User guide

Soundcraft 328XD and Digidesign Pro Tools
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INTRODUCTION
This system configuration manual is for interfacing Digidesign’s Pro Tools with the 328XD Digital Mixer.
The guide assumes that you have a working knowledge of the Macintosh environment and a familiarity
with Pro Tools and the 328XD.
The procedure will show the user how to integrate the MIDI CONTROLLER BANK on the 328XD as a
limited control surface for the internal mixer within Pro Tools.
The guide will also outline the steps to take to allow automated control of the 328XD from Pro Tools
(version 5.0 or later is recommended).
Pro Tools uses ten different preset ‘personalities’ in its control architecture. This document outlines
possibilities using the Peavey PC-1600 controller personality.
The Pro Tools Internal Mixer
Digidesign offers a fully functioning mixing console from within the Pro Tools environment. Pro Tools
duplicates many of the functions found on the 328XD, offering the ultimate in flexibility when the two are
joined together. However, to understand the power of this system, it is important to separate the two
mixing environments in your mind: the Pro Tools internal mixer, and the Soundcraft 328XD mixing
console.
The first part of this guide will explain how to allow the 328XD to control the Pro Tools INTERNAL mixer.
We will discuss how Pro Tools can control the 328XD in a later section.
In order to integrate the 328XD into the Pro Tools environment, we must utilize an existing Personality
Profile that Digidesign provides in its DAE folder, found in the System folder of your Macintosh. Currently
six profiles exist– the JL Cooper CS-10, the Penny & Giles DC-16 and MM-16, the Mackie HUI,
Digidesign’s own Pro Control, and the Peavey PC-1600. We will be relying on the Peavey PC-1600 profile
for communication between the 328XD and the Pro Tools internal mixer.
NOTE:
Please make sure that the Peavey PC-1600 profile is placed in the Controllers folder inside the
DAE folder on your Macintosh before proceeding.