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Chapter 2: Hardware Connections 5
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Chapter 2: Hardware Connections
This chapter explains the hardware connections required for live recording and playback using FWx,
HDx, and MADI with Pro Tools. Redundant output connections and the required connections for in-
tegrating a Pro Tools HD audio interface are also explained. To use VENUE Link, you must also con-
nect an Ethernet cable between systems. See Chapter 5, “Using VENUE Link.”
FWx Connections
FWx is connected to your Pro Tools computer using a single FireWire cable between VENUE and an
available Firewire port on your computer. When connected, Pro Tools detects FWx, and FWx appears
in the Pro Tools Hardware Setup and I/O Setup dialogs.
Connecting External Hard Drives to FWx
If your Pro Tools computer has only one FireWire port and you are using an external FireWire hard
drive as your record volume, connect a FireWire cable from the FireWire port on your VENUE system
to an available FireWire port on the external drive. Then connect another FireWire cable from a sec-
ond available port on the external drive to the FireWire port on your computer. Your external
FireWire drive must have two FireWire ports.
Pro Tools 10.0 and higher and the FWx32 drivers and firmware update are all required for the full 32
channels of simultaneous I/O. See the FWx FireWire Card Guide for more information.
Figure 1. FWx record/playback configuration and available I/O
FWx assignable inputs
FWx
Pro Tools computer
and outputs 1–32
External hard drive