Customizing I/O Settings

The following shows how to customize your I/O settings for your particular studio setup. Making sure that Sessions Overwrite Current I/O Setup When Opened option is not enabled ensures that your custom settings remain intact when opening sessions.

If you are using an HD OMNI, be sure to configure the Monitor page of the Hardware Setup for HD OMNI before configuring the I/O Setup. For more information, see the HD OMNI Guide.

To customize I/O Settings:

1 Open the I/O Setup (Setup > I/O).

2 Import I/O settings from an existing I/O settings .pio file (see Importing I/O Settings).

You can prepare a session for use on a different system this way. Any paths for hardware that is not present on the current system will appear as inactive.

3 For Avid HDX, Pro Tools|HD, and HD Native systems, double-click the label above an interface and enter a name.

With systems using Avid HDX, Pro Tools|HD, or HD Native hardware, the I/O Setup bases default Input and Output path names on the custom name given to the interface.

4 Click the Input tab:

Create input paths and sub-paths with appropriate widths and physical input assignments that match your studio configuration (see Signal Path Routing for Audio Output).

Rename input paths and sub-paths to match your studio configuration.

5 Click the Output tab:

Create output paths with appropriate widths and physical output assignments that match your studio configuration.

Rename output paths to match your studio configuration. Use standard industry terminology whenever possible (see Recommended Output Path Naming Schemes).

6 If you plan on using hardware inserts, click the Insert tab:

Create insert paths with appropriate widths and physical input and output assignments that match your studio configuration.

Name insert paths to match your studio configuration. Name insert paths using standard industry terminology if possible, such as “Compressor,” “Reverb,” “EQ,” and so on.

Click the H/W Insert Delay tab and enter the correct insert delay in milliseconds for each input/output pair that you are using for hardware inserts. (See H/W Insert Delay (Compensation) Page.)

7 If you are using one or more PRE peripherals, click the Mic Preamps tab and configure it accordingly (see the PRE Guide).

8 Click the Bus tab.

9 Create internal mix bus paths and sub-paths. Ensure that output busses are mapped to the correct output paths (see Output Busses).

Output busses are automatically created and mapped to outputs when new output paths are created.

10 In any of the I/O Setup pages, make sure that the Sessions Overwrite Current I/O Setup When Opened option is not enabled. This way, when opening sessions created on another system, your custom I/O settings remain intact.

11 Export your I/O settings to create a backup of your current settings (see Exporting I/O Settings).

12 Click OK. You should not have to open the I/O Setup again unless you add or remove hardware to or from your system, or if you open a session created on a different system (see Session Interchange).