Specifications

Appendix B: Configuring AMS (Mac OS X Only)
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appendix b
Configuring AMS (Mac OS X Only)
Audio MIDI Setup
Pro Tools recognizes the ports on your MIDI interface as
generic ports. With Mac OS X, you use Apple’s Audio
MIDI Setup (AMS) utility to identify external MIDI de-
vices connected to your MIDI interface and configure
your MIDI studio for use with Pro Tools.
To configure your MIDI studio in AMS:
1 Do one of the following:
• Launch Audio MIDI Setup (located in
Applications/Utilities).
– or –
• In Pro Tools, choose Setup > MIDI > MIDI Studio.
2 Click MIDI Devices. AMS scans your system for con-
nected MIDI interfaces. If your MIDI interface is prop-
erly connected, it appears in the window with each of
its ports numbered.
3 For any MIDI devices connected to the MIDI inter-
face, click Add Device. A new external device icon with
the default MIDI keyboard image will appear.
4 Drag the new device icon to a convenient location
within the window.
5 Connect the MIDI device to the MIDI interface by
clicking the arrow for the appropriate output port of the
device and dragging a connection or “cable” to the in-
put arrow of the corresponding port of the MIDI inter-
face.
6 Click the arrow for the appropriate input port of the
device and drag a cable to the output arrow of the cor-
responding port of the MIDI interface.
7 Repeat steps 3–6 for each MIDI device in your MIDI
setup.
Making MIDI input and output connections (Digidesign
Command|8 shown)
To remove a connection, select the cable and
press Delete. To delete all connections, click
Clear Cables.