ProTools Setup for the MOTU V4HD Audio Interface

There are 3 areas under the ProTools Setup menu that need to be verified prior to starting any project. These include:

Hardware Setup (see Figure 1)

• Confirm that MOTU V4HD is selected in the Peripherals list  

Playback Engine (see Figure 2)

• Verify that MOTU V4HD is set as the Playback Engine
• H/W Buffer Size should be 512 Samples
• Host Engine, check Ignore Errors During Playback/Record and Dynamic Plug-in Processing

I/O Setup -Input and Output tabs (See Figures 3 and 4)

• Verify that ADAT Optical 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, and 7-8 are listed in the channel column on the left
• Verify that each of the above channels are mapped to the corresponding A-MOTU V4HD Optical Input and Output

 

Figure 1: Hardware Setup

                                     

Figure 2: Playback Engine

Figure 3: I/O Setup, Input 

Figure 4: I/O Setup, Output               

NOTE:  If after reading through this setup information, you are still having issues please contact Martin Walters (Warf-Pickel Room 519) or one of the Engineers...  Daniel (Room 103A) / Stacy (Room 111A)

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