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Chapter 10: Configuring MIDI 147
Chapter 10: Configuring MIDI
If you are using external MIDI devices with
Pro Tools (such as controllers or sound mod-
ules), you can customize your MIDI studio setup
to display the names of your MIDI devices in
Pro Tools.
MIDI Studio Setup (Mac)
Pro Tools recognizes the ports on your MIDI in-
terface as generic ports. With Mac OS X, you use
Apple’s Audio MIDI Setup (AMS) utility to iden-
tify external MIDI devices connected to your
MIDI interface and configure your MIDI studio
for use with Pro Tools.
To configure your MIDI studio in AMS:
1 Do one of the following:
• Launch Audio MIDI Setup (located in Ap-
plications/Utilities).
– or –
• In Pro Tools, choose Setup > MIDI > MIDI
Studio.
2 If the MIDI Studio window is not showing,
choose Window > MIDI Studio.
AMS scans your system for connected MIDI in-
terfaces. If your MIDI interface is properly con-
nected, it appears in the window with each of its
ports numbered.
3 To create a custom MIDI device for any exter-
nal MIDI devices connected to your MIDI inter-
face, click Add Device. A new external device
icon with the default MIDI keyboard image ap-
pears.
To ensure optimum performance, do not
change the AMS configuration while
Pro Tools is playing back. Stop the
Pro Tools transport before launching AMS.
Audio MIDI Setup (MIDI Devices tab)