Specifications

Live Recording Guide16
Configuring Pro Tools
Configuring your Pro Tools system for use with
a VENUE system includes the following:
• Confirming communications between sys-
tems
• Configuring Pro Tools system settings
Confirming Communications
Between Systems
After connecting your equipment, you should
confirm that Pro Tools correctly recognizes
your VENUE system.
To confirm communications between systems:
1 Make sure your Pro Tools and VENUE systems
are connected properly. See Chapter 2, “Hard-
ware Connections.”
2 Launch Pro Tools.
3 Before creating a new session, choose Setup >
I/O.
The I/O Setup dialog lets you define which
physical ports on your hardware are routed to
available inputs and outputs in Pro Tools.
4 Confirm that your VENUE system hardware
appears in the IO Setup dialog, as follows:
FWx If you are using a VENUE FWx card, it ap-
pears as
FWx.
HDx When using VENUE HDx cards, the first
HDx card appears as
HD1 Port A and HD1 Port B,
and the second card (if applicable) appears as
HD2 Port A and HD2 Port B.
MADI When using MADI cards connected to
HD MADI interfaces, the first HD MADI inter-
face appears as
A HD MADI Port 1 and AHDMADI
Port 2,
and the second interface (if applicable)
appears as
B HD MADI Port 1 and B HD MADI Port
2.
5 In the I/O Setup dialog, do the following:
•Click the Inputs tab, and click the Default
button.
•Click the Outputs tab, and click the Default
button.
6 Click OK to confirm and close the IO Setup di-
alog.
I/O Setup dialog
If FWx doesn’t appear in the I/O Setup, go to
Setup > Playback Engine and choose FWx
from the Current Engine pop-up menu. If
you choose a different playback engine, you
will be prompted to restart Pro Tools.
HDx card in Pro Tools I/O Setup dialog
HD MADI interface in the IO Setup dialog