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Assigning Hardware Inserts
To assign an external hardware insert to a track:
 Select an insert from the track Insert selector.
Bypassing Hardware Inserts
Hardware inserts do not provide a bypass control.
To monitor playback without a hardware insert, ei-
ther set it to Inactive, remove it by reassigning it to
No Insert, or use a bypass switch on the hardware
device itself. (See “Making Inserts Inactive” on
page 1096 for more information.)
Connecting and Integrating
External Devices
Pro Tools can create dedicated connections to ex-
ternal analog or digital devices. The number and
type of connections depends on what kind of sys-
tem you have.
To connect an external device to a Pro Tools
system:
1 Connect an unused output (or pair of outputs for
a stereo device) of your Pro Tools system to an
input of the external signal processor.
2 Connect the output of the external signal pro-
cessor to an unused input (or pair of inputs for a
stereo device) of your Pro Tools system.
3 Define what physical ports are routed to
Pro Tools input and output ports, as appropriate,
in either the Hardware Setup dialog or
I/O Setup dialog.
4 Define output, input, or insert paths as appropri-
ate in the I/O Setup dialog.
If you plan to use a device as an insert, be sure to
connect the device to matching inputs and outputs
on your system. For example, to use outputs 7–8,
the insert has to use inputs 7–8 also.
Selecting a hardware I/O insert
Hardware Insert window
For additional information on connecting ex-
ternal devices, see the User Guide that came
with your system.