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Pro Tools Reference Guide70
Selecting an Audio Interface to
Configure
The Peripherals list in the Hardware Setup lets
you select any audio interface connected to your
Pro Tools system associated with the selected
Current Engine setting in the Playback Engine di-
alog.
To change the Current Engine setting to use a spe-
cific audio interface or DAE (such as HD TDM,
003, a third-party Core Audio or ASIO interface,
or Pro Tools Aggregate I/O), see “Current En-
gine” on page 61).
For Pro Tools|HD audio interfaces (such as HD
OMNI or HD I/O) you can configure the signal
routing, digital I/O format, default sample rate,
clock source, and other hardware-based settings
for each HD peripheral connected to your sys-
tem.
For Pro Tools audio interfaces (such as 003 or
Mbox 2) you can configure the signal routing,
digital I/O format, default sample rate, clock
source, and other hardware-based settings de-
pending on your system configuration
For third-generation Mbox family audio inter-
faces, M-Audio audio interfaces, and third-party
Core Audio (Mac) and ASIO (Windows) compat-
ible audio interfaces, use the Launch Setup App
button to launch the control panel for configur-
ing your specific audio interface.
Launch Setup App
(Pro Tools with Mbox Family, M-Audio, or
Third-Party Audio Interfaces Only)
Using the setup application (control panel) for
your audio interface, you can change settings in
the following areas depending on your audio in-
terface:
•Mixer Settings
• Output Settings
• Hardware Settings (including sample rate,
hardware buffer size, and sync source).
To change control panel settings:
1 In the Hardware Setup dialog, click the Launch
Setup App button.
2 To change settings in the Control Panel, see
the documentation that came with your audio
interface.
3 When finished, close the Control Panel.
You can set the sample rate when creating a
new Pro Tools session by selecting a differ-
ent sample rate in the New Session dialog.