Pinnacle Systems Pro Tools TDM Installation Manual
Pro Tools
TDM Installation Guide
Version 5.1.1 for Windows 2000
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contents
Chapter 1. Pro Tools TDM System Requirements
Pro Tools TDM Systems
System Requirements
Digidesign Registration
About the Pro Tools Guides
Chapter 2. Connecting SCSI Drives
SCSI Requirements
Connecting SCSI Drives
Initializing and Maintaining SCSI Drives
Using Macintosh Drives on Windows Systems
Chapter 3. Installing Pro Tools Hardware
Pro Tools TDM Cards
Installing Pro Tools Cards
Connecting Audio Interfaces
Detecting Pro Tools Cards
Chapter 4. Connecting Your Studio
The 888/24 I/O Interface
Changing Operating Levels of Individual 888/24 I/O Channels
Making Signal Connections to the 888/24 I/O
Using 888/24 I/O As Standalone Audio Converter
The 882/20 I/O Interface
Making Signal Connections to the 882/20 I/O
Using 882/20 I/O As Standalone Audio Converter
The 1622 I/O Interface
Making Signal Connections to the 1622 I/O Interface
Using 1622 I/O As Standalone Audio Converter
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Connecting Equipment with Digital Audio Ins and Outs
Connecting Effects Units
Connecting MIDI Devices
Connecting SMPTE Synchronization Devices
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Chapter 5. Installing Pro Tools Software
Upgrading to Windows 2000
Configuring Your Computer
Installing Pro Tools Software
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Chapter 6. Checking Your TDM System and Launching Pro Tools
Starting Up Your System
Running DigiTest
Launching Pro Tools For the First Time
Installing the Demo Session
Opening the Demo Session
Chapter 7. Calibrating the 888/24 I/O
About Calibration
Calibrating the 888/24 I/O
Appendix A. Slot Order
Card Order Guidelines For Each Pro Tools System
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Appendix B. DigiTest Error Codes
Index
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chapter 1
Pro Tools TDM System Requirements
Pro Tools TDM Systems
Pro Tools 5.1 for Windows 2000 Pro supports
the following TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) systems.
Pro Tools MIX-Series
(Pro Tools 24 MIX, MIXplus and MIX3)
A core system includes:
• MIX Core card
• MIX Farm card (MIXplus contains one card
and MIX3 contains two cards)
• Pro Tools software
• Digidesign audio interface (sold separately)
A core system provides:
• Up to 64 tracks of recording and playback of
24-bit and 16-bit audio files
• TDM digital mixing and DSP plug-in environment
• Non-linear, random-access editing and mix
automation
• MIDI recording, playback and editing
Pro Tools 24
A core system includes:
• d24 Audio card
• DSP Farm card
• Pro Tools software
• Digidesign audio interface (sold separately)
A core system provides:
• Up to 32 tracks of recording and playback of
24-bit and 16-bit audio files
• TDM digital mixing and DSP plug-in environment
• Non-linear, random-access editing and mix
automation
• MIDI recording, playback and editing
Pro Tools 24 requires a MIX Farm card to
support up to 64 tracks.
Audio Interfaces
To record and play audio you must have one of
the following Digidesign audio interfaces:
888/24 I/O
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Analog: XLR (balanced or unbalanced) con-
nectors, +4 dBu or –10 dBV
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Digital: XLR (AES/EBU) or RCA (S/PDIF) con-
nectors
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882/20 I/O
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Analog: 1/4" TRS (balanced or unbalanced)
connectors, +4 dBu or –10 dBV
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Digital: RCA (S/PDIF) connectors
1622 I/O
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Analog: 1/4" TRS (balanced or unbalanced)
connectors. Inputs are variable from +4 dBu to
–10 dBV; outputs are selectable between +4 dBu
or –10 dBV
Digital: RCA (S/PDIF) connectors
◆
Digidesign ADAT Bridge I/O
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Analog: 1/4" TRS (balanced) connectors, +4
dBu or –10 dBV
Digital: XLR (AES/EBU) or RCA (S/PDIF) con-
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nectors
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Optical: Two pairs of EIAJ fiber optic connectors
System Requirements
The CPU, hard disk, monitoring and MIDI requirements for Pro Tools differ depending on
your system configuration. The requirements
for each configuration are listed below.
Compatibility Information
Digidesign can only assure compatibility and
provide support for hardware and software it
has tested and approved. For a list of Digidesignqualified computers, operating systems, and
third-party devices, refer to the latest compatibility information on the Digidesign Web site:
www.digidesign.com/
Computer Requirements
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A Digidesign-qualified, uniprocessor
Pentium II or Pentium III-based (highly recommended) computer:
• 256 MB RAM (required for 64-voice performance).
• 1 unused PCI slot for Pro Tools 24 MIX systems.
• 2 unused adjacent PCI slots for
Pro Tools 24 or Pro Tools 24 MIXplus systems.
• 3 unused adjacent PCI slots for Pro Tools 24
MIX3 systems.
• For expanded systems, the expansion chassis card takes the place of the Pro Tools card
in the PCI slot and the Pro Tools card is
placed in the chassis.
• VIA Apollo Pro133 (for Pentium III),
tel 440BX (for Pentium II or III).
• Phoenix or Award BIOS.
• A CD-ROM drive.
• An AGP display card is strongly recommended.
• Windows 2000 Professional Edition with
Service Pack 1 or higher.
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A 17-inch or larger color monitor. Black and
white monitors are not supported.
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Additional RAM is highly recommended if
you plan to use other audio or MIDI applications concurrently with Pro Tools.
or
, In-
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Hard Drive Requirements
For audio recording and storage, all Pro Tools
TDM systems require one or more Digidesignqualified SCSI drives attached to a qualified PCI
SCSI HBA card or qualified built-in SCSI HBA
connector on the motherboard.
FAT32 drives are highly recommended for
both system and storage drives.
Pro Tools MIX-series systems
24-bit performance, use 4 hard drives, with audio files distributed among them.
Pro Tools 24 systems
performance, use 2 hard drives, with audio files
distributed among them.
IDE drives are not supported for use as studio
drives on Windows-based Pro Tools systems. If
you intend to use an IDE drive, your session
must be limited to 16 bits. 24-bit sessions are
not compatible with IDE drives.
For best 32-track, 24-bit
It is recommended that you remove IDE
drives and drivers from any Pro Tools
system. SCSI boot drives provide better
Pro Tools performance. However, if you
are using an Expansion Chassis, IDE
drives and drivers must be removed
from your system. For more information, see the
stallation Guide.
Pro Tools Expanded System In-
For best 64-track,
For 64-track sessions that have substantial edit
densities (such as one edit every third of a second across 64 voices) or large amounts of crossfades, up to four SCSI drives may be required, allocated with 16 tracks per drive and two drives
per SCSI channel.
Refer to the Digidesign Web site for compatible
hard drives and SCSI HBA cards:
www.digidesign.com/
MIDI Requirements
Both USB and serial MIDI interfaces work effectively with Pro Tools. Serial MIDI interfaces offer the tightest possible MIDI timing.
Digidesign Registration
Make sure to complete and return the registration card included with Pro Tools TDM system.
Registered users are entitled to one year of free
technical support, and will receive periodic software updates and upgrade notices.
For audio recording and storage, all Pro Tools
TDM systems require one or more Digidesignqualified drives.
To provide full 64-track, 24-bit, 48 kHz performance, a TDM system must include at least two
Digidesign-qualified SCSI hard drives attached
to a qualified SCSI HBA (host bus adapter) card.
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About the Pro Tools Guides
PDF versions of the Pro Tools guides are installed automatically with Pro Tools, and can be
easily accessed from the Help menu in
Pro Tools. To read the guide online, or print it,
you must install
Pro Tools Installer CD).
Conventions Used in This Guide
Digidesign guides use the following conventions to indicate menu choices and key commands:
Convention Action
Acrobat Reader
(included on the
Choose and Select
The words “choose” and “select” are often interchangeable in conversational english. In this
guide, however, there is a distinction between
the two terms.
Select
When the guide instructs you to
something, it stays selected. This is the case with
dialog box options and menu items that enable
or disable an option.
Choose
something, a one-time action is performed. This
is the case with most menu commands; they
perform their chosen action only once.
When the guide instructs you to
select
choose
File > Save
Session
Control+N While pressing the Control key,
Shift-click While pressing the Shift key, click
Right-click Click with the right mouse button
The following symbols are used to highlight important information:
Choose Save Session from the
File menu
press the N key
the mouse button
User Tips are helpful hints for getting the
most from your system.
Important Notices include information that
could affect your data or the performance of
your system.
Cross References point to related sections in
other Digidesign guides.
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chapter 2
Connecting SCSI Drives
Pro Tools sessions and audio files are stored on
SCSI hard drives. SCSI hard drives are the recommended recording media for Pro Tools TDM systems.
Although Pro Tools lets you record to your system drive, this is generally not recommended.
Performance for recording and playback on system drives is worse than on non-system drives,
resulting in lower track counts and fewer plugins.
SCSI hard drives offer several advantages over
ATA/IDE drives. First, SCSI drives can be external and therefore provide portable audio storage
that is easily moved between systems. Second,
SCSI drives offer better performance when recording to large numbers of tracks. Furthermore, 24-bit sessions cannot be guaranteed to
record or playback from ATA/IDE drives.
SCSI Requirements
For 64-track sessions that have substantial edit
densities (such as one edit every third of a second across 64 voices) or large amounts of crossfades, up to four SCSI drives may be required, allocated with 16 tracks per drive and two drives
per SCSI channel.
SCSI drives must provide a data transfer rate of
at least 9 MB per second of sustained throughput.
Pro Tools 24 requires a MIX Farm card (or
the discontinued Pro Tools 24 Expansion
Kit) to support up to 64 tracks.
Refer to the Digidesign Web site for compatible
hard drives and HBA cards:
www.digidesign.com/
Software RAID is not supported for audio
drives.
High-Performance SCSI Drives and SCSI Host Bus Adapters
To provide full 64-track, 24-bit, 48 kHz performance, a Pro Tools TDM system must include at
least two Digidesign-qualified SCSI hard drives
attached to a qualified SCSI HBA host bus
adapter (HBA) card.
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SCSI Cables
Use shorter SCSI cables to improve reliability.
Table 1 provides guidelines for maximum cable
lengths according to SCSI type.
Table 1: Maximum cable length and number of drives
supported according to SCSI type
SCSI type and
transfer rate
Fast SCSI
10 MB/sec
Wide SCSI
20 MB/sec
Ultra SCSI
20 MB/sec
(8-bit narrow)
Ultra SCSI
40 MB/sec
(16-bit wide)
Ultra SCSI
20 MB/sec
(8-bit narrow)
Ultra SCSI
40 MB/sec
(16-bit wide)
maximum
cable length
3 meters 8
3 meters 16
3 meters 5
3 meters 5
1.5 meters 6–8
1.5 meters 6–8
maximum #
of drives
Using these guidelines:
• 64 mono tracks of 24-bit audio takes up about
480 MB of hard drive space per minute.
• 64 mono tracks of 16-bit audio takes up about
320 MB of hard drive space per minute.
• 32 mono tracks of 24-bit audio takes up about
240 MB of hard drive space per minute.
• 32 mono tracks of 16-bit audio takes up about
160 MB per minute.
A 9-gigabyte drive holds:
• 18 minutes of 64 tracks, 24-bit audio
• 28 minutes of 64 tracks, 16-bit audio
• 37 minutes of 32 tracks, 24-bit audio
• 56 minutes of 32 tracks, 16-bit audio
Distribute Audio Across Multiple Drives
For best recording and playback performance,
don’t record and play back all audio files in a
session from the same drive. Instead, use
Pro Tools disk allocation features to distribute
audio files between multiple SCSI drives. See the
Pro Tools Reference Guide
for details.
Ultra2 SCSI
Low Voltage Differential (LVD)
80 MB/sec
12 meters 16
Disk Space for Audio Tracks
Audio tracks recorded at 24-bit resolution at a
CD-fidelity sampling rate of 44.1 kHz require
about 7.5 MB of hard drive space per minute.
The same tracks recorded at 16-bit resolution require about 5 MB per minute. Stereo tracks require about twice as much hard drive space.
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Separate Video and Audio Files
If you are working with imported movies, store
movie files on a different SCSI bus than audio
files. If audio files reside on disks connected to a
SCSI HBA card, store video data on drives connected to a different SCSI bus.
Dual-Channel SCSI HBA Cards
If you use a dual-channel SCSI HBA card, equally
allocate audio files to drives connected to each
of the two busses on the card for optimal performance.
Connecting SCSI Drives
To connect an external SCSI drive:
1
Turn off power to both the computer and the
hard drive.
2
Attach a SCSI cable from the SCSI port of the
hard drive to the SCSI port of the SCSI HBA card
or computer depending on your system’s SCSI
requirements.
3
Secure the cable’s connectors to the hard drive
and computer. Loose cables can cause data loss.
4
Connect additional drives by daisy-chaining
from one drive to another. Keep cable lengths to
a minimum (see Table 1).
5
Verify that the last SCSI device connected is
properly terminated. See “SCSI Termination” on
page 7.
6
Attach power cables to the hard drives.
SCSI Termination
If your computer’s SCSI chain is not properly
terminated, your system will not function correctly. Terminate only the last device on the
chain, using the termination type recommended by the hard drive manufacturer.
Use either an external terminator plug or enable
the device’s internal terminators. If you are using a terminator plug, it is recommended that
you purchase and use an
active
terminator.
Initializing and Maintaining SCSI Drives
SCSI hard drives used for audio recording on
TDM systems must be formatted for the FAT32,
FAT16 or NTFS files system. Under Windows
2000, FAT32 and NTFS drive partition sizes are
almost limitless. FAT16 partitions have a limit of
4096 MB.
TDM Windows systems require that you use Microsoft Windows Disk Administration software
for drive formatting and partitioning. Use only
one disk utility for all drives in a system.
Pro Tools for Windows 2000 allows you to
connect Macintosh-formatted hard drives
and play sessions created on Pro Tools for
Macintosh when using MacOpener from
DataViz. A demo version of MacOpener is
included on your Pro Tools CD-ROM.
To format a new drive:
1
Turn on your hard drives, computer, and any
other peripherals.
2
Use Microsoft’s Disk Management software,
located in the Administrative Tools control
panel under Computer Management > Storage.
Refer to your Windows 2000 manual or help for
information on how to use the Disk Management software.
Do not enable internal termination and install an external terminator plug on the
same drive. This causes SCSI errors. See
your hard drive’s documentation for information regarding which type of termination
it uses.
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Formatting Drives
High-Level Formatting
There are two different types of formatting:
high-level formatting and low-level formatting.
Low-Level (Physical) Formatting
Low-level formatting means completely erasing
the hard drive and rewriting each sector address
on the drive. In low-level formatting, the sector
and track addresses, error-correction codes, and
other details are written on the platters of the
hard drive in the form of a magnetic pattern. A
low-level format permanently erases all data on
the drive.
When is Low-Level Formatting Necessary?
Virtually all hard drives come pre-formatted
from the manufacturer. Low-level formatting is
generally unnecessary except in rare circumstances. They are:
If you want to change the Sector Size of the
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drive. This is not recommended by Digidesign.
Digidesign systems only recognize 512-byte sectors.
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If you want to perform permanent deletion of
data.
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If a drive is being changed from one platform
to another. For example if you are switching
from a Macintosh to a Windows-based system,
the drive must be high-level re-formatted for the
new operating system.
High-level formatting a drive replaces the drive’s
directory, volume partition map and drivers. Information about the drive is created and drivers
that communicate this information to the host
CPU are installed. The drive itself is not erased,
nor is verification performed.
When is High-Level Formatting Necessary?
It is generally necessary to high-level format a
hard drive in one of the following cases:
◆
If a new drive is being prepared for use on a
computer for the first time and the drive is not
already high-level formatted.
◆
If you suspect that the directories containing
the drive’s information have become corrupted.
Partitioning Drives
Partitioning divides a physical drive into multiple, unique volumes, almost as if you were creating virtual hard drives. Partitioning is usually
performed when the drive is high-level formatted.
Windows 2000 allows drives formatted
with the NTFS or FAT32 file systems to be
seen as whole volumes. FAT16 formatted
drives have a partition size limit of 4096
MB. Single Pro Tools audio files cannot exceed 2048 MB in size.
If you choose low-level formatting, keep in
mind that it can take up to three hours or more
(depending on the size of the drive). Avoid
power interruptions and computer bus resets
during the format operation or permanent damage to the drive could occur. In addition, leave
the drive powered on for at least 30 minutes
prior to formatting so that the drive has time to
make any necessary thermal adjustments or recalibrations.
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Seek Times on Partitioned Drives
Seek times are actually faster on partitioned
drives (assuming that reads and writes are performed on a single partition), since the heads
only have to seek within the partition boundaries, rather than the whole capacity of the
drive.
In addition, smaller partitions perform faster
than larger partitions. However, this comes at
the expense of contiguous storage space. When
you partition a drive, find the compromise that
best suits your performance and storage requirements.
Avoid distributing audio files within a session over different partitions on the same
drive since this adversely affects drive performance.
Increased fragmentation increases the chance of
disk errors, which can interfere with playback of
audio, and result in performance errors.
Optimizing (Defragmenting) Drives
To prevent fragmentation, you can optimize
your drive, which rearranges your files into a
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, consider optimizing it.
If you use your system for intensive editing, or if
you frequently delete audio or fade files from
your hard drive, optimize your drives on a
weekly basis, or even every few days, since it
doesn’t take long for even a large hard drive to
become fragmented.
Avoiding File Fragmentation
For maximum recording and playback efficiency, write data to your hard drive in a contiguous fashion. This minimizes the seek requirements to play back the data. Unfortunately,
your computer can’t always store the sound files
in this way and must write to disk wherever it
can find space.
To avoid fragmentation, format drives with
higher cluster sizes (such as 32K or 64K.)
In multitrack recording, audio tracks are written
in discrete files, spaced evenly across the disk.
While fragmentation of individual files may be
zero, the tracks are far enough apart that playback is still very seek-intensive. Also, the remaining free space on the disk is discontiguous,
increasing the likelihood of file fragmentation
on subsequent record passes.
Back Up Data Before Optimizing
Since your files are rewritten by the optimization process, always make a backup copy of the
data on your hard drive before you optimize it.
Additionally, use a hard drive utility to find and
repair any problems before optimizing data. If
there is any damage to your hard drive's directories prior to optimizing, serious data loss may result.
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Using Macintosh Drives on Windows Systems
Pro Tools for Windows enables you record and
play back sessions directly from a Macintoshformatted (HFS or HFS+) drive connected to a
Windows system. This functionality requires
that all Macintosh session and audio files be
stored on Macintosh-formatted drives.
To mount HFS or HFS+ drives on a Windows system, you must use the MacOpener
utility by DataViz. A demo version of MacOpener is included with Pro Tools Windows.
For details on sharing sessions between
Macintosh and Windows systems, see the
Pro Tools Reference Guide.
Installing the MacOpener Utility
The MacOpener installer was placed on your
hard drive when you installed Pro Tools, in the
following location:
Program Files\Digidesign\Pro Tools\Pro Tools Utilities\MacOpener 2000 Demo
To Install MacOpener:
1 Locate the macopener2000.exe file in the
above location and double-click it to launch the
installer.
2 Follow the on-screen instructions to install
MacOpener.
3 When installation is complete, restart your
computer.
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software
To enable the settings on the MacOpener Driver:
1 Choose Start > Programs > MacOpener 5.0 >
MacOpener Driver Preferences.
2 Under Driver Settings, select Enable Mac-
Opener Driver.
3 Under Extension Mapping, select Do not add
the PC extension to the Mac file name.
Mounting HFS Drives
If the MacOpener utility is installed and enabled, no additional steps are required to mount
HFS drives. They appear as normal system drives
after you connect them and restart your computer.
Formatting and Maintaining HFS and HFS+ Drives
Although you can use MacOpener to format HFS
and HFS+ drives from a Windows machine, it is
not recommended for use with Pro Tools. We
recommend that you connect the drives to a
Macintosh computer (if possible) and use the
ExpressPro-Tools software from ATTO (included
on the Mac Pro Tools CD-ROM).
Windows Disk Utility Software on HFS Drives
Do not use a Windows disk utility software (such
as Norton Utilities for Windows) on HFS drives.
These utilities do not recognize HFS-formatted
drives and try to reformat them. This causes format errors on the HFS drive, resulting in data
loss.
Enabling the MacOpener Driver
When you are finished installing MacOpener,
the MacOpener driver must be enabled to
mount HFS and HFS+ drives.
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If you need to perform disk maintenance on an
HFS-formatted drive, connect the drive to a
Macintosh computer and use a Macintosh utility.
chapter 3
Installing Pro Tools Hardware
WARNING: There have been changes in
the installation process since the last release of Pro Tools. To avoid problems,
please read and follow the installation instructions carefully.
Pro Tools TDM Cards
Pro Tools TDM cards differ depending on the
system configuration. Card components for
each configuration are listed below.
If you are installing an expanded system in
your computer, or using an Expansion
Chassis to add additional cards to your system, refer to the
included with your Pro Tools system.
Pro Tools MIX-Series Hardware
Pro Tools MIX-series hardware comes in three
configurations:
Pro Tools 24 MIX Includes a single MIX Core
card and a 5-node TDM ribbon cable for connecting to other optional TDM-equipped cards.
Pro Tools 24 MIXplus Includes a MIX Core card,
a MIX Farm card, and a 5-node TDM ribbon cable for connecting the MIX Core to the MIX
Farm and other optional TDM-equipped cards.
Expanded Systems Guide
Pro Tools MIX3 Includes a MIX Core card, two
MIX Farm cards, and a 5-node TDM ribbon cable for connecting the MIX Core to the MIX
Farm cards and other optional TDM-equipped
cards.
The MIX Core Card
The MIX Core card provides 24-bit, 64-track, 16channel I/O, direct-to-disk recording and playback to your Pro Tool MIX-series system, as well
as DSP power for its mixing and processing capabilities.
audio interface port
audio interface
DigiSerial
port
port
DigiSerial port
MIX Core card
This card includes a connector for attaching a
single 888/24 I/O, 882/20 I/O, or 1622 I/O Audio Interface. If you purchase the optional 16channel peripheral cable adapter, you can attach two 8-channel audio interfaces. The DigiSerial port is for connecting a Digidesign Universal Slave Driver, or a 9-pin device for use with
the Pro Tools MachineControl option.
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The MIX Farm Card
The d24 Audio Card
The MIX Farm card provides more DSP power
for mixing, processing, and DSP software such
as the DigiRack plug-ins included with
Pro Tools. It also provides a connector for attaching a single 888/24 I/O, 882/20 I/O, or
1622 I/O Audio Interface. If you purchase the
optional 16-channel peripheral cable adapter,
you can attach two 8-channel audio interfaces.
The DigiSerial port is for connecting a Digidesign Universal Slave Driver, or a 9-pin device for
use with the Pro Tools MachineControl option.
audio interface
port
DigiSerial
audio interface
port
port
DigiSerial port
MIX Farm card
Pro Tools 24 Hardware
Pro Tools 24 system hardware consists of a d24
audio card, a DSP Farm card, and a 5-node TDM
ribbon cable for connecting them.
The d24 audio card provides 24-bit, 32-track, 16channel I/O, direct-to-disk recording and playback capabilities to your Pro Tools 24 system. It
also provides a connector for attaching a single
888/24 I/O, 882/20 I/O, or 1622 I/O Audio Interface. If you purchase the optional 16-channel
peripheral cable adapter, you can attach two 8channel audio interfaces.
audio interface
port
audio interface
DigiSerial
port
port
DigiSerial port
d24 card
The DigiSerial port is for connecting an optional
Digidesign Universal Slave Driver, or a 9-pin device for use with the Pro Tools MachineControl
option.
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The DSP Farm
The DSP Farm provides the power for the
Pro Tools 24 system’s mixing and processing capabilities. It powers DSP software such as the DigiRack plug-ins included with Pro Tools. It also
provides a connector for attaching an 8-channel
audio interface.
audio interface
port
audio interface
port
DSP Farm card
Installing Pro Tools Cards
Before you begin to physically install your
Pro Tools cards, we recommended temporarily
disable the warning option, “Display a message
before installing an unsigned file.” This expedites and automates much of the installation
process. If you do not temporarily disable the
warning, warning messages (that you are installing an unsigned driver) appear after each DSP
chip during the detecting Pro Tools phase of installation.
To temporarily disable the warning option:
1 Turn on your computer.
The 1622 I/O Audio Interface is not supported by the DSP Farm. It must be connected to a MIX Core, MIX Farm, or d24
card. Only one 1622 I/O can be connected
to any of these cards. The optional 16channel peripheral cable adapter is not supported by the 1622 I/O.
The TDM Ribbon Cable
The TDM ribbon cable is used to connect multiple cards in your Pro Tools system so they can
share data along the TDM bus.
TDM Ribbon Cable
A 5-node cable comes with your system. If you
plan to use your system with an expansion chassis, you can order a TDM cable with more nodes
from your Digidesign dealer.
2 Right-click the My Computer icon located on
your Windows desktop.
3 Choose Properties.
4 Select the Hardware Tab.
5 In the Device Manager section of the dialog
box that appears, select the Driver Signing button.
6 In Driver Signing Options, select “Ignore – In-
stall All Files Regardless Of File Signature.”
7 Click OK twice.
8 Turn your computer off.
9 Proceed with physically installing your
Pro Tools cards.
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To install Pro Tools cards:
1 Turn off your computer and any peripherals.
Leave your computer’s power cable plugged in
so the computer is grounded.
2 Open the computer case. For additional de-
tails on installing a card in your computer, refer
to its User’s Guide.
Before handling any card, discharge any
static electricity from your clothes or body
by touching a grounded metal surface, such
as the power supply case inside your computer.
3 Remove the metal access port cover behind
the expansion slot you want to use by removing
the screw (if present) and sliding the cover out
from the access port.
4 If installing a SCSI HBA card, install it in the
lowest or highest PCI slot in your computer.
5 Install the primary MIX Core or d24 card
(clock master with primary audio interface) in
the next available slot.
6 Install the remaining TDM cards in slots adja-
cent to the MIX card or d24 card.
Pro Tools cards must be installed in a specific order that is dependent on the slot numbering of
the model of computer you are using.
See Appendix A, “Slot Order” for more details on determining slot order.
Connect all TDM cards with the TDM ribbon cable:
1 Connect the first node of the cable to the first
TDM card. Make sure the TDM cable is facing
the right direction—align the white triangles on
the cable plug with the triangle on the card.
Attaching the TDM ribbon cable to MIX Core and
MIX Farm cards
2 Push down gently but firmly until the node is
fully connected to the card. When the plug is
properly seated, the two tabs on the side of the
cable’s TDM connector click shut. To detach the
ribbon cable, squeeze the tabs on the TDM connector inward.
3 Attach the remaining nodes on the TDM cable
to subsequent cards.
It is OK to have ribbon connectors that go
unused. They should reside after the last
TDM card.
4 Secure the cards in place with the slot access
port screws you removed earlier and close your
computer.
Group similar cards together (put all MIX Farm
cards next to each other, for example).
7 If installing a SCSI HBA card, install it in the
highest numbered remaining slot.
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Connecting Audio Interfaces
Pro Tools provides you with a choice of the
888/24 I/O, 882/20 I/O, 1622 I/O, or ADAT
Bridge I/O interfaces. These devices supply the
inputs and outputs for your system.
For instructions on connecting an ADAT
Bridge I/O, see the ADAT Bridge I/O Installation Guide.
Connect the Pro Tools audio interfaces:
1 Connect the primary audio interface to the
primary Mix Core or d24 card with the provided
interface cable. The primary audio interface
functions as the clock master.
2 Connect additional audio interfaces to subse-
quent Digidesign audio cards.
If you are connecting both 888/24 and 882/20
or 1622 I/O Audio Interfaces to your system, for
best system performance, connect the 888/24 to
your core Pro Tools card, followed by any additional 888/24 interfaces to the next highest-priority cards. Then connect the 882/20 or
1622 I/O interfaces to subsequent cards.
The 1622 I/O Audio Interface is not supported by the DSP Farm. It must be connected to a MIX Core, MIX Farm, or d24
card. Only one 1622 I/O can be connected
to any of these cards. The optional 16channel peripheral cable adapter is not supported by the 1622 I/O.
3 If using multiple audio interfaces, connect the
Slave Clock Out of the primary interface to the
Slave Clock In of the second interface with the
provided BNC cable. Connect the Slave Clock
Out of the second interface to the Slave Clock In
of the next audio interface (and so forth).
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Connecting multiple audio interfaces together
You can use Digidesign’s 16-channel peripheral
cable adapter (optional) to connect two 8-channel audio interfaces to a single MIX Core, MIX
I/O, d24, or MIX Farm card.
to audio interface
to Audio
cables
Interface
cable
to Audio
Interface
cable
to Pro Tools
to Pro Tools card
card
Optional 16-channel peripheral cable adapter
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Detecting Pro Tools Cards
To detect Pro Tools Cards:
1 Start or restart or your computer.
2 Start up Windows 2000, logging in with Ad-
ministrator privileges.
3 The Found New Hardware Wizard dialog pops
up automatically. Click Next. If Digidesign DSP
devices are found and installed automatically,
skip to step 13.
4 Select the “Search For A Suitable Driver For My
Device (Recommended)” option in the Install
Hardware Device Drivers dialog. Click Next.
5 In the Locate Driver Files dialog, check (only)
the CD-ROM option under Optimal Search Locations. Click Next.
6 In the Locate File window, select the Drivers
folder (on your Pro Tools CD-ROM). Click
Open.
7 Open “dalwdm.inf” or “dalwdm.”
If you do not follow the steps above or if you
cancel any of the steps, your computer may not
recognize your Pro Tools cards and you may receive the error message, “Cannot Create DAE
Deck.” To resolve this error message, see “Cannot Create DAE Deck Or Error Number 4” on
page 46.
8 Click OK in the Found New Hardware Wizard
dialog.
9 Click Next to install the multimedia controller
in the Driver Files Search Results dialog.
10 Click Yes in the Digital Signature Not Found
dialog, if present.
11 Click Finish in the Completing Found New
Hardware dialog (indicating that a DSP is found.
12 Repeat step 10 for each DSP chip found.
There are 6 DSP chips on MIX cards, 4 DSP chips
on DSP Farm cards, and 1 on d24 cards.
13 Re-enable the warning option, “Display a
message before installing an unsigned file.” See
“Installing Pro Tools Cards” on page 13.
14 You are now ready to install Pro Tools Soft-
ware.
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chapter 4
Connecting Your Studio
Pro Tools can be connected to a mixer, amplification system, digital recorders, and SMPTE synchronization devices.
Instructions are based on the following audio interfaces:
• 888/24 I/O
• 882/20 I/O
• 1622 I/O
If you have an ADAT Bridge I/O interface,
refer to the ADAT Bridge I/O User’s Guide
for details on connecting it to your studio.
At the end of the chapter is general information
on connecting Pro Tools to digital equipment,
effects units, MIDI gear, and SMPTE synchronization devices.
The 888/24 I/O Interface
This section explains each of the connectors and
indicators on the front and back panels of the
888/24 I/O interface, how they are used, and offers suggestions for connecting the 888/24 I/O
to your studio.
888/24 I/O Front Panel
The 888/24 I/O has the following front panel indicators, moving from left to right:
Sample
Rate
Sync
Mode
Power
Front panel of the 888/24 I/O
Level Meters
1–2 Format
Power
This switch applies power to the 888/24. The “I”
position is on. The “O” position is off.
Input Level
Trims
Output Level
Trims
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