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Chapter 4: Mac Configuration

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Mac Configuration

This chapter contains information for Mac sys-
tems only. If you are installing Pro Tools on a
Windows computer, see Chapter 3, “Windows
Configuration.”

Before installing this version of Pro Tools,
refer to the Read Me information included
on the Pro Tools Installer disc.

Installation Overview

Installation of the Mbox 2 Academic on a Mac
includes the following steps:

1

“Mac System Optimization” on page 21.

2

“Installing Pro Tools Academic” on page 23.

3

“Connecting Mbox 2 Academic to the Com-

puter” on page 23.

4

“Launching Pro Tools Academic” on page 24.

5

“Configuring Pro Tools Academic” on

6

Making audio connections to the Mbox 2 Ac-

ademic. (See Chapter 6, “Making Hardware
Connections” for details.)

Mac 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.

Do not use the Mac OS X automatic Soft-
ware Update feature, as it may upgrade
your system to a version of Mac OS that has
not yet been qualified for Pro Tools.

For details on qualified versions of Mac OS,
refer to the latest compatibility information
on the Digidesign website (www.digide-
sign.com).

Turning Off Software Update

To turn off the Software Update feature:

1

Choose System Preferences from the Apple

menu and click Software Update.

2

Click Update Software and deselect Check for

Updates.

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Страница 2: ...ged to try and correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or locate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Any modifications to the unit unless expressly a...

Страница 3: ...s from Pro Tools LE or M Powered 4 System Requirements 5 Digidesign Registration 6 About the Pro Tools Guides 6 About www digidesign com 7 Chapter 3 Windows Configuration 9 Installation Overview 9 Windows System Optimization 9 Installing Pro Tools Academic and Connecting Mbox 2 Academic 12 Launching Pro Tools Academic 14 Configuring Pro Tools Academic 14 Additional Software on the Pro Tools Instal...

Страница 4: ... Hardware Overview 31 Mbox 2 Academic Front Panel Features 31 Mbox 2 Academic Back Panel Features 34 Chapter 6 Making Hardware Connections 37 Connecting Headphones 37 Connecting a Sound System 37 Connecting a Recorder for Mixdowns 38 Connecting Audio Inputs 38 Connecting a Microphone 39 Connecting Instruments to the Mbox 2 Academic 41 MIDI Connections 44 Chapter 7 Common Tasks with Pro Tools Acade...

Страница 5: ...rnate Channels to New Tracks 62 Selecting an Alternate Channel for a Specific Region 63 Multiple QuickTime Movies on Individual Video Tracks 63 Multiple Video Tracks in the Timeline 63 Multiple Video Track Playlists 64 Dragging Video Files from the Region List to the Timeline 64 Video Import Options Dialog Additions 64 General Video Editing 65 Renaming Video Disk Files 67 Video Region Groups 67 Vi...

Страница 6: ...Drive 77 Supported Drive Formats and Drive Types 77 Formatting an Audio Drive 78 Partitioning Drives 80 Defragmenting an Audio Drive 81 Hard Disk Storage Space 82 Appendix D Troubleshooting 83 Backing Up Your Work 83 Common Issues 83 Performance Factors 84 Before You Call Digidesign Technical Support 85 Index 87 USO RESTRITO ...

Страница 7: ...ge 14 5 Making audio and MIDI connections to the Mbox 2 Academic See Chapter 6 Making Hardware Connections for details Mac Installation Overview Mac OS X Systems Only Installation of the Mbox 2 Academic on a Mac includes the following steps 1 Mac System Optimization on page 21 2 Installing Pro Tools Academic on page 23 3 Connecting Mbox 2 Academic to theCom puter on page 23 4 Launching Pro Tools A...

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Страница 9: ...ion configuration and common tasks for your Pro Tools system USB connector cable Digidesign Registration Information Card Mbox 2 Academic Features The Mbox 2 Academic interface provides the following Two channels of analog audio input with mi crophone preamps and switchable 48V phan tom power Analog input jacks include one XLR and two1 4 inchconnectors oneTRS oneTS with switchable Mic Line and DI ...

Страница 10: ...ructive random accessediting and mix automation Audio processing with up to 5 RTAS plug ins per track depending on your com puter s capabilities Up to 5 inserts per track Up to 10 sends per track Up to 32 internal mix busses Pro Tools Academic uses your computer s CPU to mix and process audio tracks host processing Computers with faster clock speeds yield higher track counts and more plug in proce...

Страница 11: ...rted Options Pro Tools LE and M Powered Options Pro Tools Academic does not support the fol lowing Pro Tools LE and M Powered option Music Production Toolkit Pro Tools LE Only Options Pro Tools Academic does not support thefol lowing Pro Tools LE only options DV Toolkit 2 Digidesign Ethernet based control surfaces such as Control 24 Avid video peripherals Mac HFS Disk Support Option System Require...

Страница 12: ...he Disk Utility ap plication included with Apple System software Mac For moreinformation see Appendix C Hard Drive Configuration and Maintenance Avoid Recording to the System Drive Recording to your system drive is not recom mended Recording and playback on a system drive may result in lower track counts and fewer plug ins Digidesign does not recommend recording to the system drive Record to a sys...

Страница 13: ...ions in other Digidesign guides About www digidesign com The Digidesign website www digidesign com is your best source for information to help you get the most out of your Pro Tools system The following are just a few of the services and fea tures available Registration Register your purchase online See the enclosed Digidesign Registration Informa tion Card for instructions Support Contact Digides...

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Страница 15: ... Mbox 2 Academic on page 12 3 Launching Pro Tools Academic on page 14 4 Configuring Pro Tools Academic on page 14 5 Making audio and MIDI connections to the Mbox 2 Academic See Chapter 6 Making Hardware Connections for details Windows SystemOptimization 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 detailso...

Страница 16: ...ls the Windows System Standby power scheme must be set to Always On This helps prevent long record or playback passes from stopping due to system resources powering down To configure Windows Power Management 1 Choose Start Control Panel 2 Double click Power Options 3 Click the Power Schemes tab 4 From the Power Schemes pop up menu select Always On 5 Click OK This sets System Standby System Hiberna...

Страница 17: ...f applicable disable any networking cards other than a FireWire card that you might use to connect an external drive to your system To disable a network card 1 Right click My Computer and choose Man age 2 Under System Tools select Device Manager 3 In the Device Manager window double click Network adapters then double click the Net work Adapter card you want to disable 4 Under the General tab choos...

Страница 18: ...on key Plug and play Event log Cryptographic services DHCP Client TCP IP Net BIOS and other networking related items unless the com puter has no network or internet connec tion in which case these items can be disabled To Disable System Startup Items 1 From the Start menu choose Run 2 Type msconfig and click OK The System Configuration Utility opens 3 Under the General tab choose Selective Star tu...

Страница 19: ...ing the Digidesign Command 8 control surface MP3 Export Option The MP3 Export Option lets you export MP3 files from Pro Tools This op tion is purchasedseparately 12 Click Next 13 Click Install Windows will display several messages during installation that can be ignored in cluding multiple Found New Hardware dialogs and A Problem Occurred During Hardware Installation If you get a warning dialog ab...

Страница 20: ...ion then click Validate Your authorization code is located on the inside front cover of this guide Configuring Pro Tools Academic Pro Tools System Settings Pro Tools Academic lets you adjust the perfor mance of your system by changing system set tings that affect its capacity for processing play back and recording In most cases the default settings for your sys tem provide optimum performance but ...

Страница 21: ...ls To set the number of RTAS Processors 1 Choose Setup Playback Engine 2 From the RTAS Processors pop up menu select the number of available processors you want to allocate for RTAS plug in processing 3 Click OK CPU Usage Limit The CPU Usage Limit controls the percentage of CPU resources allocated to Pro Tools hostpro cessing tasks Used in combination with the RTAS Processors setting the CPU Usage...

Страница 22: ...udio but does not stop thetransport To enable RTAS error suppression 1 Choose Setup Playback Engine 2 Select Ignore Errors During Playback Record 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...

Страница 23: ... The Pro Tools Hardware Setup dialog lets you se lect the Clock Source for the system Internal Use this setting if you are recordingan alog signals directly into Mbox 2 Academic ana log inputs 1 2 and or are recording digitalin puts into Mbox 2 Academic inputs 3 4 where the digital device is synchronized to the Mbox 2 Academic digital output S PDIF Use this setting if you are recording through the...

Страница 24: ...es with Pro Tools configure your MIDI setup with MIDI Studio Setup See Appendix A Configuring MIDI Studio Setup Windows Only 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 encounte...

Страница 25: ...all the demo session 1 Insert the Pro Tools Academic Installer disc into your CD DVD drive 2 From your CD DVD drive locate and open the Additional Files Pro Tools Academic Demo Session Installer folder 3 Double click Setup exe 4 Select your audio drive as the installlocation and click Install 5 When installation is complete click OK Standalone Digidesign ASIO Driver Digidesign Windows Audio Driver...

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Страница 27: ...re Connections for details Mac System Optimization To ensure optimum performancewith 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 Do no...

Страница 28: ...ortcuts The Mac OS X Spotlight feature uses the same keycommands Pro Tools uses tostartrecording Command Spacebar and to record online Command Option Spacebar If you want to retain use of these key commands in Pro Tools these shortcuts must be disabled To disable the Spotlight keyboard shortcut 1 Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu and click Spotlight 2 Deselect Spotlight menu keyboardsh...

Страница 29: ...ass word and click OK to authenticate the installa tion 12 Followtheremainingon screeninstructions 13 When installation is complete click Restart The Pro Tools Installer disc includes addi tional software for your system For more information see Additional Software on the Pro Tools Installer Disc on page 24 Connecting Mbox 2 Academic to the Computer Before launching Pro Tools Academic software con...

Страница 30: ...river is a multi client multichannel sound driver that al lows CoreAudio compatible applications to record and play back through Digidesign hard ware The Mbox 2 Academic CoreAudio Driver is in stalled by default when you install Pro Tools For information on configuring the Mbox 2 Academic CoreAudio Driver see the CoreAudio DriversGuide Standalone Mbox 2 Academic CoreAudio Driver The Mbox 2 Academi...

Страница 31: ...re RTAS plug ins In addition to causing slower screen re sponse and monitoring latency higher Hardware Buffer Size settings can increase the latency caused by RTAS plug ins and affect the accuracy of plug in automation mute data and MIDI track timing To change the Hardware Buffer Size 1 Choose Setup Playback Engine Playback Engine dialog for Mbox 2Academic 2 FromtheH WBufferSizepop upmenu select t...

Страница 32: ...or multi processor com puters Increasing the CPU Usage Limit may slow down screen response on slower computers To change the CPU Usage Limit 1 Choose Setup Playback Engine 2 From the CPU Usage Limit pop up menu se lect the percentage of CPU processing you want to allocate to Pro Tools 3 Click OK RTAS Engine RTAS Error Suppression The RTAS Engine options determine RTAS error reporting duringplaybac...

Страница 33: ...Buffer Size settings higher than Level 2 will allow for a higher density of edits in a session or a higher track count when using slower hard drives However a highersetting can also cause a time lag to occur when starting playbackorrecording orlongeraudibletimelag while editing during playback Using a larger DAE Playback Buffer Size leaves less system memory for other tasks The default setting of ...

Страница 34: ...menu 3 Click OK Configuring I O Setup Using the I O Setup dialog you can label Pro Tools Academic 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 Mbox 2 Academic Pro Tools Academic has default I O Setupset tings that will get you started Use the I O Setup dialog only if you want to rename the default ...

Страница 35: ...tibility with some Avid products Clean Uninstall Removes all Pro Tools files in cluding system files Digidesign plug ins and MIDI patch names 5 Click Uninstall 6 Enter your Administrator password and click OK 7 Click Finish to close the Installer window Removing Pro Tools If you need to remove Pro Tools softwarefrom your computer use the Uninstaller application To remove Pro Tools from your comput...

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Страница 37: ...Headphone Output Mono 48V LED LED DI MicLEDs DI MicLEDs Figure 1 Mbox 2 Academic front panel S PDIF LED This LED indicates that Mbox 2 Academic is us ing the S PDIF inputs as the clock source See S PDIF Digital I O on page 34 USB LED The USB LED indicates that the Mbox 2 Aca demic has received power from its USB connec tion Once the USB light is on audio can pass in or out of the system Front Pane...

Страница 38: ...ts can be particularly effective when overdubbing Mono Switch and LED The Mono switch sums the input channels to a mono signal delivering that identical signal to both speakers This has no effect on Pro Tools playback monitoring recording or on themain outputs Switching your stereo source signalto mono is useful when you are recording a mono input while listening to stereo playback to hear your pl...

Страница 39: ...ed Gain Controls These knobs adjust the input gain levels of the Mic Line inputs Pad Switches and LEDs The Pad switches engage a 20 dB pad on their corresponding input channels When engaged the Pad LEDs light Source Selectors and LEDs These switches select either the Mic or DI inputs for each channel The DI and Mic LEDs indicate the current source input Removable Handle Mbox 2 Academic includes a ...

Страница 40: ...eed to accommodate Mbox 2 Academic MIDI I O The MIDI In and MIDI Out ports are standard 5 pin MIDI ports each providing 16 channels of MIDI input and output S PDIF Digital I O TheS PDIFin andoutportsare unbalanced two conductor phono RCA connectors that utilize a full 24 bit two channel digital data stream The Sony Philips Digital Interface Format S PDIF is used in many professional and con sumer ...

Страница 41: ...nputs support a broad range of in put levels asfollows Mic microphone for XLR inputs Line TRS for line level signals on TRS or TS inputs DI for other 1 4 inch TRS or TS connec tions On the front panel the input signal is adjusted by the Gain control for each channel and the source Mic Line or DI is chosen using the Source selectors Source 2 is at the far left when looking at the back panel and Sou...

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Страница 43: ... Tip Ring Sleeve style connectors or unbalanced connectors To listen to your Pro Tools session these outputs can be connected to any amplification system powered speakers a home stereo system or an audio mixer When connecting to a stereo system connect the left channel often the white plug to Mon Out Left and right channel often the red plug to Mon Out Right Headphone level Home stereo systems oft...

Страница 44: ...IF connections connect it to the S PDIF In and S PDIF Out RCA ports on the back of Mbox 2 Academic Connecting Audio Inputs This section describes the analog inputs avail able on Mbox 2 Academic For information about connecting specific audio sources see Connecting a Microphone on page 39 and Connecting Instruments to the Mbox 2 Aca demic on page 41 Overview of Analog Inputs Mbox 2 Academic inputs ...

Страница 45: ...te This power called phantom power is supplied ei For information about connecting specific au dio sources see Connecting a Microphone on page 39 and Connecting Instruments to the Mbox 2 Academic on page 41 Connecting a Microphone There are several ways to use Mbox 2 Academic with a microphone depending on the type of microphone and cable you use ther by a battery in the microphone or through an a...

Страница 46: ...c inputs The 48V LED on the front of the Mbox 2 Academic will light when phantom power is being supplied Phantom Power switch Input2 Input1 Mic input Mic input Phantom Power switch 5 On the front of the Mbox 2 Academic turn the Mix control fully left to Input Mic control Gain XLR connector plugged into Input 1 2 Make sure nothing is plugged in to the Line TRS jack otherwise Mbox 2Academic will use...

Страница 47: ...1 DI connector 2 On the front of the Mbox 2 Academic set the source to DI by pressing the input channel Source selector until the DI LED is lit Mic DI selector Input 1 selector switch and DI LED 3 On the front of the Mbox 2 Academic turn the Mix control fully left to Input Connecting Instruments to the Mbox 2 Academic Mbox 2 Academic provides two input types DI and Line that correspond to the diff...

Страница 48: ...necting Keyboards and Mixers To use a keyboard or mixer with Mbox 2 Academic 1 Plug your keyboard mixer or other audio source into either the Input 1 or Input 2 Line Mix control Mic DI TRS inputs on your Mbox 2 Academic If your sourceisstereo suchasastereokeyboardorthe stereo output from a mixer connect the left channel often the white plug to Input 1 and right channel often the red plug to Input ...

Страница 49: ...ademic care fully turn the Gain control to the right to in crease the input level of your keyboard To connect a S PDIF device to Mbox 2 Academic 1 Use two 75 ohm coaxial cables with male RCA connectors on both ends purchased sepa rately 2 Connect the device s S PDIF output to Mbox 2 Academic s S PDIF input port and thedevice s S PDIF input to Mbox 2 Academic s S PDIF out put port To configure Mbox...

Страница 50: ...Iinterfaces work effectively with Pro Tools systems on Win dows or Mac Serial MIDI interfaces are sup ported on Windows systems only Only USB MIDI interfaces are compatible with Pro Tools systems for Mac OS X Mo dem to serial port adapters and serial MIDI devices are not supported Mbox 2 Academic MIDI connections Monitoring MIDI Instruments with Mbox 2 Academic If you have a MIDI instrument that h...

Страница 51: ...abled as the Pro Tools Clock Source in the Hardware Setup dialog For more information see Digital Input and Output on page44 Recording a Pro Tools Session Beforeyou record withPro Tools Academic you first create a Pro Tools session then prepare an audio track forrecording To create a Pro Tools session 1 Verify the connections between your Mbox 2 Academic and your instrument or microphone For conne...

Страница 52: ... or sound source at the volume you will record 8 Use the Gain controls to maximize the signal going into Pro Tools while avoiding clipping Clipping occurs when you feed a signal to an audio device that is louder than the circuitry can accept To avoid clipping adjust the out put volume of the source device then adjust the Mbox 2 Academic Gain control Adjust these two levels so that the input Peak L...

Страница 53: ...k Play in the Transport window or press the Spacebar to start playback 3 Click Stop in the Transport window or press the Spacebar to stop playback Importing Audio from a CD To import audio from a compact disc 1 Put the source CD into your computer s CD DVD drive 2 In Pro Tools open the Workspace browser by choosing Window Workspace The Workspace browser is a window where you can find audi tion and...

Страница 54: ...ingsoftware Bouncing Audio to Disk Use the Pro Tools Bounce to Disk feature to combine all your audible tracks into a single master audio file After the new audio file has been bounced to disk you can burn it to a CD If you are bouncing to 16 bit CD resolution you should use a dither plug in on the main out put For details see the Pro Tools Reference Guide To bounce audio to disk 1 After you have ...

Страница 55: ...he bounce tracks a name and choose where they should be saved Entering a name for the bounced file 10 Click Save Pro Tools begins bouncing to disk Pro Tools bounces are done in real time so you hear audio playback of your mix during the bounce process though you cannot adjust it Bouncing to Disk dialog Burning a CD After the bounce is completed you will have an audio file that is ready for burning...

Страница 56: ...Instrument tracks provide bothMIDI and audio capabilities so you can record MIDI and monitor audio from software and hardware instruments To record or playback tracks using MIDI data your Pro Tools system must be config ured for MIDI See Appendix A Configuring MIDI Studio Setup Windows Only or Appendix B Configuring AMS Mac OS X Only To create an Instrument track and configure it for recording 1 C...

Страница 57: ...MIDI Input selector in an Instrument track 5 Do one of the following depending on the type of instrument you are using If you are using an instrument plug in click an Insert selector and insert the plug in on the Instrument track The track s MIDI output is automatically assigned to the instrument plug in MIDI Output selector in an Instrument track If your connected MIDI device does not ap pear che...

Страница 58: ...k showing MIDI activity 10 Adjust the audio output level of the Instru ment track with its Volume fader Choosing an audio input for an Instrument track 7 In the Mix Window click the track s Record Enable button to enable the Instrument track for MIDI recording Volume fader Adjusting the Volume fader on an Instrument track Track Record Enable button Enabling an Instrument track for MIDI recording 8...

Страница 59: ...ThenewlyrecordedMIDIdataappearsasaMIDI region on the track in the Edit window as well as in the Region List MIDI data in the Instrument track To play back recorded MIDI data 1 Click the track s Record Enable button to take the Instrument track out of Record mode 2 In the Transport window click Return to Zero to play back from the beginning of the track 3 Click Play in the Transport window to begin...

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Страница 61: ...ther Timebase rulers see the Pro Tools Reference Guide To add the Time Code or Feet Frames ruler to the Timebase ruler Select View Rulers Time Code or View Rulers Feet Frames To set the Main Time Scale to Time Code or Feet Frames do one ofthefollowing Click a Main Counter selector located at the top of the Edit window and also in the Transport window when it is set to display Counters and select T...

Страница 62: ...he Feet Frame Rate for the session can be setin the Session Setup window with the Feet Frame Rate selector The Feet Frame ruler displays the current Feet Frame Rate in feet frames Sup ported rates are 23 976 24 and 25 fps Set this rate to match the rate of the film projec tor or the video if the film projector speed is taken into account Redefining Time Code Position Use the Current Time Code Posi...

Страница 63: ...on is not on a frame boundary it will round to the closest boundary 2 Choose Setup Current Feet Frames Position Redefine Current Feet Frame Position dialog Use Subframes Option When spotting or shifting material in Pro Tools or using the Go To dialog enable the Use Sub frames option for greater precision Shift dialog with the Use Subframes option enabled A subframe is 1 100th of a frame The Use Su...

Страница 64: ...f speed picture In normal industry standard workflows when audio is pulled down video and time code maintain their current speed and only the au dio and MIDI are pulled down in relationship to the video and time code For example when 24 frame film to 29 97 NTSC video transfers are made it is necessary to slow the film playback speed during the transfer pro cess by 0 1 In order to make the same spe...

Страница 65: ...section provides information on ProTools Academic s Import Session Data features that are not included with Pro Tools LE or M Pow ered Time Code Mapping Options You can specify where the imported tracks are placed in the current session Times are indi cated in time code for Pro Tools HD ProTools Academic and Pro Tools LE with DV Toolkit 2 systems and minutes seconds for standard Pro Tools LE and M...

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Страница 67: ... Pro Tools with video and post production features see the Pro Tools Reference Guide Export of AAF Sequencesat HDFrame Rates When exporting to an AAF sequence Pro Tools supports HD rates as target timecode formats to ensure compatibility with Avid workstations that support HD rate AAF files The Pro Tools Ex port to AAF command can export sequences at the following rates 23 976 FPS 24 FPS 25 FPS 29...

Страница 68: ...ernate channels to new tracks 1 In the Timeline do one of the following To expand only a portion of the regions on the track make a selection that includes or overlaps any number of regions on a track and Right click Windows or Mac or Con trol click Mac the selection or To expand all of the regions on the track Right click Windows or Mac or Control click Mac the track name 2 Choose the Expand to N...

Страница 69: ...mand click Mac the selec tion you want to replace The Matches pop up menu appears displaying matching alternate channels under the Chan nels header This pop up menu also displays any available alternate takes under theAlter nates header 3 From the Matches pop up menu select the name of the alternate region that you want to use to replace the original region Selecting an alternate matching channel ...

Страница 70: ...n the Timeline to create a new video track or an existing video track to place it within that track line or offline with the Video Online button Video Import Options Dialog Additions Multiple Video Track Playlists You can select from multiple video playlists on each video track Playlists provide an easy way of changing be tween alternate versions of a video track You can perform all of the same op...

Страница 71: ...t The Region List pop up menu provides com mands that let you show or hide video regions in the Region List To show or hide video regions in the Region List 1 In the Edit window click the Region List pop up menu and choose Show 2 Select the Video option to show or hide video regions General Video Editing Most editing operations that are available for audio regions can be applied to video regions T...

Страница 72: ...le to Video Regions The following editing operations are applicable to audio regions but are not applicable video re gions Renaming disk files in the Region List or Timeline available in all versions of Pro Tools Fades Mute unmute regions AudioSuite plug ins Waveform Repair with the Pencil tool Strip silence Consolidate regions Editing Caveats The following caveats apply to video editing in Pro To...

Страница 73: ...ncludes less than half of a video frame it is not included in a video se lection When you paste a selection containing video to a video track the insertion point automat ically aligns with the closest video frame boundary When you paste audio and video simulta neously this video frame re alignment may result in the audio not being positioned ex actly where you placed it A warning dialog displays w...

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Страница 75: ...your external MIDI devices EntireMIDIStudioSetupconfigurationscreated within MSS can be imported and exported MIDI Studio SetupWindow 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...

Страница 76: ...viously defined instrument is se lected in the Instrument list the Properties sec tion changes to reflect the properties of the se lected instrument To define an instrument with MIDI Studio Setup 1 Choose Setup MIDI MIDI Studio 2 Click Create 3 In the Instrument Name field type the name of your instrument and press Enter If you do not enter an instrument name the Instrument Name field will automat...

Страница 77: ...hannels The Send Channels grid sets the send channels for the MIDI device specified in the Instrument Name field Receive Channels The 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 your external MIDI devices Pro Tools inst...

Страница 78: ...dialog with patch names 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 Change button Patch Select dialog 5 In the Open dialog navigate to Program Files Common Files Digidesign MIDI Patch Names Digidesign name of manufacturer and select the MIDI Patch N...

Страница 79: ... 1 Do one of the following Launch Audio MIDI Setup located in Ap plications Utilities or In Pro Tools choose Setup MIDI MIDI Studio 2 Click MIDI Devices AMS scans your system for connected MIDI interfaces If your MIDI in terface is properly connected it appears inthe window with each of its ports numbered Audio MIDI Setup MIDI Devices 3 For any MIDI devices connected to the MIDI interface click Ad...

Страница 80: ...I device 1 Select the external device icon and clickShow Info or double click the new device icon External Device Icon 2 Select a manufacturer and model for the 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 Naming a new MIDI device For Manufacturer and Model names AMS refers to one or ...

Страница 81: ...ng MIDI channels 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 Selecting a device icon To use your own custom icons you can place TIFF image files in Library Audio MIDI Devices Generic Images and they will appear as choices in the AMS device window 5 Click OK The device names you en...

Страница 82: ...button Patch Select button Edit window Patch Select button 4 In the Patch Select dialog click the Change button Change button Patch Select dialog 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...

Страница 83: ...mats Windows Windows XP systems should use drives formatted as NTFS or FAT32 NTFS preferred Windows systems can also support Mac drives formatted with HFS system also commonlyreferredtoasMacOSExtended A third party application such as MacDrive is needed to mountMac based HFS drives on aWindows basedProTools system Refer to the Pro Tools Reference Guide for more information Mac Mac systems should u...

Страница 84: ...reWire host adapter For complete information on track count and the supported number and configuration of FireWire drives visit the Digidesign website www digidesign com IDE ATA SATA Hard Drives A qualified internal IDE ATA SATA drive may be used as a dedicated audio drive For complete information on track count with internal drives refer to the Digidesign website www digidesign com Formatting an ...

Страница 85: ...ng In the Disk Management window right click the hard drive you will use for audio and choose New Partition In the New Partition Wizard window click Next When prompted select the partition type DigidesignrecommendsusingPrimarypar titions instead of Extended partitions Follow the on screen instructions to select a partition size and other partition settings When prompted choose a file system For op...

Страница 86: ...T32 for Windows HFS for Mac FAT32 drive partitions have a limitof 2 terabytes 2000 gigabytes whereas NTFS drive partition sizes are almost limitless Windows XP allows drives formattedwith the NTFS or FAT32 file systems to be seen as whole volumes Single Pro Tools audio files cannot exceed 2048 MB in size Mac OS allows drives larger than 4096 MB to be seen as whole volumes Drives must be initialize...

Страница 87: ...or mat drives with higher cluster sizes such as 32K Optimizing Defragmenting Drives To prevent fragmentation you can optimize your drive which rearranges your files intoa contiguous format Most optimizing software lets you run a check on a drive to find out the percentage of fragmentation If your drive shows moderate to heavy fragmentation you should consider optimizing it If you use your system f...

Страница 88: ...equired disk space for certain track numbers and track lengths to help you estimate your hard disk usage Table 4 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 75 MB...

Страница 89: ...omatically save backups of the session file while you work 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 Windows or Bombich Carbon Copy Cloner Mac By doing this you can quickly restore your system configuration and settings if you encounter any problems Common Issues Pro Too...

Страница 90: ...re are several conditions that may adversely affect the performance of Pro Tools These in clude Network Connections Close any network con nections unless you are using them for network interchange of audio data Background Applications Any softwareutilities that run in the background or generate disk ac tivity such as virus protection disk optimiza tion or file savers should be turned off or re mov...

Страница 91: ...s installed in the Digidesign folder when you install Pro Tools Answerbase is also available on the Digidesign website www digidesign com Website www digidesign com Thisis yourbest online source for information to help you get the most out of your Pro Tools system Gather Important Information Digidesign wants to help you resolve problems as quickly and efficiently as possible If you have the follo...

Страница 92: ... thelatest compatibility information on the Digidesign website www digidesign com Other Software If you are using other audio or video applica tions refer to the manufacturer sdocumenta tion for operational details Make note of any other software that was run ning when a problem occurred Diagnostic Information NoteanyDAEerrorsorothererrorcodesyouen counter Additonally note the ability to repro duc...

Страница 93: ...sage Limit 15 26 D DAE Playback Buffer Size 16 27 drive formatting Mac 80 Windows 79 drive maintenance 77 drive requirements6 F field recorder alternate channels 63 FireWire requirements 78 hard drives drive formats 77 FireWire requirements 78 formatting 79 80 formatting Mac 80 IDE ATA requirements 78 maintenance 77 81 optimizing 81 partitioning 80 requirements 6 SCSI requirements 78 spacerequirem...

Страница 94: ... zero latency 32 mono switch 32 N network connections84 O optimizing hard drives 81 outputs digital 34 Monitor outputs 35 S PDIF mirroring 44 P partitioning hard drives 80 Patch Select dialog Macintosh 76 Windows 72 peak indicators 33 phantom power40 indicator 33 when to use 33 39 power management settings Mac 22 Windows 10 Pro Tools demosession24 removing 29 Pro Tools Academic capabilities 4 conf...

Страница 95: ...2 Windows 9 10 11 12 system requirements 5 system settings Clock Source 17 28 CPU Usage Limit 15 26 DAE Playback Buffer Size 16 27 Hardware Buffer Size 14 25 I O Setup 18 28 RTAS Processors 15 25 Sample Rate 17 27 T technical support product registration required 85 Time Scale Main 55 TRS 39 U USB connection indicator 31 Use Subframes option 57 W WaveDriver Windows 19 USO RESTRITO ...

Страница 96: ...90 Mbox 2 Academic Getting Started Guide USO RESTRITO ...

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Страница 98: ...CA 94014 3886 USA Tel 650 731 6300 Fax 650 731 6399 TECHNICAL SUPPORT USA Tel 650 731 6100 Fax 650 731 6384 PRODUCTINFORMATION USA Tel 800 333 2137 INTERNATIONAL OFFICES Visit the Digidesignwebsite for contact information www digidesign com USO RESTRITO ...

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