Specifications

Chapter 10: Configuring MIDI 157
Chapter 10: Configuring MIDI
If you are using external MIDI devices with
Pro Tools (such as controllers or sound modules),
you can customize your MIDI studio setup to dis-
play the names of your MIDI devices in Pro Tools.
MIDI Studio Setup (Mac)
Pro Tools recognizes the ports on your MIDI inter-
face as generic ports. With Mac OS X, you use Ap-
ple’s Audio MIDI Setup (AMS) utility to identify
external MIDI devices connected to your MIDI in-
terface and configure your MIDI studio for use
with Pro Tools.
To configure your MIDI studio in AMS:
1 Do one of the following:
• Launch Audio MIDI Setup (located in
Applications/Utilities).
• In Pro Tools, choose
Setup > MIDI > MIDI
Studio
.
2 If the MIDI Studio window is not showing,
choose
Window > MIDI Studio.
AMS scans your system for connected MIDI inter-
faces. If your MIDI interface is properly con-
nected, it appears in the window with each of its
ports numbered.
3 To create a custom MIDI device for any exter-
nal MIDI devices connected to your MIDI inter-
face, click
Add Device. A new external device
icon with the default MIDI keyboard image
appears.
4 Drag the new device icon to a convenient loca-
tion within the window.
To ensure optimum performance, do not
change the AMS configuration while
Pro Tools is playing back. Stop the Pro Tools
transport before launching AMS.
Audio MIDI Setup (MIDI Devices tab)