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Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide 2 Pro Tools|HD System Packages All Pro Tools|HD systems include the following:• Pro Tools|HD card(s)• Pro Tools Installer di

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide92Delay Compensation View Indicators and FieldDelay (dly) IndicatorThe Delay (dly) indicator reports the total plug-in (TDM an

Appendix E: DSP-Induced Delays in Mixing 93To bypass the user delay: Start-Control-click (Windows) or Command-Control-click (Mac) the User Offset fiel

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide94Tracks that are not record enabled still apply De-lay Compensation. Pro Tools automatically compensates for any timing discr

Appendix E: DSP-Induced Delays in Mixing 95MIDI and Audio Processing Plug-insSome audio processing plug-ins (such as Digide-sign’s Bruno and Reso) and

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide968 Adjust the Master Fader track’s fader to control the overall volume for the cue mix.9 Repeat the preceding steps for add

Appendix E: DSP-Induced Delays in Mixing 97Using SendsWhen you send a track to another track and re-turn it to a track (audio, Auxiliary Input, or Mas

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Appendix F: TDM Mixing and DSP Usage 99appendix fTDM Mixing and DSP UsageBenefits of TDM IIDigidesign’s TDM (or time division multiplexing) technology

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide100The maximum consumption of the time slots for a single connection occurs when the audio must be sent between the first and

Appendix F: TDM Mixing and DSP Usage 101DSP AllocationDigital Signal Processing (or DSP) capability is one of the most powerful elements of your sys-t

Chapter 1: Welcome to Pro Tools|HD 3Audio Recording and Playback CapabilitiesPro Tools|HD 1 (for PCIe and PCI)Pro Tools|HD 1 systems provide recording

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide102Monitoring DSP UsageThe System Usage window provides a display of DSP usage. With these indicators as your guide, you can t

Appendix F: TDM Mixing and DSP Usage 103DSP CachePro Tools HD also maintains a Plug-in and Mixer cache for allocated DSP when closing and open-ing ses

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide104DSP Usage and Mixer Plug-InsUnderstanding MixersPro Tools|HD systems include two mixer plug-in “flavors:” stereo and surrou

Appendix F: TDM Mixing and DSP Usage 105For example, creating a new Auxiliary Input track and setting its input to bus 5 will create a 1x2 mixer for b

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide10648-Bit Mixing Precision The Pro Tools mixer plug-ins use a register area inside of the DSPs on the hardware to hold a full

Appendix F: TDM Mixing and DSP Usage 107Note that clipping the “input” side of a mixer is not a concern on Pro Tools|HD systems. It is vir-tually impo

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide108For this reason, we offer both types of mixer plug-in. You may want to use the standard non-dithered mixer in most applicat

Appendix F: TDM Mixing and DSP Usage 109Switching Mixer Plug-insTo switch TDM Mixer plug-ins:1 Quit Pro Tools.2 Do one of the following:• On Windows

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Appendix G: Troubleshooting 111appendix gTroubleshootingBacking Up Your WorkIt is highly recommended that you back up your work on a regular basis, an

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide4HD Accel (for PCIe) CardThe HD Accel (for PCIe) card is included in Pro Tools|HD 2 Accel (for PCIe) and Pro Tools|HD 3 Accel

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide112 If you tried to launch Pro Tools by double-clicking a Pro Tools session file, do the follow-ing:• Close any error message.

Appendix G: Troubleshooting 113Before You Call Digidesign Technical SupportRegister Your SystemRegister your purchase immediately after re-viewing the

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide114Diagnostic InformationDigiTestIf you run DigiTest, be sure to make a note of any error codes or messages it generates. Othe

Appendix H: Resources 115appendix hResourcesWhether you are new to Pro Tools or just start-ing out with your new system, we encourage you to read and

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide116Documentation Installed Automatically with Pro ToolsWhen you install Pro Tools, you get useful PDF versions of many Pro Too

Index 117Numerics1622 I/O 716-channel peripheral cable adapter 17, 31192 Digital I/O 6, 52, 66192 I/O 6, 52, 6624-bit ADAT Bridge I/O 7882|20 I/O 7888

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide118DigiSerial port 3, 4digital signal processing (see DSP)DigiTest 38troubleshooting 39DMA option (Windows), enabling 57drive

Index 119Ppartitioning hard drives 78Peripherals list 50phase 89Playback EngineRTAS Processors setting 42Plug-in Streaming Buffer 48Plug-in Streaming

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide120TTDM FlexCable 5TDM Mixer plug-ins 108, 109TDM plug-insand DSP usage 109MultiShell 109termination of SCSI drives 73time ali

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Chapter 1: Welcome to Pro Tools|HD 5HD Accel (for PCI) CardThe HD Accel (for PCI) card is included in Pro Tools|HD 2 Accel (for PCI) and Pro Tools|HD

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide6Audio InterfacesTo record and play audio you must have at least one of the following Digidesign audio inter-faces:192 I/O Aud

Chapter 1: Welcome to Pro Tools|HD 796 I/O Audio Interface• Supports sample rates up to 96 kHz.• Supports analog and digital connections, in-cluding A

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide8System Requirements and CompatibilityPro Tools|HD systems can be used with a Digidesign-qualified Windows or Mac computer run

Chapter 1: Welcome to Pro Tools|HD 9Conventions Used in This GuideAll Digidesign guides use the following conven-tions to indicate menu choices and ke

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Chapter 2: Installing Pro Tools on Windows 11chapter 2Installing Pro Tools on WindowsThis chapter contains information for Windows systems only. If yo

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Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide12Installing Pro Tools|HD CardsThis section shows how to install Pro Tools|HD cards into a Windows computer. To install Pro To

Chapter 2: Installing Pro Tools on Windows 13Connecting Pro Tools|HD CardsIn systems that include more than one card, you must connect all the Pro Too

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide144 Verify the connection. Make sure the FlexCa-ble ports seat flat against the sockets on the cards, and are firmly attached.5

Chapter 2: Installing Pro Tools on Windows 15Figure 1. Two 96 I/Os (32-channel system)12-foot DigiLink cable18-inch DigiLink cableLoop Sync cablesHD

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide16If you are connecting both 192 I/O (or 192 Digital I/O) and 96 I/O audio interfaces to your system, connect the 192 I/O (or

Chapter 2: Installing Pro Tools on Windows 173 To properly clock the Legacy I/O, connect the Ext. Clock output port on the Pro Tools|HD I/O to the Sl

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide18Installing Pro Tools HD SoftwareAfter your Pro Tools|HD hardware is installed and connected, you are ready to install Pro To

Chapter 2: Installing Pro Tools on Windows 19Installation OptionsPro Tools HD OptionsTo install a subset of Pro Tools software and plug-ins (and assoc

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide20Launching Pro ToolsTo use Pro Tools HD, you must always have an inserted iLok with an authorization for Pro Tools HD. One pr

Chapter 2: Installing Pro Tools on Windows 21HD Pack Plug-insYour Pro Tools package includes the HD Pack collection of plug-ins from Digidesign and Di

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Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide22Pro Tools Demo SessionThe Pro Tools HD Installer disc includes a demo session that you can use to verify that your sys-tem i

Chapter 3: Installing Pro Tools on Mac 23chapter 3Installing Pro Tools on MacThis chapter contains information for Mac sys-tems only. If you are insta

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide24Installing Pro Tools|HD Cards in a Mac ProThe PCI Express-equipped Mac Pro has three PCI Express (PCIe) slots (named slots 2

Chapter 3: Installing Pro Tools on Mac 25• Carefully slide the front of the card down into slot 2’s grey plastic PCIe card support (where the slot num

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide26Installing Pro Tools|HD Cards in a Power Mac G5Follow these instructions to install Pro Tools|HD cards in PCI or PCI Expres

Chapter 3: Installing Pro Tools on Mac 279 Check to be sure that your cards are installed in the proper order for your system, starting with the lowe

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide283 Connect the Port A connector of the FlexCa-ble to Port A on the second card. Push gently but firmly until the cable is ful

Chapter 3: Installing Pro Tools on Mac 29Figure 7. Two 96 I/Os (32-channel system)HD Core or12-foot DigiLink cable18-inch DigiLink cableLoop Sync cab

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide30To connect Pro Tools|HD audio interfaces:1 If you are using a single 192 I/O, 192 Digital I/O, 96 I/O, or 96i I/O, connect

Chapter 3: Installing Pro Tools on Mac 31To connect Digidesign Legacy I/Os:1 Connect the “MIX card” end of the peripheral cable that came with your L

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide32Installing Pro Tools HD SoftwareAfter your Pro Tools|HD hardware is installed and connected, you are ready to install Pro To

Chapter 3: Installing Pro Tools on Mac 33Additional OptionsThe Pro Tools installer provides the following additional options to install along with Pro

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide34Additional Software on the Pro Tools Installer DiscThe Pro Tools HD Installer disc provides addi-tional software for your sy

Chapter 3: Installing Pro Tools on Mac 35Pro Tools Demo SessionThe Pro Tools HD Installer disc includes a demo session that you can use to verify that

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Chapter 4: Configuring Your Pro Tools System 37chapter 4Configuring Your Pro Tools SystemAfter you have connected your system and in-stalled Pro Tools s

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide387 Turn off any control surfaces or worksurfaces.8 Turn off any external hard drives.Checking the SystemBefore you use Pro

Chapter 4: Configuring Your Pro Tools System 396 When prompted, power cycle all Pro Tools pe-ripherals in your system. Click Continue.7 To test the i

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide40Identifying Digidesign Cards with DigiTestYou can use DigiTest to identify which cards are in which slots in your system. Th

Chapter 4: Configuring Your Pro Tools System 41Configuring Pro Tools SoftwarePro Tools System SettingsIn the Playback Engine dialog, Pro Tools lets you

Contents v contents Chapter 1. Welcome to Pro Tools|HD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Pro Too

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide42RTAS ProcessorsThe RTAS Processors setting determines the number of processors in your computer allo-cated for RTAS (Real-Ti

Chapter 4: Configuring Your Pro Tools System 43 Lower CPU Usage Limit settings limit the ef-fect of Pro Tools processing on other CPU-inten-sive tasks

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide44Number of VoicesThe Number of Voices setting lets you control the number of voices available on your system. For example, th

Chapter 4: Configuring Your Pro Tools System 45To change the default Sample Rate in the Playback Engine:1 Choose Setup > Playback Engine. 2 Select

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide46Delay Compensation SettingsThere are three settings in the Playback Engine dialog for dedicating DSP resources for Delay Com

Chapter 4: Configuring Your Pro Tools System 47Cache SizeThe Cache Size determines the amount of mem-ory DAE allocates to pre-buffer audio for play-bac

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide48• Plug-in Streaming Buffer Size settings higher than 250 msec (Level 2) improve the reliability of sample playback, but they

Chapter 4: Configuring Your Pro Tools System 49Configuring Pro Tools Hardware SettingsIn the Hardware Setup dialog, Pro Tools lets you set the default s

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide50Configuring Audio InterfacesPro Tools|HD audio interfaces support 16 chan-nels of simultaneous I/O and multiple I/O for-mats

Chapter 4: Configuring Your Pro Tools System 51In many cases, you will use Internal. The other choices are for resolving Pro Tools to external clock so

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide vi Chapter 4. Configuring Your Pro Tools System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Starti

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide52Configuring 192 I/O and 192 Digital I/O ControlsTo configure controls for a 192 I/O:1 With the 192 I/O selected in the Periph

Chapter 4: Configuring Your Pro Tools System 53Configuring 96 I/O ControlsTo configure controls for a 96 I/O:1 With the 96 I/O selected in the Periphera

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide54To select analog or digital input for channels 1-2:1 Choose Setup > Hardware, and select 96i I/O in the Peripherals list

Chapter 4: Configuring Your Pro Tools System 55Peripherals list of the Hardware Setup dialog. For example, if you have a 96 I/O and an 882|20 connected

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide56This lets you send the same signal (such as a ste-reo pair, a stem mix, or a multichannel mix) to multiple destinations (suc

Chapter 4: Configuring Your Pro Tools System 57Enabling DMAEnabling your computer's DMA (Direct Memory Access) frees up CPU bandwidth so your com-

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide58To configure Windows Power Management (Windows XP):1 Choose Start > Control Panel.2 Double-click Power Options.3 Click

Chapter 4: Configuring Your Pro Tools System 595 Under the Processor Scheduling section, select the Background Services option.6 Under the Memory Usa

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide60Turning Off Software UpdateTo turn off the Software Update feature:1 Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu and clic

Chapter 4: Configuring Your Pro Tools System 61Reassign Spaces Keyboard ShortcutsIf you want to use Spaces, you should reassign the Spaces keyboard sho

Contents vii Appendix D. Configuring AMS (Mac OS X Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Audio MIDI Setup . . .

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Chapter 5: Making Studio Connections 63chapter 5Making Studio ConnectionsThis chapter provides general information on connecting Pro Tools to your sys

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide64Example Studio Setup with a Mixing ConsoleFigure 9. Typical studio configuration using a 192 I/O with mixer connections Inst

Chapter 5: Making Studio Connections 65Example Studio Setup without a Mixing ConsoleFigure 10. Typical studio configuration using a 96 I/O without a m

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide66192 I/OThe 192 I/O features two DB-25 breakout con-nectors for two sets of eight inputs each, at +4 dBu and –10 dBV respecti

Chapter 5: Making Studio Connections 672 Connect the AES/EBU or S/PDIF input on the enclosure to the AES/EBU or S/PDIF output of your DAT deck. Route

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide68Connecting Effects Units DigitallyTo use your audio interface’s inputs and outputs as effects sends and returns to a digital

Chapter 5: Making Studio Connections 69SYNC peripherals integrate into the Loop Sync configuration of a Pro Tools|HD system, offering extremely fast

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Appendix A: Connecting SCSI Drives 71appendix aConnecting SCSI DrivesSCSI hard drives are supported recording media for Pro Tools|HD systems on Window

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Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide72SCSI CablesUse shorter SCSI cables to improve reliability. Table 1 provides guidelines for maximum cable lengths according t

Appendix A: Connecting SCSI Drives 735 Verify that the last SCSI device in the chain is properly terminated. (See “SCSI Termination” on page 73.)6 M

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Appendix B: Hard Drive Configuration and Maintenance 75appendix bHard Drive Configuration and MaintenanceIt is recommended that you start with a newly f

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide76SCSI Hard DrivesDigidesign recommends qualified SCSI hard drives and a qualified SCSI host bus adapter (HBA) card or (on Win

Appendix B: Hard Drive Configuration and Maintenance 774 If the volume is “Unallocated,” do the follow-ing:• In the Disk Management window, right-clic

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide78Partitioning DrivesPartitioning creates a logical volume or volumes on a physical drive, almost as if you were creat-ing vir

Appendix B: Hard Drive Configuration and Maintenance 79Optimizing (Defragmenting) DrivesTo prevent fragmentation, you can optimize your drive, which re

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide80Hard Disk Storage SpaceMono audio tracks recorded with 16-bit resolution at 44.1 kHz (CD quality) require approximately 5 MB

Appendix C: Configuring MIDI Studio Setup (Windows Only) 81appendix cConfiguring MIDI Studio Setup (Windows Only)MIDI Studio SetupMIDI Studio Setup (MSS

Chapter 1: Welcome to Pro Tools|HD 1 chapter 1 Welcome to Pro Tools|HD Welcome to Pro Tools|HD ® . Pro Tools|HD audio cards and interfaces bring high

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide82Interface ControlsCreate Adds a new instrument to the Instru-ment Name list.Delete Deletes the instrument or instruments sel

Appendix C: Configuring MIDI Studio Setup (Windows Only) 836 From the Output pop-up menu, choose the output port on your MIDI interface that is con-ne

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide843 Click the Instrument or MIDI track Patch Se-lect button.4 In the Patch Select dialog, click Change.5 In the Open dialog

Appendix D: Configuring AMS (Mac OS X Only) 85appendix dConfiguring AMS (Mac OS X Only)Audio MIDI SetupPro Tools recognizes the ports on your MIDI in-te

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide865 Connect the MIDI device to the MIDI inter-face by clicking the arrow for the appropriate output port of the device and dr

Appendix D: Configuring AMS (Mac OS X Only) 873 Click the More Information arrow to expand the dialog, then enable the appropriate MIDI channels (1–16

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide88MIDI Patch Name SupportPro Tools supports XML (Extensible Markup Language) for storing and importing patch names for you ext

Appendix E: DSP-Induced Delays in Mixing 89appendix eDSP-Induced Delays in MixingThis appendix provides an overview of DSP-in-duced mixer delays, and

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide90However, larger sessions with higher track and voice counts, many plug-ins, and/or complex mixer routing can benefit when DS

Appendix E: DSP-Induced Delays in Mixing 91To configure the Delay Compensation Engine:1 Choose Setup > Playback Engine.2 From the Delay Compensati