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Chapter 6: I/O Setup 63
10 Export your I/O settings to create a backup of
your current settings (see “Exporting I/O Set-
tings” on page 83).
11 Click OK. You should not have to open the I/O
Setup again unless you add or remove hardware
to or from your system, or if you open a session
created on a different system (see “Session or
Project Interchange and I/O Mapping” on
page 84).
Configuring Hardware in
I/O Setup
(Pro Tools HDX and HD Native Systems Only)
With HDX and HD Native systems, you can define
which physical ports on your audio interface are
routed to available input and output channels in the
I/O Setup. Any changes made here are also re-
flected in the Hardware Setup, and vice-versa (see
“Configuring Hardware Settings in Pro Tools” on
page 95).
To configure I/O routing in I/O Setup:
1 Choose Setup > I/O.
2 Click the Input or Output tab to display the
corresponding path type.
3 Click the Input or Output selector for the first
interface channel pair, located below the first
audio interface icon.
4 From the pop-up menu, select a physical port
pair (such as Analog 1–2), to route to a
Pro Tools channel pair (such as A 1–2) in the
Path Name column on the left.
5 Repeat the above step for additional channel
pairs.
6 Click OK to save changes and close the I/O
Setup.
Routing a Pro Tools Output Pair
to Multiple Destinations
Pro Tools channel pairs can be routed to
multiple outputs on an audio interface through the
I/O Setup. For example, if you assign both Analog
1–2 and Analog 3–4 interface outputs to Pro Tools
Output pair 1–2, when you send a signal to
Pro Tools Outputs 1–2, that signal will be routed
simultaneously to both pairs of output ports on
your audio interface.
This lets you send the same signal (such as a stereo
pair, a stem mix, or a multichannel mix) to multi-
ple destinations (such as multiple mastering de-
vices).
HD MADI and Pro Tools systems such as
Mbox Pro and 003 are “hard-wired” and
cannot be changed. For third-party and built-
in hardware, in the Hardware Setup click the
Launch Setup App button to for available
configuration options.
I/O Channel selector pop-up menu
The Monitor path for HD OMNI is fixed
and cannot be changed in the I/O Setup.
The Monitor path for HD OMNI can be
configured in the Monitor page of the
Hardware Setup.