DigiDesign HD I manuals

Digidesign HD I User's Guide (51 pages)

Brand: Digidesign | Category: Recording Equipment | Size: 1.40 MB |

English

Table of contents

Version 9.0

1

Legal Notices

2

Documentation Feedback

2

Contents iii

3

Pro Tools

5

Pro Tools

5

Pro Tools

6

Capabilities

6

System Requirements and

6

Compatibility

6

Registration

7

Conventions Used in This

8

About www.avid.com

8

Pro Tools

9

DigiLink Mini and DigiLink

10

Audio Interfaces

11

HD I/O Features

12

HD MADI Features

13

192 I/O Audio Interface

14

96 I/O Audio Interface

15

Additional Hardware Options

16

Installing Pro Tools Hardware

17

Card in a Windows Computer

19

Connecting Audio Interfaces

20

PORT 1PORT 2

21

Installing and Authorizing

22

Pro Tools HD Software

22

Configuring Your Pro Tools

22

CoreAudio Driver Capabilities

23

Installing the CoreAudio

23

2 Do one of the following:

24

Using the CoreAudio Manager

25

Prefs Button

26

Connect Button

26

Quit Button

26

Apple Sound Preferences

27

Apple Audio MIDI Setup

28

ASIO Driver Capabilities

29

Installing the ASIO Driver

29

ASIO Driver Control Panel

30

Buffer Size

31

Advanced Button

31

Low Latency Monitoring

33

2 Click the Output tab

34

System Delays in Mixing

35

Using Delay Compensation

36

Delay Factors

36

Troubleshooting

37

Common Issues

38

Running DigiTest

39

Errors and Undetected Cards

40

Performance Factors

42

Before You Call Avid

42

Diagnostic Information

43

Compliance Information

45

EMC (Electromagnetic

46

Compliance)

46

Safety Compliance

47

Index 45

49

Technical Support (USA)

51

Product Information

51

Digidesign HD I Setup Guide (129 pages)

Brand: Digidesign | Category: Recording Equipment | Size: 5.06 MB |

English

Table of contents

Setup Guide

1

Australian Compliance

3

European Compliance

3

Pro Tools

8

Welcome to Pro Tools

9

“Resources.”

10

Pro Tools Hardware Overview

11

HD Accel (for PCIe) Card

12

HD Core (for PCI) Card

12

HD Accel (for PCI) Card

13

TDM FlexCable

13

Audio Interfaces

14

96 I/O Audio Interface

15

96i I/O Audio Interface

15

System Requirements and

16

Compatibility

16

Digidesign Registration

16

Conventions Used in This

17

Pro Tools

18

Installation Overview

19

Installing Pro Tools Hardware

19

Installing Pro Tools

20

Connecting Pro Tools

21

Connecting Audio Interfaces

22

Connecting Loop Sync

24

Connecting Legacy I/Os

24

Installing Pro Tools HD

26

Software

26

Installation Options

27

Installing QuickTime

27

Launching Pro Tools

28

Additional Software on the

28

Pro Tools Installer Disc

28

HD Pack Plug-ins

29

Third-Party Applications and

29

Plug-ins

29

Windows Audio Drivers

29

Uninstalling Pro Tools

30

Installing Pro Tools on Mac

31

Pro Tools

32

Figure 3. Mac Pro

32

Pro Tools

34

Power Mac G5 (PCI equipped)

34

2 Do one of the following:

39

Pro Tools

44

Starting Up or Shutting Down

45

Your System

45

Checking the System

46

Errors and Undetected Cards

47

DigiTest

48

Pro Tools System Settings

49

3 Click OK

49

RTAS Error Suppression Option

51

Number of Voices

52

Default Sample Rate

52

Delay Compensation Engine

53

DAE Playback Buffer Size

54

Cache Size

55

System Memory Allocation

55

Plug-in Streaming Buffer Size

55

Conﬁguring MIDI Setup

56

Settings

57

Conﬁguring Audio Interfaces

58

Controls

60

Conﬁguring 96 I/O Controls

61

Conﬁguring 96i I/O Controls

61

Conﬁguring Legacy I/Os

62

Offline Peripherals

62

Conﬁguring I/O Setup

63

Multiple Destinations

63

Optimizing a Windows System

64

Enabling DMA

65

Management

65

Recommended Optimizations

66

Optional Optimizations

66

Optimizing a Mac System for

67

Pro Tools

67

Turning Off Software Update

68

Setting Processor Performance

68

Shortcuts Used by Pro Tools

68

Disabling Spotlight Indexing

69

Pro Tools

70

Making Studio Connections

71

Connecting Equipment with

74

Digital Audio Ins and Outs

74

Connecting Effects Units

75

Connecting MIDI Devices

76

Connecting SMPTE

76

Synchronization Devices

76

Connecting Ethernet Control

77

Surfaces

77

Pro Tools

78

Connecting SCSI Drives

79

SCSI Cables

80

SCSI Termination

81

Pro Tools

82

Avoid Recording to the

83

System Drive

83

Supported Drive Formats and

83

Drive Types

83

Formatting an Audio Drive

84

Formatting Mac Audio Drives

85

Partitioning Drives

86

Defragmenting an Audio Drive

86

Using Mac Drives on Windows

87

Hard Disk Storage Space

88

Conﬁguring MIDI Studio Setup

89

(Windows Only)

89

Interface Controls

90

Instrument List

90

Properties Section

90

MIDI Patch Name Support

91

6 Click Open

92

Audio MIDI Setup

93

Pro Tools

94

External Device Icon

94

Naming a new MIDI device

94

Enabling MIDI channels

95

Selecting a device icon

95

DSP-Induced Delays in Mixing

97

Delay Compensation indicator

98

Delay Compensation View

99

3 Press Enter

100

Recording

101

Delay Compensation for MIDI

102

Compensation

103

Delay Factors

104

Using Sends

105

Pro Tools

106

TDM Mixing and DSP Usage

107

Pro Tools

108

DSP Allocation Basics

109

Mixing and DSP Usage

109

DSP Manager

109

Monitoring DSP Usage

110

Efﬁciently

111

Understanding Mixers

112

Submixing

113

Mixers and DSP Hardware

113

48-Bit Mixing Precision

114

Mixer Headroom

114

Mixer Automatiion

115

Stereo and Surround Dithered

115

Mixer Plug-ins

116

Plug-in Features

116

DSP Usage with TDM Plug-Ins

117

Pro Tools

118

Troubleshooting

119

Performance Factors

120

Register Your System

121

Gather Important Information

121

Diagnostic Information

122

Resources

123

Automatically with Pro Tools

124

Documentation Installed

124

Delay Compensation Engine 91

125

Pro Tools

126

Index 119

127

Pro Tools

128

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