User Manual
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Pro Tools Setup
• From  the  Pro  Tools  menu  bar,  go  to: 
Setup > Playback Engine...
• In  the  Playback  Engine  menu  pop-
up,  select:  ‘HDX’  or  ‘HD  Native’,  as 
appropriate for your system
The following steps are optional but will simplify signal routing:
• From the menu bar, go to: Setup > I/O Setup...
• Ensure your input and output routing tables are routed as follows by selecting the Default tab at 
the bottom left of the page.
Notes
1. The number of input and output channels available is dependent on the sample frequency (see channel allocation 
tables in Appendix 2, pages 26–28
2. The Loopback input is not available in the Pro Tools host mode
3. Output routing using Focusrite Control is not available in the Pro Tools Host mode










