M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio - Manual (Page 90)

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Factory I/O Settings The Pro Tools Installer pro-
vides settings files for factory I/O setups for ste-
reo and surround (Pro Tools HD only). See “Au-
dio Interfaces and Session Transfer” on page 73
for more information.
Custom I/O Settings The current I/O Setup con-
figuration can be edited and saved as a custom
I/O Setting using the Export command in the
I/O Setup dialog. See “Importing and Exporting
I/O Settings Files” on page 72.
Default I/O Settings at First Launch
The first time you launch Pro Tools and create a
session, you can choose default Stereo Mix or
Surround Mix settings, depending on your sys-
tem and installation choices. See “Audio Inter-
faces and Session Transfer” on page 73.
Importing and Exporting I/O
Settings Files
You can export and import I/O Setup configura-
tions as I/O Settings files. This lets you save set-
tings for different projects, import settings for
reconfiguring I/O Setup, and manage path defi-
nitions and signal routing setups.
Exporting I/O Settings
To export and save an I/O Setup configuration as
a custom I/O Settings file:
1 Update I/O Setup settings (see “I/O Setup Dia-
log Tabs and Controls” on page 62).
2 Click Export Settings.
3 Name and save the settings file.
Importing I/O Settings
I/O Settings can be imported before or after you
open a session.
When you import I/O Settings, you can choose
to delete any unused path definitions before im-
porting the new paths, or leave unused path def-
initions intact and add the new paths to the cur-
rent I/O Setup configuration.
To import I/O Settings:
1 Click Import Settings in the I/O Setup dialog.
2 Select an I/O settings file in the Import Set-
tings dialog and click Import.
3 A dialog appears asking whether you want to
delete existing paths. Do one of the following:
• Click Yes to remove any unused paths and
add the imported paths to the current I/O
Setup configuration. Any I/O assignments
and automation data associated with the
unused paths are also deleted.
– or –
• Click No to add the imported paths to the
current I/O Setup configuration.
If the import results in overlapping paths, the
new paths will appear in the I/O Setup dialog as
Inactive. See “Making Paths Active or Inactive”
on page 69.
After importing I/O Settings, you can then reas-
sign path routing definitions in the I/O Setup di-
alog by remapping, renaming, and deleting
paths. See “Creating New Paths” on page 65.
To start sessions with a blank or empty
I/O Setup dialog, you can create and export
an I/O Settings file in which all definitions
have been deleted.
You can also import I/O path and assign-
ment names, as well as other session data,
from a different session by using the Import
Session Data command (see “Import Ses-
sion Data Dialog” on page 291).