Setup guide

Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide96
8 Adjust the Master Fader track’s fader to control
the overall volume for the cue mix.
9 Repeat the preceding steps for additional cue
mixes on additional outputs on your audio in-
terface as necessary.
Delay Factors
With Pro Tools HD, delay is incurred when you
perform the following processes:
• Bouncing tracks. See “Bouncing Tracks” on
page 96.
• Real-time processing with plug-in inserts.
See “Using Plug-in Inserts” on page 96.
• Mixing and routing with sends. See “Using
Sends” on page 97.
• Mixing and routing with hardware I/O
(sends or inserts). “Using Hardware Inserts
or Sends” on page 97.
Bouncing Tracks
Bouncing to tracks causes additional delay, as
follows:
Bus-Based Bounces When you bus a track to an-
other track and record the result, the following
delays are incurred:
With Delay Compensation enabled, Pro Tools
automatically compensates for bus-based de-
lays.
Bounce to Disk The File > Bounce to > Disk com-
mand causes no delay on Pro Tools|HD systems,
because Delay Compensation for the bounce
function is built in. Because of this, Bounce to
Disk may be more desirable than bus recording.
For more information, see the Pro Tools Reference
Guide.
Using Plug-in Inserts
Using plug-in inserts on a track causes addi-
tional delay.
With Delay Compensation enabled, Pro Tools
can automatically compensate for delays due to
plug-in inserts.
With Delay Compensation enabled, it is
recommended that you do not use any in-
serts on any Auxiliary Input or Master
Fader tracks you may be using to control the
cue mix volume. Also, you should avoid us-
ing inserts on any record tracks. (Some low
latency inserts may be acceptable depend-
ing on the talent’s preference.)
Bus-based bounce delays for each Pro Tools system
HD Mixer Delay
Stereo Mixer 10 samples
Surround Mixer 8 samples
For specific information on the delay
amounts for DigiRack or Digidesign plug-
ins, refer to your DigiRack Plug-ins Guide or
Digidesign Plug-ins Guide
.