Pinnacle Systems Pro Tools M-Powered - 7.3 Getting Started
Getting Started
Pro Tools M-Powered
Version 7.3
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contents
Chapter 1. Installation QuickStart
Windows Installation Overview
Mac Installation Overview
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Chapter 2. Welcome to Pro Tools M-Powered
Pro Tools M-Powered Systems
Pro Tools M-Powered Package
Pro Tools M-Powered Capabilities
How Pro Tools M-Powered Differs from Pro Tools LE
System Requirements
Digidesign Registration
About the Pro Tools Guides
About www.digidesign.com
Chapter 3. Windows Configuration
Installation Overview
Windows System Optimization
Installing Your M-Audio Interface
Installing M-Audio Drivers
Installing Pro Tools M-Powered Software
Launching Pro Tools M-Powered
Configuring Pro Tools M-Powered
Additional Software on the Pro Tools Installer Disc
Removing Pro Tools M-Powered
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Chapter 4. Mac Configuration
Installation Overview
Mac System Optimization
Installing Your M-Audio Interface
Installing M-Audio Drivers
Installing Pro Tools M-Powered Software
Launching Pro Tools M-Powered
Configuring Pro Tools M-Powered
Additional Software on the Pro Tools Installer Disc
Removing Pro Tools
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Chapter 5. Common Tasks with Pro Tools LE
Recording a Pro Tools Session
Importing Audio from a CD
Creating an Audio CD from a Pro Tools Session
Recording MIDI in a Pro Tools Session
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Appendix A. Configuring MIDI Studio Setup (Windows Only)
MIDI Studio Setup
MIDI Patch Name Support
Appendix B. Configuring AMS (Mac OS X Only)
Audio MIDI Setup
MIDI Patch Name Support
Appendix C. Hard Drive Configuration and Maintenance
Avoid Recording to the System Drive
Supported Drive Formats and Drive Types
Formatting an Audio Drive
Partitioning Drives
Defragmenting an Audio Drive
Hard Disk Storage Space
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chapter 1
Installation QuickStart
Windows Installation Overview
Installing Pro Tools M-Powered on a Windows
computer includes the following steps:
1
“Windows System Optimization” on page 9.
2
“Installing Your M-Audio Interface” on
page 12.
3
“Installing M-Audio Drivers” on page 12.
Pro Tools will not see your M-Audio interface if you do not install the M-Audio driver
that is included with Pro Tools M-Powered.
4
“Installing Pro Tools M-Powered Software” on
page 13.
5
“Launching Pro Tools M-Powered” on
page 14. (This step includes inserting the pre-authorized iLok into an available USB port on your
computer.)
6
“Configuring Pro Tools M-Powered” on
page 14.
7
Making audio connections to the M-Audio interface. (See your M-Audio documentation for
details.)
Mac Installation Overview
(Mac OS X Systems Only)
Installation of Pro Tools M-Powered on a Mac
includes the following steps:
1
“Mac System Optimization” on page 21.
2
“Installing Your M-Audio Interface” on
page 23.
3
“Installing M-Audio Drivers” on page 23.
Pro Tools will not see your M-Audio interface if you do not install the M-Audio driver
that is included with Pro Tools M-Powered.
4
“Installing Pro Tools M-Powered Software” on
page 24.
5
“Launching Pro Tools M-Powered” on
page 24. (This step includes inserting the pre-authorized iLok into an available USB port on your
computer.)
6
“Configuring Pro Tools M-Powered” on
page 25.
7
Making audio connections to the M-Audio interface. (See your M-Audio documentation for
details.)
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Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started
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chapter 2
Welcome to Pro Tools M-Powered
Welcome to Pro Tools M-Powered™. This guide
documents how to install and configure
Pro Tools M-Powered software on M-Powered
systems.
Pro Tools M-Powered Systems
The basic components of an M-Powered system
are as follows:
• Digidesign
(not included)
• Digidesign-qualified Windows or Mac computer (not included)
• Pro Tools M-Powered software (included)
For a list of Digidesign-qualified M-Audio
interfaces and computers, refer to the compatibility information on the Digidesign
website (www.digidesign.com)
®
-qualified M-Audio interface
.
Pro Tools M-Powered Package
The Pro Tools M-Powered software package includes the following:
• Pro Tools Installer disc containing 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
Getting Started Guide
tion, configuration, and common tasks for
your Pro Tools system.
• Digidesign Registration Information Card
, covering installa-
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Pro Tools M-Powered
Capabilities
How Pro Tools M-Powered
Differs from Pro Tools LE
Pro Tools M-Powered software provides the following capabilities:
• Playback of up to 32 mono digital audio
tracks, or a combination of playing back
and recording up to 32 mono digital audio
tracks, depending on your M-Audio interface and computer’s capabilities
• Up to 128 audio tracks (with 32 voiceable
tracks maximum), 128 Auxiliary Input
tracks, 64 Master Fader tracks, 256 MIDI
tracks, and 32 instrument tracks per session.
• 16-bit or 24-bit audio resolution, at sample
rates up to the sample rates supported by
your M-Audio interface
• Non-destructive, random-access editing
and mix automation
• Audio processing with up to 5 RTAS plugins per track, depending on your computer’s capabilities
• Up to 5 inserts per track
• Up to 10 sends per track
• Up to 32 internal mix busses
Configuration Dialogs and Procedures
Some Pro Tools M-Powered configuration dialogs differ from the Pro Tools LE configuration
dialogs that are presented in the
ence Guide
configuration dialogs, see Chapter 3, “Windows
Configuration” or Chapter 4, “Mac Configuration.”
. For specific Pro Tools M-Powered
Pro Tools Refer-
Unsupported Options
Pro Tools M-Powered does not support the following Pro Tools LE options:
• DigiTranslator
• DV Toolkit 2
• Digidesign Ethernet-based control surfaces
(such as Control|24)
• Avid video peripherals
• HFS+ Disk Support Option
Pro Tools M-Powered 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 processing.
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System Requirements
Pro Tools M-Powered can be used with a Digidesign-qualified M-Audio interface, running on
a Digidesign-qualified Windows or Mac computer.
For complete system requirements, visit the
Digidesign website (www.digidesign.com).
Compatibility Information
Digidesign can only assure compatibility and
provide support for hardware and software it
has tested and approved.
For a list of Digidesign-qualified computers, operating systems, hard drives, and third-party devices, refer to the latest compatibility information on the Digidesign website
(www.digidesign.com)
Pre-Authorized iLok
M-Powered software is authorized using the
iLok USB Smart Key (iLok) from PACE Anti-Piracy.
.
This key can hold over 100 authorizations for all
of your iLok-enabled software. Once an iLok is
authorized for a given piece of software, you can
use the iLok to authorize that software on any
computer.
Pro Tools M-Powered includes one iLok, which
is pre-authorized for Pro Tools M-Powered software.
The M-Powered pre-authorized iLok must
be inserted in an available USB port on your
computer to run Pro Tools M-Powered.
For additional information about iLok technology and authorizations, see the electronic PDF of the iLok Usage Guide.
MIDI Requirements
USB MIDI interfaces work effectively with
Pro Tools systems on Windows or Mac. Serial
MIDI interfaces are supported on Windows systems only.
Only USB MIDI interfaces are compatible
with Pro Tools systems for Mac OS X.
Modem-to-serial port adapters and serial
MIDI devices are not supported.
Pre-Authorized iLok
The iLok is similar to a dongle, but unlike a dongle, it is designed to securely authorize multiple
software applications from a variety of software
developers.
For a list of supported adapters, visit the Digidesign website (www.digidesign.com).
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Hard Drive Requirements
For optimal audio recording and playback, all
Pro Tools systems require one or more Digidesign-qualified drives.
For a list of Digidesign-qualified hard drives,
visit our website (www.digidesign.com).
If you are using an ATA/IDE or FireWire hard
drive, initialize your drive with Windows Disk
Management (Windows) or the Disk Utility application included with Apple System software
(Mac).
About the Pro Tools Guides
This Getting Started guide explains how to install Pro Tools M-Powered software, and use an
M-Audio interface to do common tasks (such as
recording in Pro Tools).
Online guides provided with Pro Tools M-Powered refer to Pro Tools|HD and LE systems. References to Pro Tools LE are usually interchangeable with Pro Tools M-Powered, except as
documented differently in this guide, or on the
Digidesign website (www.digidesign.com).
For more information, see Appendix C, “Hard
Drive Configuration and Maintenance.”
Avoid Recording to the System Drive
Recording to your system drive is not recommended. 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 system drive
only when necessary.
Digidesign Registration
Review the enclosed Digidesign Registration Information Card and follow the instructions on it
to quickly register your purchase online. Registering your purchase is the only way you can be
eligible to receive complimentary technical support and future upgrade offers. It is one of the
most important steps you can take as a new user.
In addition to any printed guides or documentation included with your system, PDF versions of
Pro Tools guides and read mes are installed automatically with Pro Tools.
The main guides (such as the
Guide
and the
ble from the Pro Tools Help menu.
•
Pro Tools Reference Guide
software in detail.
•
Pro Tools Menus Guide covers all the Pro Tools
on-screen menus.
• DigiRack Plug-Ins Guide explains how to use
the RTAS and AudioSuite plug-ins included
with Pro Tools.
• Digidesign Plug-Ins Guide explains how to use
optional Digidesign plug-ins.
• Pro Tools Shortcuts lists keyboard and Rightclick shortcuts for Pro Tools.
These guides and other guides are installed on
your startup drive during installation. To view
or print PDF guides, you can use Adobe Reader
or Apple Preview (Mac only).
Pro Tools Menus Guide
Pro Tools Reference
) are accessi-
explains Pro Tools
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Printed copies of the Pro Tools Reference
Guide and other guides in the Pro Tools
guide set can be purchased separately from
the DigiStore (www.digidesign.com).
Conventions Used in This Guide
Digidesign guides use the following conventions to indicate menu choices and key commands:
:
Convention Action
File > Save Choose Save from the File
menu
Control+N Hold down the Control key
and press the N key
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 features available.
Registration Register your purchase online. See
the enclosed Digidesign Registration Information Card for instructions.
Control-click Hold down the Control key
and click the mouse button
Right-click Click with the right mouse
button
The following symbols are used to highlight important information:
User Tips are helpful hints for getting the
most from your Pro Tools system.
Important Notices include information that
could affect your data or the performance of
your system.
Shortcuts show you useful keyboard or
mouse shortcuts.
Cross References point to related sections in
other Digidesign guides.
Support Contact Digidesign Technical Support
or Customer Service; download software updates and the latest online manuals; browse the
Compatibility documents for system requirements; search the online Answerbase; join the
worldwide Pro Tools community on the Digidesign User Conference.
Training and Education Become a certified
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 Digidesign; sign up for a Pro Tools demo.
To learn more about these and other resources
available from Digidesign, visit the Digidesign
website (www.digidesign.com).
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Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started8
chapter 3
Windows Configuration
This chapter contains information for Windows
systems only. If you are installing Pro Tools
M-Powered on a Mac computer, see Chapter 4,
“Mac Configuration.”
Before installing this version of Pro Tools,
refer to the Read Me information included
on the Pro Tools Installer disc.
Installation Overview
Installing Pro Tools M-Powered on a Windows
computer includes the following steps:
Windows System Optimization
Before configuring your computer, make sure
you are logged in as an Administrator for the account 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 before you install Pro Tools software.
1 “Windows System Optimization” on page 9.
2 “Installing Your M-Audio Interface” on
page 12.
3 “Installing M-Audio Drivers” on page 12.
4 “Installing Pro Tools M-Powered Software” on
page 13.
5 “Launching Pro Tools M-Powered” on
page 14. (This step includes inserting the pre-authorized iLok into an available USB port on your
computer.)
6 “Configuring Pro Tools M-Powered” on
page 14.
7 Making audio connections to the M-Audio in-
terface. (See your M-Audio documentation for
details.)
When you are finished changing Windows
system settings, restart your computer.
Enabling DMA
Enabling your computer's DMA (Direct Memory
Access) frees up CPU bandwidth so the computer can do other Pro Tools tasks.
In most cases the DMA option will already be set
correctly, as Windows XP detects and activates
DMA mode by default.
To enable DMA for any IDE hard drives:
1 Choose Start > Control Panel.
2 In Classic View, launch System.
3 Click the Hardware tab.
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4 Under Device Manager, choose Device Man-
ager.
5 In the Device Manager window, double-click
IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers, then double-click
the Primary IDE Channel for your IDE hard
drive.
6 Click the Advanced Settings tab.
7 For each device, set the Transfer Mode to
“DMA if available,” and click OK.
8 Repeat steps 5–7 for any additional IDE Chan-
nels.
9 Close the Computer Management window.
Disabling System Standby and Power Management
When using Pro Tools, 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 Hibernate,
and “Turn off hard disks” to Never.
On AMD processors, be sure to check and
disable Cool N’Quiet in the System BIOS (in
the Cool & Quiet Configuration section).
Refer to the manufacturer’s documentation
for instructions on disabling this power option, if necessary.
Disabling ClearType Font Smoothing
When using 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 be affected by other software
and hardware drivers installed on your computer. It is recommended (but not required) that
you do the following:
• Avoid running any unneeded programs at
the same time as Pro Tools.
• Turn off any software utilities that run in
the background, such as Windows Messenger, calendars, and disk maintenance programs.
• Turn off any nonessential USB devices
while running Pro Tools.
• If your video display card supports it, enable Bus Mastering in the manufacturer’s
Control Panel. Refer to the manufacturer’s
instructions for details.
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Optional Optimizations
The following system optimizations may help
Pro Tools perform better on some systems. It is
recommended that you only try these optimizations if necessary, as they may disable or adversely affect the functionality of other programs on your system.
Disabling Network Cards
If 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 Network Adapter card you want to disable.
4 Under the General tab, choose “Do not use
this device (disable)” from the Device Usage
pop-up menu, and click OK.
5 Close the Computer Management window.
Adjusting Processor Scheduling
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
Pro Tools LE 7.0 takes advantage of the added
processing power of computers that have multiple processors, or that feature multi-core processing or Hyper-Threading, for RTAS processing.
However, if you set the number of processors
available for RTAS processing to 1 (in the
Pro Tools Playback Engine dialog), some computers with Hyper-Threading capability may experience decreased performance.
If this occurs, you can increase the number of
RTAS processors in the Playback Engine dialog,
or you can disable Hyper-Threading on the computer.
To Adjust Processor Scheduling Performance:
1 Choose Start > Control Panel.
2 In Classic View, double-click System.
3 Click the Advanced tab.
4 Under the Performance section, click the Set-
tings button.
5 In the Performance Options window, click the
Advanced tab.
Refer to your computer’s documentation for
steps on how to enter the computer’s BIOS and
disable Hyper-Threading.
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Disabling System Startup Items
The fewer items in use by your computer, the
more resources are available for Pro Tools. Some
startup applications may be consuming unnecessary CPU resources, and should be turned off.
If you disable any of the following startup items,
do so carefully:
• Portable media serial number (required for
applications that utilize a copy protection
key)
• Plug and play
• Event log
• Cryptographic services
• DHCP Client, TCP/IP Net BIOS, and other
networking-related items (unless the computer has no network or internet connection, 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-
tup.
4 Deselect Load Startup Items and click OK.
5 Click Restart to restart the computer.
6 After restarting, the computer displays a Sys-
tem Configuration message. Check to see if
Pro Tools performance has increased 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.
Installing Your M-Audio Interface
Before you install Pro Tools M-Powered, you
must first install your M-Audio interface. Connect your M-Audio interface according to the instructions that came with it.
Installing M-Audio Drivers
The Pro Tools M-Powered Installer disc includes
M-Audio drivers for using Digidesign-qualified
M-Audio interfaces on Windows XP.
Pro Tools will not see your M-Audio interface if you do not install the M-Audio driver
that is included with Pro Tools M-Powered.
To install the M-Audio driver for your M-Audio
interface:
1 If you are using an M-Audio FireWire inter-
face, disconnect it before proceeding.
2 Insert the Pro Tools M-Powered Installer disc
for Windows in your CD/DVD drive.
3 Locate and open the M-Audio Driver Installers
folder, and double-click the driver for your interface type, as follows:
• For M-Audio FireWire interfaces, doubleclick the file starting with “FW_WDM.”
• For M-Audio PCI interfaces, double-click
the file starting with “Delta_WDM.”
• For M-Audio BlackBox, double-click the file
starting with “BB_WDM.”
• For M-Audio Connective, double-click the
file starting with “Connectiv_WDM.”
• For M-Audio FastTrack, double-click the file
starting with “FastTrack_WDM.”
• For M-Audio FastTrack Pro, double-click
the file starting with “FTP_WDM.”
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• For M-Audio JamLab, double-click the file
starting with “JamLab_WDM.”
• For M-Audio MobilePre, double-click the
file starting with “MP_WDM.”
• For M-Audio MobilePre Academic, doubleclick the file starting with “MPA_WDM.”
• For M-Audio Ozone, double-click the file
starting with “Ozone_WDM.”
• For M-Audio Ozone Academic, doubleclick the file starting with “OzoneA_WDM.”
• For M-Audio Transit, double-click the file
staring with “Transit_WDM.”
4 Follow the on-screen instructions to install
the driver.
If you get a warning dialog about the driver
not passing Windows Logo testing, click
Continue Anyway.
5 When installation is complete, shut down
your computer.
6 If you are using an M-Audio FireWire inter-
face, do the following:
• Once your computer has shut down completely, 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. Follow the on-screen instructions.
If you are prompted to run the Found New
Hardware Wizard a second time, run it
again.
Installing Pro Tools
M-Powered Software
To install Pro Tools M-Powered:
1 Start Windows, logging in with Administrator
privileges. For details on Administrator privileges, refer to your Windows documentation.
2 Insert the Pro Tools M-Powered Installer disc
for Windows in your CD/DVD drive.
3 On the Installer disc, locate and open the
Pro Tools Installer folder.
4 Double-click the Setup icon.
5 Follow the on-screen instructions to proceed
with installation.
6 Select the install location. For maximum reli-
ability, install Pro Tools on your startup drive.
7 Click Next.
8 Select the Pro Tools application for installa-
tion.
9 You can also select from a list of optional
items to install along with Pro Tools.
Command|8 Controller and Driver The Command|8 Driver is required if you are using the
Digidesign Command|8 control surface.
MP3 Export Option The MP3 Export Option lets
you export MP3 files from Pro Tools. This option is purchased separately.
10 Click Next.
In your M-Audio Control Panel, make sure
that output channels 1 and 2 are not set to
–Infinity (–
∞
).
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11 Click Install.
4 Restart your computer.
Windows will display several messages
during installation that can be ignored, including multiple “Found New Hardware”
dialogs and “A Problem Occurred During
Hardware Installation.”
If you get a warning dialog about the driver
not passing Windows Logo testing, click
Continue Anyway.
12 Wait for the installer to finish installing all
software components, drivers, and PACE System
files before proceeding to the next step.
13 When installation is complete, click Finish.
Installing QuickTime
QuickTime is required for Pro Tools if you plan
to include movie files, or import MP3 or MP4
(AAC) files in your sessions. QuickTime for Windows XP is available as a free download from the
Apple website (www.apple.com).
For information on which version of QuickTime is compatible with your version of
Pro Tools, visit the compatibility pages of
the Digidesign website
(www.digidesign.com).
To install QuickTime:
1 Visit www.apple.com and go to the Quick-
Time page.
2 Download the QuickTime installer applica-
tion to your computer.
3 Double-click the QuickTime installer applica-
tion and follow the on-screen installation instructions.
The Pro Tools Installer disc includes additional software for your system. For more
information, see “Additional Software on
the Pro Tools Installer Disc” on page 20.
Launching Pro Tools
M-Powered
To use Pro 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
Pro Tools M-Powered package.
To authorize Pro Tools M-Powered software:
1 Insert the pre-authorized iLok into an avail-
able USB port on your computer.
2 Double-click the Pro Tools M-Powered short-
cut on your desktop (or the application in
Program Files\Digidesign\Pro Tools).
Do not remove the iLok during Pro Tools
launch or use.
Configuring Pro Tools
M-Powered
Pro Tools System Settings
Pro Tools lets you adjust the performance of
your system by changing system settings that affect its capacity for processing, playback, and recording
In most cases, the default settings for your system provide optimum performance, but you
may want to adjust them to accommodate large
or processing-intensive Pro Tools sessions.
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