Apogee Symphony Desktop User’s Guide
Avid Pro Tools
To configure Avid Pro Tools to use Symphony Desktop:
1. Open Pro Tools, then choose Setup > Playback
Engine in the menu bar.
2. Set Playback Engine to Symphony Desktop.
3. Set H/W Buffer Size to 128 to start, adjust for
lower latency or more plugin power.
To configure Pro Tools for Direct or Software Monitoring Workflow:
1. In the Pro Tools menu bar, set Options > Low Latency Monitoring.
● Uncheck Low Latency Monitoring for Software monitoring.
● Check Low Latency Monitoring for Direct monitoring.
2. In Desktop Control, set Mixer View in the System Settings column.
● Set to Off for Software monitoring.
● Set to On for Direct monitoring.
3. On the touch screen System Settings Page 1 or in Desktop Control,
set Main and Headphone Sources.
● Set to Playback 1-2 for Software monitoring.
● Set to Mixer 1 for Direct monitoring.
To set channel Input & Output list labels:
1. In the Pro Tools menu bar, choose Setup > I/O.
2. In the IO Setup window, click the Input tab.
3. Select all inputs in the Name column, then click Delete Path. Then,
click Default to reset the Names to Desktop defaults.
4. Repeat in the Output and Bus tabs.
Pro Tools Preference Setting
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