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Chapter 4: Configuring Your Pro Tools System 23
Optimizing the Plug-In Streaming Buffer
Size
(Structure Plug-In Only)
This option appears in the Playback Engine dia-
log only if one of the Structure sampler instru-
ment plug-in is installed on your system. This
option is useful when you are playing samples
from the same drive that contains audio for the
current session. When this option is selected,
Pro Tools automatically optimizes the size of the
Plug-In Streaming Buffer to facilitate disk access
from both Pro Tools and Structure. The Plug-In
Streaming Buffer Size pop-up menu is unavail-
able when this option is selected.
To set Pro Tools to optimize the Plug-In Streaming
Buffer Size:
1 Choose Setup > Playback Engine.
2 Select the Optimize for Streaming Content op-
tion.
3 Click OK.
Configuring the Pro Tools
Hardware Settings
In the Hardware Setup dialog, Pro Tools lets you
set the default sample rate and clock source for
your system, as well as a range of controls spe-
cific to each type of audio interface.
Default Sample Rate
The Sample Rate setting appears as the default
sample rate when you create a new session. (This
setting is available in the Hardware Setup dialog
only when no session is open.)
To change the default Sample Rate:
1 Choose Setup > Hardware.
2 Select the sample rate from the Sample Rate
pop-up menu.
3 Click OK.
You can change the sample rate when creat-
ing a new Pro Tools session by selecting a
different sample rate in the New Session
dialog. (Refer to
the Pro Tools Reference
Guide for details.)
Hardware Setup dialog