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.