M-Audio Pro Tools M-Powered 7 Manuel d'utilisateur

Getting Started Pro Tools M-Powered™ Version 7.0

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started 6 Conventions Used in This Guide Digidesign guides use the following conven-tions to indicate menu choices and ke

Chapter 2: Windows Configuration 7 chapter 2 Windows Configuration This chapter contains information for Windows systems only. If you are installing Pr

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started84 Under Device Manager, choose Device Man-ager.5 In the Device Manager window, double-click IDE ATA/ATAPI contro

Chapter 2: Windows Configuration 9Optional OptimizationsThe following system optimizations may help Pro Tools perform better on some systems. It is rec

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started10If you disable any of the following startup items, do so carefully:• Portable media serial number (required for a

Chapter 2: Windows Configuration 113 In the Disk Management window, right-click the hard drive you will use for audio and choose Format.4 Do one of t

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started12To install the M-Audio driver for your M-Audio interface:1 If you are using an M-Audio FireWire inter-face, disc

Chapter 2: Windows Configuration 13Installing QuickTimeQuickTime 6.5 or later is required for Pro Tools if you plan to include movie files, or import M

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started14Launching Pro Tools M-PoweredTo use Pro Tools M-Powered with an M-Audio interface, you must always have an iLok w

Chapter 2: Windows Configuration 15With computers that have multiple processors, or that feature multi-core processing or hyper-threading, this setting

Copyright © 2005 Digidesign, a division of Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. This guide may not be duplicated in whole or in part without th

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started16◆ DAE Playback Buffer Size settings higher than Level 2 will allow for a higher density of edits in a session or

Chapter 2: Windows Configuration 173 Launch the M-Audio Control Panel as follows:• For FireWire interfaces, launch M-Audio FW Audio.• For PCI interfac

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started18Configuring I/O SetupUsing the I/O Setup dialog, you can label Pro Tools input, output, insert, and bus signal pat

Chapter 3: Macintosh Configuration 19chapter 3Macintosh ConfigurationThis chapter contains information for Macin-tosh systems only. If you are installin

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started20Turning Off Energy SaverTo turn off the Energy Saver feature:1 Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu and

Chapter 3: Macintosh Configuration 21Hard Drive Configuration and MaintenanceIt is recommended that you start with a newly initialized audio drive.Avoid

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started223 Locate and open the M-Audio Driver Installers folder, and double-click the driver for your inter-face type, as

Chapter 3: Macintosh Configuration 23Optional Software on the Pro Tools M-Powered Installer CDYour Pro Tools M-Powered Installer CD includes separate i

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started24Hardware Buffer SizeThe Hardware Buffer Size (H/W Buffer Size) con-trols the size of the buffer used to handle ho

Chapter 3: Macintosh Configuration 25CPU Usage LimitThe CPU Usage Limit controls the percentage of CPU resources allocated to Pro Tools host pro-cessin

Contents iii contents Chapter 1. Welcome to Pro Tools M-Powered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Pro Tools M-P

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started26Pro Tools Hardware Settings and M-Audio Control PanelThe Hardware Setup dialog in Pro Tools (Setup > Hardware)

Chapter 3: Macintosh Configuration 27Low Latency MonitoringDirect or low-latency monitoring is not avail-able from within Pro Tools M-Powered.However,

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started28To rename I/O paths in I/O Setup:1 Choose Setup > I/O.2 Click the Input, Output, Insert, or Bus tab to displ

Chapter 4: Working with Pro Tools M-Powered 29chapter 4Working with Pro Tools M-PoweredThis tutorial of Pro Tools M-Powered software introduces its ma

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started30Main WindowsThe Mix, Edit, and Transport windows are the main Pro Tools work areas. You can show any of these win

Chapter 4: Working with Pro Tools M-Powered 31STransport Window Provides controls for Play, Stop, Rewind, Fast-Forward, Pause, and Record. The Transpo

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started32RulersPro Tools M-Powered provides several different rulers to help navigate your session. Timebase RulersTimebas

Chapter 4: Working with Pro Tools M-Powered 33Using the Click Plug-InThe Click plug-in creates an audio click during session playback. This works like

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started34Using an External MIDI ClickPro Tools also lets you use an external MIDI de-vice to play the click. This feature

Chapter 4: Working with Pro Tools M-Powered 35System Resources and Settings You can change specific Pro Tools system set-tings to optimize system perf

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started iv Chapter 3. Macintosh Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started36The Transport window can also display the fol-lowing MIDI controls: Wait for Note, Click, Countoff, MIDI Merge, C

Chapter 4: Working with Pro Tools M-Powered 37To create multiple new track types in one step, click the “+” button in the New Tracks dialog. Specify t

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started38MIDI TracksMIDI tracks provide volume, solo, and mute, in addition to MIDI input, output, channel, and program (p

Chapter 4: Working with Pro Tools M-Powered 39Instrument TracksInstrument tracks have many controls in com-mon with audio tracks, and also have an add

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started40Navigating in a SessionPro Tools provides many ways to navigate in a session, including using the mouse or enteri

Chapter 4: Working with Pro Tools M-Powered 41In the New Memory Location dialog, you can define a marker, store a selection, or store any combination

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started42To zoom in or out on any area of a track in the Edit window:1 Click to select the Zoomer tool.2 Click or drag w

Chapter 4: Working with Pro Tools M-Powered 43Zoom PresetsPro Tools provides five Zoom Preset buttons. You can use these to immediately return to es-t

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started444 Do one of the following: Drag audio files from the Workspace browser to the Track List in the Edit window to i

Chapter 4: Working with Pro Tools M-Powered 45Basic RecordingThis section describes how to record audio and MIDI into Pro Tools. Preparing for Recordi

Chapter 1: Welcome to Pro Tools M-Powered 1 chapter 1 Welcome to Pro Tools M-Powered Welcome to Pro Tools M-Powered. This guide documents how to inst

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started463 Choose Window > Transport to display the Transport window.4 Click Return To Zero to start recording from t

Chapter 4: Working with Pro Tools M-Powered 475 Do one of the following, depending on the type of instrument you are using:• If you are using an inst

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started4810 Play some notes on your MIDI controller and look for the track’s MIDI Velocity meter to move. Remember, MIDI

Chapter 4: Working with Pro Tools M-Powered 49EditingPro Tools provides several tools for editing audio and MIDI. In the Edit window, audio and MIDI t

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started50Playlists and Nondestructive EditingPlaylists let you create and retrieve multiple ver-sions of track edits. A pl

Chapter 4: Working with Pro Tools M-Powered 515 Move the cursor near the end of the audio re-gion (notice the cursor displays as a “]”).6 Click at t

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started529 With the Separation Grabber tool, drag the se-lection to the beginning of the new audio track. A new region is

Chapter 4: Working with Pro Tools M-Powered 53Basic Signal RoutingSignal routing is accomplished by assigning track inputs and outputs. Audio track in

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started54Creating a ReturnAuxiliary Input tracks can be created to act as re-turn channels for busses, as well as for inpu

Chapter 4: Working with Pro Tools M-Powered 55To create a Master Fader:1 Choose Track > New and specify 1 Mono or Stereo Master Fader track, then

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started 2 Pro Tools M-Powered Capabilities Pro Tools M-Powered software provides the fol-lowing capabilities:•Playback of

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started56Mix AutomationMix automation lets you record, or automate, changes to track and send levels, mutes, pan, and plug

Chapter 4: Working with Pro Tools M-Powered 57To Bounce to Disk:1 Choose File > Bounce to > Disk.2 Select any mono or stereo output or bus pat

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started58

Appendix A: Configuring MIDI Studio Setup (Windows Only) 59appendix aConfiguring MIDI Studio Setup (Windows Only)MIDI Studio SetupMIDI Studio Setup (MSS

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started60Show Duplicate Emulated Ports If you are using a MIDI interface that supports timestamping (such as MIDI I/O), wh

Appendix A: Configuring MIDI Studio Setup (Windows Only) 61ModelThe Model pop-up menu provides a list of MIDI devices, filtered by the manufacturer nam

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started624 In the Patch Select dialog, click the Change button.5 In the Open dialog, navigate to Program Files\Common Fi

Appendix B: Configuring AMS (Mac OS X Only) 63appendix bConfiguring AMS (Mac OS X Only)Audio MIDI SetupPro Tools recognizes the ports on your MIDI in-te

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started645 Connect the MIDI device to the MIDI inter-face by clicking the arrow for the appropriate output port of the de

Appendix B: Configuring AMS (Mac OS X Only) 653 Click the More Properties arrow to expand the dialog, then enable the appropriate MIDI chan-nels (1–16

Chapter 1: Welcome to Pro Tools M-Powered 3 Pre-Authorized iLok M-Powered software is authorized using the iLok USB Smart Key (iLok) from PACE Anti-P

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started66MIDI Patch Name SupportPro Tools supports XML (Extensible Markup Language) for storing and importing patch names

Index 67Aaudioediting 49importing 43routing 45, 53Audio MIDI Setup (AMS) (Macintosh) 63audio tracks 36, 37authorizing Pro ToolsMacintosh 23Windows 14a

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started68Hhard drivesformatting 10, 21MacDrive utility 13maintenance 10, 21requirements 3space requirements 4Hardware Buff

Index 69Rrecordingaudio 45MIDI 46, 48Region List 39regions 39arranging 51creating 39editing 50grouping 52trimming 50returns 54RTAS Processors setting

Pro Tools M-Powered Getting Started 4 Hard Disk Storage Space Mono audio tracks recorded with 16-bit resolution at 44.1 kHz (CD quality) require appr

Chapter 1: Welcome to Pro Tools M-Powered 5 Digidesign Registration Review the enclosed registration information card and follow the instructions on