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MSS & AMS
Name and configure MIDI controllers, devices and sound modules.
Control their routing to Pro ToolsMSS - Configurations can be imported
or exported.AMS - broadcasted to any applications
that support Apple’s Core MIDI.
Routing MIDI in Pro Tools
MIDI data from a control source
MIDI/ Instrument track
MIDI data from Instrument or MIDI track sent to a synthesizer
Audio from the synthesizer
Audio, Aux Input, or Instrument track.
Track Abilities
MIDI & Instrument
Record all types of MIDI messages as well as to route a MIDI signal from a controller or pre-
recorded MIDI file to a MIDI instrument.
Audio, Aux & Instr.
Are used to route the audio signal from
the MIDI instrument through the Pro
Tools system so it can be processed
like other audio signals.
Specific MIDI Routing
1. MIDI Messages are generated from a MIDI controller.
2. MIDI signal enters the MIDI interface
3. MIDI signal routed from MIDI interface to MIDI or Instr. track (MIDI input selector).
4. MIDI signal is recorded through the MIDI instrument (MIDI output selector-external synth. or virtual instr.).
I/O View & Comments View
I/O ViewContains tracks input and
output assignment, track volume, and pan
settings.
view > edit window > I/O
Or…
Edit window view selector
Comments ViewDisplays comments that
have been entered for a track.
view > mix/edit window > comments
Or…
Mix/edit view selector
Mix Window Track Width
Globally change the width of the channel strips from the normal default to a much narrower size.
This allows you to view more tracks simultaneously in the Mix window
= less scrollingview > narrow mix or…Command+option+M
Edit Window View Options
Tracks List pop-up menu: Hide Tracks
Sort Tracks
Hardware Buffer Size
Controls the number of samples processed at once by our computer’s CPU for host based tasks. = RTAS
Low setting = reduce monitoring latency, use when recording live input.
High setting = more audio processing tasks, mixing and using RTAS plug-ins.
RTAS Processors
Determines the number of processors in your computer that are allocated to RTAS plug-in processing.
Higher # of processors reserves more CPU processing for RTAS plug-in processing (with a high CPU usage limit).
Lower # of processor reserves more CPU processing for automation, screen redraws and video playback, or other applications.
CPU Usage Limit
Controls the percentage of CPU resources allocated to P.T. host processing tasks.
Lower limit useful for processing-intensive tasks, or slow system response.
Higher limit allows foro more processing power to P.T. or playing back a large sessions.
Single processor: 85%-99% Half of available processors allocated to
RTAS processing 60-70%
RTAS Engine/Error Suppression
1. Continue playing and recording through any RTAS errors encountered.
2. Minimize additional latency caused by suppressing RTAS errors during playback and recording.
Use only if experiencing frequent RTAS errors = degradation in audio quality
Disable RTAS error suppression during a final mix = pops & clicks, yikes!!!
DAE Playback Buffer Size
Amount of memory allocated to buffering audio being read from disk on your drive(s).
Low setting = improve system responsiveness, less reliable recording.
High setting = improve performance for high track counts, slow hard drives, can also increase lag time initiating playback or recording.
Ideal size: 1500MS; Level 2
Cache Size Amount of memory DAE allocates to pre-
buffer audio for playback and looping when using Elastic Audio
Low setting - free up memory for other system tasks, decrease in Elastic Audio performance.
High setting - improves Elastic Audio features, it also reduces the amount of memory available for other systems tasks.
Ideal size: Normal
Plug-In Streaming Buffer Size
Structure Plug-In Only
Amount of memory DAE allocates for streaming playback from disk when disk streaming is activated in Structure’s engine settings page.
Optimum setting: 250MS; Level 2
Optimize the Streaming Buffer Size
Structure plug-in only
Pro Tools automatically optimizes the size of the Plug-In Streaming Buffer to facilitate disk access from both P.T. and Structure.
This is useful when you are playing back samples stored on the same drive that contains audio for your session.
Pro Tools Hardware Settings
Default Sample Rate - change session sample rate.
Clock Source and Optical Format - recording from an external digital device.– Internal– S/PDIF (RCA)– Optical
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