Specifications

Chapter 27: Plug-In and Hardware Inserts 447
Connecting and Integrating
External Devices
Pro Tools TDM and LE systems can create dedi-
cated connections to external analog or digital
devices. The number and type of connections
depends on what kind of system you have.
To connect an external device to a Pro Tools
system:
1 Connect an unused output (or pair of outputs
for a stereo device) of your Pro Tools system to
an input of the external signal processor.
2 Connect the output of the external signal pro-
cessor to an unused input (or pair of inputs for a
stereo device) of your Pro Tools system.
3 Define what physical ports are routed to
Pro Tools input and output ports, as appropri-
ate, in either the Hardware Setup dialog or
I/O Setup dialog.
4 Define output, input, or insert paths as appro-
priate in the I/O Setup dialog.
If you plan to use a device as an insert, be sure to
connect the device to matching inputs and out-
puts on your system. For example, to use out-
puts 7–8, the insert has to use inputs 7–8 also.
Connecting Effects Units Digitally
If you want to use the digital inputs and outputs
on your Pro Tools system as effects sends and re-
turns to a digital effects device, Pro Tools should
be the clock master in most cases. Set your digi-
tal effects device to accept an external digital
clock so that it synchronizes to Pro Tools.
To set up a digital send to an external device from
a TDM system:
1 Do one of the following:
• On a 192 I/O, 192 Digital I/O, 96 I/O,
96i I/O, or 888|24 I/O in an HD-series sys-
tem, choose Setups > Hardware Setup,
choose the peripheral, and set the channel
pair to Digital.
• On an 888|24 I/O that is used on a MIX-se-
ries system, choose Setups > Hardware,
choose the peripheral, click Other Options,
and set the channel pair to Digital.
• On an 882|20 I/O or 1622 I/O, choose Set-
ups > Hardware Setup, choose the periph-
eral, and set Channel 1–2 input to Digital.
2 Choose Internal from the Clock Source pop-
up menu (Pro Tools 5.3 and higher) or Sync
Mode pop-up menu (Pro Tools 5.2 and lower).
3 Click OK.
For additional information on connecting
external devices, refer to your
Pro Tools Get-
ting Started Guide
.