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*The purpose of this guide is to setup your control surfaces for mixing with ProTools. Once the peripherals are setup, the guide will walk you through creating a blank session for 6 channel (5.1) surround sound mixing.
| If the Wi-Fi of the computer is already ON, turn the Wi-Fi OFF |  | |||
| Turn the computer Wi-Fi OnON |  | |||
| Go to the WiFi Icon and choose > Create Network |  | |||
| Default settings are fine click The default settings (for the Network Name and Channel ID) are fine. Click "Create" |  | |||
| Confirm that you are connected to the network that you just created |  | |||
Put your iPad on the ProTools Dock or use the one that is already there. TURN IT ON OR -Wake it up by pressing the "Home" key For more information about using the Dock please refer to the manual: ProTools Dock (for Apple iPad) You can also view a YouTube video which walks you through the functionality of the Dock and the App: |  | |||
| Go to Settings |  | |||
| Enable Wi-Fi |  | |||
| Choose the WI-FI network for the Device you just created. |  | |||
| Choose to "Join Anyway" |  | |||
On the IPad iPad, open the PT Control Application If you don't have the app installed download it from here |  | |||
Go to >Apple> System Prefs |  | |||
Choose EUCON | ||||
PRO TOOLS 5 CMB 1.122 Make sure the room is not muted on the Xilica Remote Aslo pres the 5.1 83db SMPTE X-Curve button to make the room 83db |
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PRO TOOLS 4 CMB 1.1108A Check that the Mute Button is OFF press #1 button Make sure the Fixed 80db butt is pressed to make the room 80db Press button #2. |
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On the computer, launch the EuControl application. Applications>Euphonix>EuControl Please be patient while launching - it may take a couple of minutes for the application to launch properly. |
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Once the application is running Choose the EUCON application and , go to >Window> |
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The Surfaces control setting should look like this Tab should list 3 devices: AVID S3 PT Dock and Your IPad iPad PT Control App It should look similar to the picture on the right. |
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The Workstations Tab should see list the computer that is connected |
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Open ProTools>Create ProTools > Create Session or open Open existing session |
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ProTools will ask you where the Waves Plugins are. Go to Applications> |
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Choose Create Blank Session and or Open an existing session 24 Bit 48Khz and use I/O Last Used |
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Go to >Setup> |
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If creating a blank session, Choose - Create Name the session - Local Storage BWF (.WAV) Audio File Type 24 Bit Depth 48kHz Sample Rate Last Used I/O Settings LOCATION (press the location button) CHOOSE one of the ProTools HARD DRIVEs VERY IMPORTANT - you know where you saved your session !!!click Create to create your session | ||||
| If you get this clcik OK |
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Then go to >Setup>Session |
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| Go to "Clock Source" and choose SYNC HD |
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| This Message should pop up. Click OK |
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Go to > Setup > Peripherals |
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Navigate to the Ethernet Controllers Tab Enable the Ethernet Port > Ethernet #2
Choose to Enable EUCON |
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If you would like to import a .aaf file use this workflow wiki. | https://wikisutexas.utexasatlassian.edunet/wiki/display/comm/ProTools+-+Open+a+.aaf+or+.omf+and+Quicktime+in+ProTools | |||
Title the session and choose a destination to save the session. |
| Go to >Setup >Session>and change the Clock Source to SYNC HD
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Click OK |
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Next go to >Setup>Playback > Setup > Playback Engine |
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Choose HDX Disk Playback Cache Size: Normal PowerTip: If you encounter buffer errors (ProTools keeps stopping during playback,) you can change the H/W Buffer Size and Disk Playback Cache Size of the Playback Engine to dedicate more computer resources for the playback process. |
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Next go to >Setup>Hardware> Setup > Hardware |
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Go to Main Tab |
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Analog In Tab should be set to this |
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Analog Out tab should be set to this> this > |
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Go to the Monitor Tab and make sure the MAIN AND ALT are set to "None" as shown here |
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Mixer settings |
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Click on Output Tab |
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Click on Import Settings |
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Navigate to the ProTools 4 or ProTools 5 Storage> If you can not find it use the magnifying glass to search
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Yes NO to Delete existing unused paths? |
| Output will change to the default 5.1 surround settings as shown here
| Keep paths used in session |
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Choose to REMAP to the new Monitor Paths |
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| Then Click OK Here |
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Next Import the video into the project |
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Navigate to the video file that you want to view in the ProTools session |
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Choose New Track |
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Choose to import at Session Start |
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Choose to enable the Video Engine |
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If you would like to use the audio off of the video file choose to save it to the default Audio Drive folder |
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Video Engine will launch and you should be able to see the image on the projector automatically |
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Once the track is imported into the ProTools session change the format of the clip to 720p/23.976 or 1080p/23.976 depending on what kind of file you have so it plays out to the projector. |
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Next make sure the Video Track is Online and that the menu states that Video Hardware is Enabled. If Disable Video Hardware is showing it is okay Go to Options>Video Options > Video Track Online |
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Next Go to the Output and set all the tracks to "Main (5.1) >Main> Main" |
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