Installation guide

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chapter 6
Checking Your TDM System and Launching
Pro Tools
Before you launch Pro Tools, run the DigiTest di-
agnostics application located in the Digidesign
Utilities folder (see “Running DigiTest” on
page 48). DigiTest finds your cards and confirms
that they are correctly installed and working.
When DigiTest has completed and you have re-
booted your computer, launch Pro Tools for the
first time. Pro Tools provides dialogs to validate
your software and configure your TDM cards
and audio interfaces (see “Launching Pro Tools
the First Time” on page 49).
After completing initial configuration, you can
install and play the demo session included on
the Pro Tools Installer CD (see “Installing the
Demo Session” on page 51).
Starting Up Your System
Whenever you start your system, you must turn
on all of your system components in a specific
order.
Start your Pro Tools System in this order:
1 Turn on your external hard drives. Wait ap-
proximately ten seconds for them to come up to
speed.
2 Lower the volume of all output devices, then
turn on your Pro Tools audio interfaces. Wait at
least ten seconds for them to initialize.
3 Turn on your computer. Or, if it is already on,
restart it.
If you haven’t already installed Pro Tools
software, do so now. See Chapter 5, “In-
stalling Pro Tools Software” for instruc-
tions.
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