Specifications

Chapter 3: Configuring VENUE and Pro Tools 17
Configuring Pro Tools System
Settings
After confirming connections, you can config-
ure your Pro Tools system settings as follows,
depending on the version of Pro Tools you are
running and your hardware configuration:
• In Pro Tools 10 and higher, the default set-
tings provide optimum performance. Pro
Tools 10 uses a completely new disk engine
that greatly increases performance for au-
dio recording and playback. As a conse-
quence, the DAE Playback Buffer Size
setting provided in the Playback Engine
and the Open-Ended Record Allocation set-
tings provided in the Operation Preferences
in lower versions of Pro Tools are no longer
necessary and has been removed.
• In Pro Tools 9.x and lower, you may need to
make changes depending on the scope of
your session.
• Systems using Avid HD MADI interfaces re-
quire specific Pro Tools system settings.
Configuring Pro Tools 9.x and Lower
To configure your Pro Tools system settings when
using Pro Tools 9.x and lower:
1 Choose Setup > Playback Engine.
2 For HDx and MADI only, if you want to record
more than 48 tracks simultaneously you must in-
crease the number of available voices.
3 From the Number of Voices pop-up menu, se-
lect the number of voices in the next tier of
voices above the number of tracks you are re-
cording, with the maximum amount of DSP. For
example, if you are recording 80 tracks, choose
96 Voices (maximum number of available DSPs).
4 From the DAE Playback Buffer pop-up menu
select the highest available buffer size. Memory
requirements for each setting are shown at the
bottom of the Playback Engine dialog. If
Pro Tools needs more memory for the DAE Play-
back Buffer, it will prompt you to restart your
computer.
5 Click OK to confirm and close the Playback
Engine dialog.
Selecting the Number of Voices in the Playback
Engine dialog
Setting the DAE Playback Buffer size
A higher setting may increase the time lag
when starting playback or recording.