Specifications
Chapter 2: Windows Configuration
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Installing Pro Tools Software
To install Pro Tools software:
1
Start Windows, logging in with Administrator
privileges. For details on Administrator privi-
leges, refer to your Windows documentation.
2
Wait for the Found New Hardware Wizard di-
alog to appear and leave it open.
3
Insert the Pro Tools Installer CD-ROM for
Windows in your CD-ROM drive. Locate and
open the Pro Tools Installer folder, and double-
click the Setup icon.
4
Click Next to proceed with the installation.
5
Select the hard drive on which to install
Pro Tools from the Install pop-up menu. For
maximum reliability, install Pro Tools on your
startup drive. Click Next.
6
Select “Pro Tools|24 MIX or Pro Tools|24” for
the Digidesign Audio Hardware installation,
and click Next.
7
Select an Installation type. The Typical Install
option is recommended. If you choose Custom
Install, you can select from a list of components
to install along with Pro Tools. Click the name
of each component for a description of its con-
tents.
8
Click Next.
9
Select your work environment. This loads an
initial set of Pro Tools Preferences that include
some of the more popular settings for post pro-
duction, audio, or audio with MIDI.
10
Click Next.
11
Select whether to install the Surround Mixer
plug-in. This plug-in is required for mixing,
mastering, and monitoring in surround:
• For Surround systems, select “Yes – Moni-
toring Pro Tools Film Format” if your mon-
itoring is configured for Film Format.
• Select “Yes – Monitoring in ProControl
(DTS Format)” if you are using a ProCon-
trol dedicated controller.
• Select “No – Stereo mixing only” if your
monitoring is configured for Stereo.
12
After making a selection, click Next.
Wait for the installer to finish installing all soft-
ware components, drivers, and PACE System
files before proceeding to the next step.
Selecting Pro Tools|24 MIX or Pro Tools|24 installation
A demo version of MacOpener is included
on the Pro Tools Installer CD-ROM, and re-
quires a separate installation process. Mac-
Opener is required only if you need to use
HFS or HFS+ formatted hard drives.
Preference settings can be customized at any
time in Pro Tools. See the
Pro Tools Refer-
ence Guide
for more information about Pref-
erences.