Specifications

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• If you are using patch name files (Mac OS X
only), choose a bank from the pop-up
menu in the upper right of the Patch Select
dialog and select a patch name. See “Patch
Names” on page 367.
3 Click Done.
Once selected, the program number (or patch
name) appears in the Program button in the Edit
window.
Unlike recorded and inserted program change
events, the default program change does not ap-
pear in the track’s playlist.
To clear the default program change, select
None in the Patch Select dialog.
Patch Names
(Mac OS X Only)
Pro Tools supports XML (Extensible Markup
Language) for storing and importing patch
names for you external MIDI devices. Pro Tools
installs MIDI patch name files (.midnam) for the
factory default patch names of many common
MIDI devices. These files reside in directories,
sorted by manufacturer, in /Library/Audio/MIDI
Patch Names/Digidesign/.
To import MIDI patch names into Pro Tools:
1 Verify the MIDI Device name in Audio MIDI
Setup (Setups > Edit MIDI Studio Setup).
2 Verify the MIDI track’s output is correctly as-
signed to the MIDI device.
3 Click the MIDI track’s Program button.
4 In the Patch Select dialog, click the Change
button.
5 In the resulting Open dialog, navigate to /Li-
brary/Audio/MIDI Patch Names/Digide-
sign/<name of manufacturer>, and select the
MIDI Patch Name file (.midnam) for the MIDI
device.
6 Click Open.
7 The Patch Select dialog will be populated with
patch names and the Patch Name Bank pop-up
menu will appear in the upper left hand corner
of the window.
Once patch names have been imported into
Pro Tools, they will be available for that MIDI
device in all sessions.
Choosing a bank in Patch Select dialog (Pro Tools 6.x)
Program button, Edit window
patch name
Patch Select dialog with patch names