Specifications

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SCSI Hard Drives
For maximum recording and playback perfor-
mance, Digidesign recommends qualified SCSI
hard drives and a qualified SCSI host bus
adapter (HBA) card or (on Windows systems) a
qualified built-in SCSI HBA connector on the
motherboard.
Qualified SCSI drives yield up to 32 tracks per
drive with 24-bit audio, up to the maximum
number of tracks for your system configuration.
FireWire Hard Drives
FireWire drives are qualified with certain system
configurations, up to a maximum of four drives.
Qualified FireWire drives yield up to 24 tracks
per drive with 24-bit audio, up to the maximum
number of tracks for your system configuration.
IDE/ATA Hard Drives
A qualified internal IDE/ATA drive yields up to
32 tracks of 24-bit audio, at 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz
when used as a dedicated audio drive.
MIDI Requirements
Both USB and serial MIDI interfaces work effec-
tively with Pro Tools.
PCI-based serial expanders do not work with se-
rial MIDI interfaces on Macintosh systems. Se-
rial MIDI interfaces require a qualified modem-
to-serial port adapter. Refer to the Digidesign
Web site (www.digidesign.com) for a list of sup-
ported adapters.
For maximum performance, Digidesign rec-
ommends the use of SCSI hard drives. IDE
hard drives provide limited track count per-
formance and are not supported when an
Expansion Chassis is used. For more infor-
mation regarding Expansion Chassis oper-
ating procedures, see the Pro Tools Ex-
panded Systems Guide.
Visit the Digidesign Web site
(www.digidesign.com) for a list of qualified
hard drives and SCSI HBA cards.