the movement and place ment of audio and MIDI regions and individual MIDI notes how commands like Copy and Paste function and also how the various edit tools Trimmer Selector Grabber and Pencil work Edit Tools Pro Tools has seven Edit tools Zoomer Trim mer Selector Grabber Scrubber Pencil and Smart Tool Select an Edit tool by clicking it i...

Page 54: ...menu select the original playlist to return to it 6 Repeat steps 2 5 for any further edits In this way you can try out different edits of a track and switch back and forth between play lists for comparison Editing Regions The Edit tools in Pro Tools are used to edit re gions in the Edit window Trimming Regions After recording an audio track you will have an audio region on that track If there is s...

Page 55: ...Tempo Change button and specify the tempo Click the Add Meter Change button and specify the meter 3 Click the Grid mode button to put Pro Tools in Grid mode 4 Prepare to record using a MIDI click see Us ing the Click Plug In on page 33 or Using an External MIDI Click on page 34 5 Record a drum track see Recording an Audio Track on page 45 keeping in mind that you want to use only the best bar meas...

Page 56: ...ing and arranging Mixing The Pro Tools mix environment provides many familiar channel strip controls for setting vol ume pan solo and mute Mixer and I O con trols can be shown in both the Mix and Edit windows To view the Mix window Select Window Mix Using Channel Strip Controls The following controls are common to Audio Auxiliary Input and Instrument tracks Volume Fader Increase or decrease the tr...

Page 57: ... bussing You can use a real time plug in see Plug Ins on page 55 as a shared resource for all tracks included in a submix The wet dry balance in the mix can be controlled using the track faders dry level and Auxiliary Input fader wet or effect return level Creating a Send Pro Tools provides up to ten sends per audio track A send can be mono or stereo routing to an output or one of 32 internal bus ...

Page 58: ...source tracks 3 Click the Output selector of the Auxiliary In put and choose an output path Master Faders Master Faders are used as output and bus mas ters and can control any mono or stereo output or bus path in a session You can then use the controls on the Master Fader to control the vol ume solo and mute or apply inserts to those paths Audio and Auxiliary Input tracks configured for a send and...

Page 59: ... which are inserted on tracks to process audio in real time during playback just like an external hardware processor AudioSuite plug ins are used to process and modify audio files on disk rather than nonde structively in real time Depending on how you configure a non real time AudioSuite plug in it will either create an entirely new audio file or alter the original source audio file Real time plug...

Page 60: ...reate a new loop print effects or bounce any submix Once you have bounced your final mix to disk you can use another pro gram to burn the resulting file to CD When you bounce a track to disk the bounced mix includes the following Audible Tracks All audible tracks are included in the bounce Any muted tracks do not appear in the bounce If you solo a track or region only the soloed elements appear in...

Page 61: ...ssign it to control the output path for the audio you want to mix down or bounce 2 Insert the included DigiRack Dither plug in or another dither plug in on the Master Fader after any other plug ins or inserts on the track 3 In the dither plug in window click the Bit Res olution button and select the destination bit depth 20 bit or 16 bit 4 In the dither plug in window click the Noise Shaping butto...

Page 62: ...Pro Tools M Powered Getting Started 58 ...

Page 63: ...evices Entire MIDI Studio Setup configurations created within MSS can be imported and exported MIDI Studio Setup Window The MIDI Studio Setup window is organized into three sections Interface controls are at the top of the window All the currently defined in struments are displayed in the Instrument Name list on the left side of the window A de tailed view of MIDI parameters is shown in the Proper...

Page 64: ...de vice from the corresponding pop up menus If the Manufacturer and Model pop up menus do not provide a name for your particular device choose None 5 From the Input pop up menu choose the in put port on your MIDI interface that is con nected to the MIDI Out of your instrument 6 From the Output pop up menu choose the output port on your MIDI interface that is con nected to the MIDI In of your instr...

Page 65: ...e Receive Channels grid sets the receive chan nels for the MIDI device specified in the Instru ment Name field MIDI Patch Name Support Pro Tools supports XML Extensible Markup Language for storing and importing patch names for you external MIDI devices Pro Tools installs MIDI patch name files midnam for the factory default patch names of many common MIDI devices These files reside in directories s...

Page 66: ... patch names and the Patch Name Bank pop up menu appears in the upper left hand corner of the win dow Once patch names have been imported into Pro Tools they are available for that MIDI de vice in all sessions To clear patch names In the Patch Select dialog click the Clear but ton and click Done Patch Select dialog Patch Select dialog with patch names Change button MIDI patch name files midnam can...

Page 67: ...ur MIDI studio in AMS 1 Launch Audio MIDI Setup located in Applica tions Utilities or In Pro Tools choose Setup MIDI MIDI Stu dio Setup 2 Click the MIDI Devices tab AMS scans your system for connected MIDI interfaces If your MIDI interface is properly connected it appears in the window with each of its ports numbered 3 For any MIDI devices connected to the MIDI interface click Add Device A new ext...

Page 68: ...e new device from the corresponding pop up menus If the Manufacturer and Model pop up menus do not provide a name for your particular de vice you can type a name Making MIDI input and output connections To remove a connection select the cable and press Delete To delete all connections click Clear Cables External Device Icon Naming a new MIDI device For Manufacturer and Model names AMS refers to on...

Page 69: ...4 Click the device image The window expands to show images for various MIDI devices such as keyboards modules interfaces and mixers Select an icon for your device 5 Click OK The device names you enter appear as MIDI in put and output choices in Pro Tools Enabling MIDI channels Selecting a device icon To use your own custom icons you can place TIFF image files in Library Audio MIDI Devices Generic ...

Page 70: ...he Patch Select dialog click the Change button 5 In the Open dialog navigate to Library Au dio MIDI Patch Names Digidesign name of manufacturer and select the MIDI Patch Name file midnam for the MIDI device 6 Click Open The Patch Select dialog is populated with patch names and the Patch Name Bank pop up menu appears in the upper left hand corner of the win dow Once patch names have been imported i...

Page 71: ...DI 34 plug in 33 Click plug in 33 Clock Source 16 26 Conductor ruler 32 CPU Usage Limit 15 25 D DAE Playback Buffer Size 15 25 dither 57 drive formatting Macintosh 21 Windows 10 drive maintenance Macintosh 21 Windows 10 11 drive requirements 3 E Edit modes 49 Grid 49 selecting 49 Shuffle 49 Slip 49 Spot 49 Edit tools 49 Grabber 49 Pencil 49 Scrubber 49 Selector 49 Smart Tool 49 Trimmer 49 Zoomer 4...

Page 72: ...g 49 importing 44 requirements 3 setup Macintosh 63 setup Windows 59 MIDI controls 38 39 MIDI Input selector 46 MIDI Output selector 47 MIDI Velocity meter 48 Patch Select button 47 MIDI Studio Setup MSS Windows 59 MIDI tracks 36 38 mix automation 56 Mix window 30 52 mixdown 56 and bit resolution 57 and sample rate conversion 57 mixing 52 multi processor 15 25 Mute button 52 P Pan slider 52 Pencil...

Page 73: ... 19 20 Windows 7 8 9 system requirements 2 system settings 35 Clock Source 16 26 CPU Usage Limit 15 25 DAE Playback Buffer Size 15 25 Hardware Buffer Size 14 24 I O Setup 18 27 RTAS Processors 14 24 System Usage window 35 T tempo 32 33 Tempo ruler 32 Timebase ruler 32 track height 41 tracks 36 audio 36 37 Auxiliary Inputs 36 37 53 creating 36 Instrument 36 Master Faders 36 37 54 MIDI 36 38 playing...

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