Specifications

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Configuring I/O Setup
The I/O Setup dialog provides a graphical repre-
sentation of the signal routing for each con-
nected audio interface, with controls to route
physical ports on the audio interface to
Pro Tools inputs and outputs. These controls
mirror the routing controls found in the Hard-
ware Setup dialog—changes made to physical
routing in one dialog are always reflected in the
other.
The I/O Setup dialog also lets you label and map
Pro Tools input, output, insert, and bus signal
paths. The I/O Setup dialog also provides impor-
tant audition, meter, and surround settings.
Pro Tools comes with default I/O Setup settings
that will get you started. You only need to go to
I/O Setup if you want to remap or rename the
default I/O paths or if you change your system
hardware (for example, adding an expansion
card to a 192 I/O).
To configure I/O routing in I/O Setup:
1 Choose Setup > I/O.
2 Click the Input or Output tab to display the
corresponding connections.
3 To change the name of a path or subpath,
double-click directly on the Path Name, type a
new name for the path, and press Enter.
4 To change the destination of an Input or Out-
put path or subpath, click directly on an Input
or Output Selector for an interface channel pair,
just below an audio interface icon. (This feature
is not available for the 96i I/O.)
5 From the pop-up menu, select a physical port
pair (such as Analog 1–2), to route to the corre-
sponding Pro Tools channel pair (such as A 1–2)
in the Path Name column on the left.
6 Repeat the above steps for additional channel
pairs.
7 Click OK.
Routing a Pro Tools Output Pair to
Multiple Destinations
Pro Tools channel pairs can be routed to multi-
ple outputs on your Digidesign audio interface
through the Hardware Setup dialog.
For example, if you assign both Analog 1–2 and
Analog 3–4 interface outputs to Pro Tools Out-
put pair 1–2, when you send a signal to
Pro Tools Output pair 1–2, that signal will be
routed simultaneously to both pairs of output
ports on your audio interface.
This lets you send the same signal (such as a ste-
reo pair, a stem mix, or a multichannel mix) to
multiple destinations (such as multiple master-
ing devices).
Refer to the Pro Tools Reference Guide for
more information on setting up I/O paths.
I/O Setup dialog for Pro Tools|HD system