Pro Tools - CMB 1st Floor Edit Suites How to set up Monitoring and Video playback 1.106A

TWO THUNDERBOLT CABLES HAVE TO BE PLUGGED IN!!!! TO THE IMAC

Check that the WHITE Thunderbolt cable is plugged into the IMac

 

Make sure the other end of the WHITE - Thunderbolt cable is plugged into the AJA Kona TTap as shown here.

NEXT Check that the BLACK Thunderbolt cable is plugged into the IMac

The other end of the black Thunderbolt cable needs to be plugged into the AVID Native Thunderbolt box

Shown Here

Make sure the AVID OMNI is turned on

Open ProTools>Create Session or open existing session

Go to Setup>Playback Engine
Choose HD Native Thunderbolt
Go to Setup>Hardware


Go to the Monitor Tab

Change the Format drop down to Stereo>click OK
Main Tab - change to Monitor 1-2 out to make the stereo output active>Click OK

Next go to Setup > I/O

Go to the Output Tab
The Stereo Monitor is the monitor we will be monitoring audio.

Click on the Bus tab and make sure that the Bus Output matches the same Output in the "Output" tab in the previous screen grab


On every track


Go to the "Edit Window View Selector" drop down





Choose I/O

Set all channels to Stereo Monitor (Stereo) or Stereo Monitor L and or R depending on your needs.

Use this knob for volume on the HD OMNI it is under the desk in CMB 1.113

or on the desks in the rest of the rooms.


Press it a couple of times to show CR for control room vomue.


MAKE SURE THE MUTE BUTTON IS NOT PRESSED

If you have video you would like to use in your protools session turn on the TV

MAKE SURE THAT THE SOURCE IS SET TO COMPONENT -


PRESS THE SOURCE BUTTON UNDERNEATH THE "9" KEY TO SET

INPUTS ON THE MONITOR

Next Import the video into the project

Choose Import Video

Navigate to the video file that you want to view in the ProTools session

Choose to import at Session Start

Choose to enable the Video Engine

Click Yes here

If you would like to use the audio off the video file choose to save it to the default Audio Drive folder

You don't have to set anything to see video out it will send it out automatically if you have the Black Magic Design Intensity Pro Connected properly