User`s guide

Chapter 5: Creating Sessions 39
chapter 5
Creating Sessions
This chapter covers some of the basics of
starting a project in Pro Tools, including
how to set up and save a Pro Tools session.
Starting Up Your System
In order for the components of your
Pro Tools system to communicate properly
with each other, you need to start them up
in a specific order.
Start your Pro Tools System in this order:
1 Turn on your external hard drives. Wait
approximately ten seconds for them to
come up to speed.
2 If you plan to work with MIDI equip-
ment, turn on your MIDI interface and
other MIDI devices.
3 Turn on your Pro Tools Audio Interfaces.
Wait at least ten seconds for them to initial-
ize.
4 Turn on your computer.
Shut down your Pro Tools System in this
order:
1 Turn off your Audio Interfaces.
2 Turn off your computer.
3 If you’re using MIDI equipment, turn off
your MIDI interface and controllers.
4 Turn off your external hard drives.
▲ If you launch Pro Tools without turning on
your Audio Interface, it will prompt you to turn
it on. Allow about ten seconds for your Audio
Interface to complete its power-up cycle before
clicking OK.
Configuring Your System
When you first use Pro Tools, or when you
change the input/output scheme for your
system, you need to choose Pro Tools
Hardware settings.
Pro Tools TDM Systems
To change the Hardware Setup:
1 Choose Setups > Hardware.
2 From the Card pop-up, select the Digide-
sign card type.
3 From the Interface port pop-up, choose
the port to which your Audio Interface is
connected (port A or port B).
Choose port A if only one Audio Interface
is connected to the card. If two Audio Inter-
faces are connected to your card, follow the
steps below for each port/interface.