Configuring Pro Tools System Settings

For more information, see the following topics:

Current Engine

Hardware Buffer Size

Host Processors

CPU Usage Limit

Host Engine (Error Suppression)

Number of Voices

Sample Rate (Playback Engine)

Delay Compensation Engine

System Memory Allocation

Cache Size

Plug-In Streaming Buffer Size

Optimizing the Plug-In Streaming Buffer Size

Pro Tools lets you adjust the performance of your system by changing system settings that affect its capacity for processing, playback, and recording. These system settings are available in the Playback Engine (Setup > Playback Engine).

In most cases, the default settings for your system provide optimum performance, but you may want to adjust them to accommodate large or processing-intensive Pro Tools sessions.

 

Playback Engine for a Pro Tools HD system with HDX hardware acceleration

 

Playback Engine for Pro Tools|HD system

 

Playback Engine for Pro Tools with Mbox (3rd generation)