User`s guide
Pro Tools Reference Guide278
To label hardware I/O Inserts or Sends:
1 Choose Setups > I/O Labels.
2 Under Display, click Inserts (for hardware
inserts), or Outputs (for hardware sends)
and name the connections carrying signal
to the external device (for example, Re-
verb.L and Reverb.R).
3 Click Inputs and name the connections
carrying signal from the device in the same
manner (for example, Reverb Return.L and
Reverb Return.R).
4 When you have finished, click OK.
For more information on I/O labels, see
“Assigning Track Inputs” on page 53 and
“Assigning Track Outputs” on page 54.
Connecting Effects Units
Digitally
If you want to use the digital inputs and
outputs on your Pro Tools system as effects
sends and returns to a digital effects device,
Pro Tools should be the clock master in
most cases. Set your digital 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,
do the following for your system:
TDM Systems
1 Choose Setups > Hardware Setup.
2 Do one of the following:
◆ On an 888/24 I/O Interface, choose Set-
ups > Hardware, click Other Options, and
set the channel pair to Digital.
◆ On an 882/20 I/O or 1622 I/O Interface,
choose Setups > Hardware and set Channel
1–2 input to Digital.
3 Choose Internal from the Sync Mode
pop-up menu.
4 Click OK.
Digi 001 Systems
1 Choose Setups > Playback Engine and
click Other Options.
2 Do one of the following:
◆ If the external device is connected to the
S/PDIF RCA jacks, deselect S/PDIF Mirror-
ing. (When S/PDIF Mirroring is on, digital
output at the S/PDIF RCA jacks exactly mir-
rors the output of analog Channels 1–2.)
◆ If the external device is connected to the
Optical ports, choose a format (most likely
S/PDIF for an effects device) from the Opti-
cal Format pop-up menu.
3 Choose Internal from the Sync Mode
pop-up menu.
4 Click OK.
5 Choose Setups > I/O Labels.
6 Under Display, click Outputs and then
click Factory Reset to update the output la-
bel configuration. Enter new names for the
Output I/O labels.
The I/O Labels dialog