Specifications

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Starting Up and Shutting Down
Your System
Whenever you start your system, turn on all of
your system components in a specific order.
To start up your Pro Tools system:
1 Make sure all your equipment is off (including
your computer).
2 Turn on the expansion chassis.
3 Turn on any external hard drives. Wait ap-
proximately ten seconds for them to spin up to
speed.
4 Turn on any MIDI interfaces and devices or
any synchronization peripherals.
5 Lower the volume of all output devices, then
turn on your Pro Tools audio interfaces. Wait at
least fifteen seconds for the audio interfaces to
initialize and the status LEDs to stop flashing.
6 Turn on your computer.
To shut down your Pro Tools system:
1 Lower the volume of all output devices and
monitors.
2 Shut down your computer.
3 Turn off Pro Tools audio interfaces.
4 Turn off any MIDI interfaces or devices.
5 Turn off external hard drives.
6 Turn off your expansion chassis.