Setup guide
Pro Tools|HD Setup Guide54
To select analog or digital input for channels 1-2:
1 Choose Setup > Hardware, and select 96i I/O in 
the Peripherals list to display the 96i I/O win-
dow. 
2 Click to set Ch 1–2 Input to Analog or S/PDIF, 
as appropriate. 
Configuring Legacy I/Os
Before you can configure a Legacy I/O, it must 
first be initialized in Hardware Setup.
To initialize a Legacy I/O on a Pro Tools|HD 
system:
1 Lower the volume of your output devices.
2 Start up your Pro Tools system (see “Starting 
Up or Shutting Down Your System” on page 37).
3 In Pro Tools, choose Setup > Hardware.
4 From the Peripherals list, choose the primary 
audio interface (the interface to which your Leg-
acy I/O is connected).
5 In the Main page of the Hardware Setup dia-
log, select the Legacy I/O option under Port Set-
tings.
6 In the Peripherals list, No Interface is listed 
twice, directly below the primary audio inter-
face. Click the first No Interface. An Interface 
pop-menu appears in the Hardware Setup dia-
log, listing supported I/O choices.
7 From the Interface pop-up, select the type of 
Legacy I/O you connected.
After you select the type of Legacy I/O, the Main 
page updates with controls that can be config-
ured. If your Legacy interface does not appear, 
check connections and repeat from step 1, 
above.
8 Repeat the above steps for each additional 
Legacy I/O.
9 Click OK to close the Hardware Setup dialog.
To remove a Legacy I/O:
1 Lower the volume of your output devices.
2 Turn off your Legacy I/O.
3 In Pro Tools, choose Setup > Hardware.
4 In the Peripherals list, select the name of a 
Legacy interface. 
5 From the Interface pop-up menu, choose No 
Interface.
6 Repeat steps 4–5 for each additional Legacy 
I/O.
7 In the Peripherals list, select the name of the 
the Pro Tools|HD audio interface to which the 
Legacy I/O was connected. 
8 Select the Expansion I/O option under Port Set-
tings.
9 Click OK to close the Hardware Setup dialog.
Offline Peripherals
When a Legacy I/O and Pro Tools|HD peripheral 
are connected to your primary Pro Tools|HD pe-
ripheral, only one can be online at a time. An of-
fline peripheral is indicated by brackets in the 
The 96i I/O only supports analog and digi-
tal switching for channels 1–2, and only 
from within the Hardware Setup and I/O 
Setup dialogs. The 96i I/O does not support 
path remapping within I/O Setup.
Before turning on your Legacy I/O, make 
sure to lower the volume of your output de-
vices. Very loud digital noise may be emit-
ted before the Legacy I/O is initialized.
For information on Hardware Setup controls 
for each Legacy I/O, refer to the guide for that 
interface.










