User Manual

Chapter 2: Windows Configuration 13
Pro Tools Demo Session
The Pro Tools LE Installer CD includes a demo
session that you can use to verify that your sys-
tem is working.
To install the demo session:
1 Insert the Pro Tools LE Installer CD in your
CD-ROM drive. Locate and double-click
Setup.exe, in D (CD-ROM drive):\Additional
Files\Pro Tools LE Demo Session Installer.
2 Set the install location to your audio drive and
click Install.
3 When installation is complete, click OK.
MacOpener
MacOpener 6.0.5 and higher lets you mount
HFS/HFS+ drives on a Windows-based Pro Tools
system, as a Transfer drive.
To share Pro Tools sessions between Macintosh
and Windows systems, select the “Enforce
Mac/PC Compatibility” option when creating
the session, or when saving a session copy to a
Windows audio drive formatted using NTFS or
FAT32.
To install and configure the MacOpener demo
included with Pro Tools:
1 Insert the Pro Tools Installer CD into your CD-
ROM drive.
2 Locate and double-click the MacOpener in-
staller file in the MacOpener Demo folder lo-
cated at D (CD-ROM drive):\Additional
Files\MacOpener Demo Installer. Follow the on-
screen instructions to install the MacOpener. Af-
ter installation is complete, restart your com-
puter.
3 Choose Start > Programs > MacOpener >
MacOpener Driver Preferences.
4 Verify that the MacOpener Driver is enabled.
Under Driver Settings, select
“Enable MacOpener Driver.”
5 Under Extension Mapping, select “Do not add
the PC extension to the Mac file name.”
6 Click OK to quit the MacOpener Driver Pref-
erences.
Before installing the demo session to your
audio drive, make sure the drive is config-
ured as described in “Formatting an Audio
Drive” on page 18.
Transfer drives can be used for storage, but
not for playback or recording.
The MacDrive utility can be used instead of
MacOpener. For more information about
MacDrive, visit the Mediafour Web site
(www.mediafour.com).
Avoid using MacOpener on HFS-formatted
drives. It is recommended that you use Mac-
Opener on NTFS or FAT32 drives instead.
To move material from HFS-formatted
drives to NTFS or FAT32 drives, use the
Save Session Copy In command in
Pro Tools.
While SDII files can be exported or con-
verted on import, they cannot be used
within Pro Tools sessions on Windows.