Pinnacle Systems Pro Tools - 12.0 Installation Manual

Pro Tools® | Software Installation Guide

Version 12.0

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Contents

Installing Pro Tools | Software .................................................. 1

System Requirements and Compatibility ....................................... 1

Installation Overview ..................................................... 2

Creating Your Avid Account ................................................ 3

Retrieving Your Pro Tools | Software License ................................... 3

Removing Previous Versions of Pro Tools | Software .............................. 3

Installing Hardware Drivers ................................................. 3

Installing Pro Tools | Software............................................... 3

Starting Up or Shutting Down Your System ..................................... 4

Launching and Authorizing Pro Tools | Software ................................. 5

Configuring Your Pro Tools System........................................... 5

Optimizing a Mac System for Pro Tools | Software ................................ 5

Optimizing a Windows System for Pro Tools | Software ............................ 7

Backing Up Your System .................................................. 8

Contents iii

Installing Pro Tools | Software

Welcome to Pro Tools®| Software from Avid. This
guide explains how to install and authorize
Pro Tools software on Mac and Windows systems.
For detailed information on configuring your
Pro Tools system, and for complete information
about Pro Tools system capabilities and functional­ity, see the Pro Tools Reference Guide (available
from the Help menu in Pro Tools).

There are two types of Pro Tools software:

Pro Tools HD

Pro Tools | HD Software can be used with the fol­lowing hardware:

• Pro Tools | HDX hardware for expanded I/O,
low latency monitoring, and dedicated DSP for
plug-in processing and large mixer configura­tions

• Pro Tools | HD Native hardware for expanded
I/O and low latency monitoring

• Avid 003
Pro Tools | Mbox
Pro Tools | Fast Track

™

family, Pro Tools | Eleven®Rack,

®

(3rd generation), and

®

hardware

• Third-party audio hardware with supported Core
Audio (Mac) or ASIO (Windows) drivers,
including built-in audio hardware on Mac com­puters

Pro Tools

Pro Tools software can be used with the following
hardware:

• Avid 003 family, Eleven Rack, Mbox
(3rd generation), Fast Track,

Pro Tools | Duet,

and Pro Tools | Quartet hardware

• Third-party audio hardware with supported Core
Audio (Mac) or ASIO (Windows) drivers, in­cluding built-in audio hardware on Mac comput­ers

For a list of qualified audio interfaces and
computers for all Pro Tools systems, visit
www.avid.com/compatibility.

System Requirements and Compatibility

An Internet connection is required to install and au­thorize Pro Tools software (to download the
Pro Tools installer and Pro Tools authorization).

The following are required to run Pro Tools soft­ware:

• A qualified Windows or Mac computer

• A qualified audio interface (or built-in audio ca­pability)

• An iLok USB key (2nd generation) to authorize
Pro Tools software

Avid can only assure compatibility and provide
support for hardware and software it has tested and
approved. For complete system requirements and a
list of qualified computers, operating systems, hard
drives, and third-party devices, visit

www.avid.com/compatibility.

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