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chapter 5
I/O Setup Improvements
Pro Tools 9.0 provides I/O Setup improvements
for all Pro Tools systems that were first intro-
duced in Pro Tools HD 8.1. These changes have
been made in order to solve session interchange
issues (such as maintaining studio settings when
exchanging sessions between different Pro Tools
systems) and to provide better overall workflows
for session interchange.
In lower versions of Pro Tools, I/O settings are
recalled from the Pro Tools session document,
so studio settings corresponding to your hard-
ware could potentially change each time a ses-
sion is opened. This can result in a temporary
loss of monitor paths.
In Pro Tools 9.0, I/O settings can be recalled
from the system. This means that your studio
settings can be maintained when opening ses-
sions created on other Pro Tools systems.
System Settings vs. Session
Settings
In Pro Tools 9.0, I/O settings (Input, Output, In-
sert, Mic Preamps, and H/W Insert Delay set-
tings) are system settings. These settings are
stored with the system and the session file, and
they can be recalled from either. When opening
a session created or edited on another system,
you can choose whether or not the I/O settings
stored with the session overwrite I/O settings
stored with your system.
Use this feature along with customized I/O set-
tings to improve workflows when exchanging
sessions between Pro Tools systems.
In Pro Tools 8.0.4 and lower, I/O settings are ses-
sion settings. They are stored and recalled from
the session. When opening a session created or
edited on another system, any studio settings
configured for your system are overwritten by
the settings stored with the session file.
See the I/O Setup Primer or the Pro Tools
Reference Guide for more detailed informa-
tion on configuring the I/O Setup.
See “Sessions Overwrite Current I/O Setup
When Opened” on page 22.
See “Session Interchange” on page 30.