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TDM Installation Guide50
Configuring Pro Tools TDM Cards
and Audio Interfaces
The first time you run Pro Tools, the Hardware
Setup dialog automatically opens after you vali-
date Pro Tools software. The Hardware Setup di-
alog prompts you to configure the parameters
for each Pro Tools card and audio interface in
your system.
If Pro Tools was previously configured, you can
reconfigure hardware by opening Pro Tools and
choosing Setups > Hardware.
If you have a system with multiple TDM cards
and audio interfaces, you must configure each
by selecting the appropriate items from the pop-
up menus in this dialog.
You must select the card, identify the interface
connected to it, then set the parameters for that
interface—repeating this for each card and in-
terface in your system.
To configure Pro Tools hardware:
1 If the Hardware Setup dialog isn’t on-screen,
choose Setups > Hardware in Pro Tools.
2 From the Card pop-up, select the Digidesign
card type.
3 From the Interface Port pop-up, select the port
to which your audio interface is connected (port
A or port B).
Choose port A if only one audio interface is con-
nected to the card. If two audio interfaces are
connected to your card, follow the steps below
for each port and interface.
4 From the Interface pop-up, choose the audio
interface connected to the card you selected in
the previous step.
5 From the Sample Rate pop-up, select the de-
sired sample rate for the current card and inter-
face (the sample rate of the demo session is
44100 Hz).
6 From the Sync Mode pop-up, select the appro-
priate sync mode on the currently selected inter-
face (Internal or Digital). In most cases you will
use Internal. Digital is used primarily for input-
ting data from DAT or other digital sources.
7 From the Digital Format pop-up, select the de-
sired digital format of Channels 1–2 of the cur-
rently selected interface (AES/EBU or S/PDIF).
8 From the Ch 1–2 Input pop-up, select the in-
put format of Channels 1–2 of the currently se-
lected interface (Analog or Digital).
Hardware Setup dialog
Some parameters explained below do not
apply to all Pro Tools configurations.
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