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Pro Tools SE User Guide

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Documentation feedback 2
Legal notices 2
Chapter 1 welcome to pro tools s 3
Chapter 2 installing pro tools on ma 3
Chapter 3 installing pro tools on window 3
Contents 3
Appendix a hard drive configuration and maintenanc 4
Appendix b resource 4
Chapter 4 configuring your pro tools syste 4
Chapter 1 5
For a list of qualified m audio interfaces and minimum system requirements refer to the compatibility information on the avid website www m audio com ptsefaq 5
Pro tools se capabilities 5
Pro tools se systems 5
Pro tools uses your computer s cpu to mix and process audio tracks host processing computers with faster clock speeds yield the best performance and more plug in processing 5
Welcome to pro tools se 5
Always back up any important data on your drive before formatting it as it will erase all data on the drive 6
For more information see appendix a hard drive configuration and maintenance 6
Hard drive requirements 6
Midi requirements 6
Pro tools co installation information 6
Refer to the compatibility information on the avid website www m audio com ptsefaq 6
Session compatibility 6
System requirements and compatibility 6
About www avid com 7
Conventions used in this guide 7
Cross references point to related sections in this guide and other pro tools guides 7
Important notices include information that could affect your data or the performance of your system 7
Shortcuts show you useful keyboard or mouse shortcuts 7
User tips are helpful hints for getting the most from your system 7
Before installing this version of pro tools refer to the read me information included on the pro tools se installer disc do not start this procedure with your m audio interface connected to your computer 9
Chapter 2 9
For details on administrator privileges in mac os x see your apple os x documen tation 9
Installation overview 9
Installing pro tools on mac 9
Installing pro tools se 9
When the installation is complete you will need to reboot your computer 9
Installing device drivers 10
Software instrument content is very large and may take up to 30 minutes to install during this time the progress bar may not appear to move even though your software is still installing do not terminate your in stallation 10
Connecting the interface 11
Getting started with pro tools se 11
If you clicked the other se device option then your device drivers have not yet been installed and you will need to install them now see the user guide that came with your m audio interface for instructions on driver installation 11
Loops and demo songs 11
See the user guide that came with your sys tem for instructions on connecting your in terface 11
Use the demo songs option in the quick start dialog to verify you have sound see listening to demo songs on page 8 11
Creating a session from a template 12
Listening to demo songs 12
Make sure your volume is at a good listening level see the user guide that came with your system for instructions 12
Opening a recent session 12
The audio preview button outputs audio from the sound card or audio interface set as default on your operating system 12
Authorizing the mp3 export option 13
Mp3 export option 13
Viewing tutorials 13
For details on administrator privileges in mac os x see your apple os x documen tation 14
Uninstalling pro tools 14
Before installing this version of pro tools refer to the read me information included on the pro tools se installer disc do not start this procedure with your m audio interface connected to your computer 15
Chapter 3 15
In windows 7 if the user account control dialog appears click allow 15
Installation overview 15
Installing pro tools on windows 15
Installing pro tools se 15
When the installation is complete you will need to reboot your computer 15
In windows 7 and windows xp a series of windows security dialogs may appear if you see install or continue anyway click on each one until they go away 16
Installing device drivers 16
Software instrument content is very large and may take up to 30 minutes to install during this time the progress bar may not appear to move even though software is still installing do not terminate your installa tion 16
Connecting the interface 17
Getting started with pro tools se 17
If any other dialogs appear such as the found new hardware dialog leave them open and do not click on them these dia logs will close on their own 17
If you clicked the other se device option then your device drivers have not yet been installed and you will need to install them now see the user guide that came with your m audio interface for instructions on driver installation 17
In windows 7 and windows xp a series of software installation dialogs about the driver not passing windows logo testing may appear click continue anyway on each one until they go away 17
Loops and demo songs 17
See the user guide that came with your sys tem for instructions on connecting your in terface 17
Use the demo songs option in the quick start dialog to verify you have sound see listening to demo songs on page 14 17
Creating a session from a template 18
Listening to demo songs 18
Make sure your volume is at a good listening level see the user guide that came with your system for instructions 18
Opening a recent session 18
The audio preview button outputs audio from the sound card or audio interface set as default on your operating system 18
Authorizing the mp3 export option 19
Mp3 export option 19
Uninstalling pro tools 19
Viewing tutorials 19
Chapter 4 21
Configuring your pro tools system 21
Exit windows 21
Starting up or shutting down your system 21
Audio tab 22
Configuring pro tools se 22
Control surfaces tab 22
Pro tools system settings 22
Selecting bit depth and sample rate 23
Session tab 23
Disable or reassign mac keyboard shortcuts used by pro tools 24
For windows system optimization see optimizing a windows system for pro tools on page 22 24
Keyboard shortcuts 24
Optimizing a mac system for pro tools 24
Turning off energy saver 24
Turning off software update 24
Disabling spotlight indexing 25
Disabling spotlight indexing also disables the find function in mac os 25
Enabling journaling for audio drives 25
Reassign spaces keyboard shortcuts 25
Configuring windows power management settings 26
Enabling dma 26
For mac system optimization see opti mizing a mac system for pro tools on page 20 26
Optimizing a windows system for pro tools 26
Recommended optimizations 26
When you are finished changing windows system settings restart your computer 26
Additional optimizations 27
Disabling user account control 27
Windows 7 27
Appendix a 29
Formatting an audio drive 29
Formatting mac audio drives 29
Hard drive configuration and maintenance 29
Avid recommends using primary partitions instead of extended partitions 30
Do not choose the case sensitive format option pro tools will not operate properly with case sensitive formatted drives 30
Formatting windows audio drives 30
Healthy volumes are volumes that have pre viously been partitioned and formatted 30
Pro tools only supports basic drive types do not convert the drive to a dynamic type 30
Avoid distributing audio files within a ses sion over different partitions on the same drive since this will adversely affect drive performance 31
Mac os allows drives larger than 4096 mb to be seen as whole volumes drives must be initialized with a disk utility that recog nizes the 2 terabyte limit single pro tools audio files cannot exceed 3 gb in size 31
Partitioning drives 31
Seek times on partitioned drives 31
Windows xp allows drives formatted with the ntfs file system to be seen as whole volumes single pro tools audio files can not exceed 3 gb in size 31
Hard disk storage space 32
Mono audio tracks recorded with 16 bit resolution at 44 khz cd quality require approximately 5 mb of hard disk space per minute the same tracks recorded with 24 bit resolution require about 7 mb per minute 32
Number of tracks and length 16 bit at 44 khz 16 bit at 48 khz 24 bit at 44 khz 24 bit at 48 khz 32
Stereo audio tracks recorded with 16 bit resolution at 44 khz cd quality require approximately 10 mb of hard disk space per minute the same tracks recorded with 24 bit resolution require about 15 mb per minute 32
Table 2 lists the required disk space for certain track numbers and track lengths to help you estimate your hard disk usage 32
About the pro tools guides 33
Appendix b 33
Guides accessible in pro tools 33
Printed quick setup instructions 33
Resources 33
User guide 33
Documentation installed automatically with pro tools se 34
Helpful online resources 34
To view or print pdf guides you can use adobe reader recommended or apple pre view mac only 34
Clean uninstall mac 35
Dma option windows enablin 35
Drive formatting 35
Energy saver mac turning of 35
Hard drives 35
Installing pro tools se 35
Journaling mac enablin 35
Partitioning hard drive 35
Pro tools 35
Removing pro tools 35
Safe uninstall mac 35
Software update mac turning of 35
Spotlight indexing mac disablin 35
System 35
System optimization 35
Technical suppor 35
Uninstalling pro tools 35
User account control uac 35
Product information 36
Technical support usa 36

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