Setup guide

Chapter 4: Configuring Your Pro Tools System 37
chapter 4
Configuring Your Pro Tools System
After you have connected your system and in-
stalled Pro Tools software, you are ready to start
up and configure your Pro Tools system.
Starting Up or Shutting Down
Your System
Whenever you start your system, turn on all of
your system components in a specific order.
Start up your Pro Tools system in this order:
1 Make sure all your equipment (including your
computer) is off.
2 Lower the volume of all output devices in your
system.
3 For Pro Tools|HD systems with an expansion
chassis, turn on the expansion chassis.
4 Turn on any external hard drives. Wait ap-
proximately ten seconds for them to spin up to
speed.
5 Turn on any control surfaces (such as Com-
mand|8) or worksurfaces (such as D-Command).
6 Turn on any MIDI interfaces and devices, or
synchronization peripherals.
7 With the volume of all output devices low-
ered, turn on any Pro Tools Legacy I/Os (such as
an 888|24 I/O or 882|20 I/O). Wait at least fif-
teen seconds for the audio interface to initialize
and the status LEDs to stop flashing.
8 With the volume of all output devices low-
ered, turn on your Pro Tools|HD audio inter-
faces. Wait at least fifteen seconds for the audio
interface to initialize and the status LEDs to stop
flashing.
9 Turn on your computer.
10 Launch Pro Tools or any third-party audio or
MIDI applications.
Shut down your Pro Tools system in this order:
1 Quit Pro Tools and any other running applica-
tions.
2 Turn off or lower the volume of all output de-
vices in your system.
3 Turn off your computer.
4 Turn off your Pro Tools audio interfaces.
5 For Pro Tools|HD systems with an expansion
chassis, turn off the chassis.
6 Turn off any MIDI interfaces, MIDI devices, or
synchronization peripherals.
To quit Pro Tools, choose File > Exit (Win-
dows) or Pro Tools > Quit (Mac).