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ProToolsLE6.
0(MacintoshOSXOnly)—2/10/031ReadMeProToolsLE6.
0(MacintoshOSXOnly)ThisReadMedocumentscompatibilitydetails,knownissues,errorcodes,andcorrectionstotheguidesforProToolsLE6.
0onMacOSXv10.
2.
3.
InstallationandCopyProtectionInstallingProTools6.
0onOSXToensureproperoperationandfilemanagement,ProTools6.
0softwaremustbeinstalledinanadministrator-levelaccountinMacOSX.
Inaddition,toensurethataccesstoallplug-insfromwithinProTools,itisrecommendedthattheProToolsapplicationandallProToolsplug-insbeinstalledandusedfromthesameadministrator-levelaccount.
Donotinstallorop-erateProToolswhileloggedinasaroot-leveluser.
Filepermissionsofaroot-levelusermakeitpossibletoperformactionsthatmayconflictwithProToolsfilemanagementtasks.
DisableAutomaticSoftwareUpdateProTools6.
0atthetimeofthiswritinghasbeenqualifiedwithMacOSXv10.
2.
3.
Digidesigncannotguaranteethecompat-ibilityofautomaticupdatesofMacOSXoranyupdatestosystemsoftwarecomponents.
Forthisreason,youshoulddisable"Automaticallycheckforupdateswhenyouhaveanetworkconnection,"intheSoftwareUpdateSystemPreferences.
OS9AuthorizationKeysandInstallingOSXInstallingOSXonyourMacintoshmayeraseanycurrentlyinstalledOS9keydiskauthorizations(suchasReverbOneforProTools5.
1.
1).
UninstallallkeydiskauthorizationsbeforeinstallingOSX.
Plug-InAuthorizationsforOSXPleasebeadvisedthatfloppy-basedcopyprotectionauthorizationswillnotworkonOSX.
IfyouareupgradingtoOSXandhaveanylegacyDigidesignorDigidesign-distributedplug-inswithfloppy-basedcopyprotectionregisteredwithusthathavenotbeenupdated,wewouldliketoupdatethesewiththenewiLokUSBHardwareKeycopyprotectiondevelopedforProToolsandOSX.
WecanaccomplishthisautomaticallybydepositingtheseapplicableauthorizationsforyouatiLok.
com.
Tosetupanaccount,pleasegotohttp://www.
iLok.
comandregister.
TheproductregistrationcardthatcomeswithProTools6.
0asksyoutogotoiLok.
comtosetupanaccountandsubsequentlytoprovideyouriLok.
comaccountnumberonthecard.
Insteadofanumber,thisisactuallytheuniqueUserIDthatyouchoosewhenyoucreateyouriLok.
comaccount.
OncewereceiveyourProTools6.
0registrationcard,wewilladdyouriLok.
comUserIDtoyourcustomeraccount.
Then,wewillelectronically"deposit"authorizations(assets)directlyintoyouriLok.
comaccountforanyDigidesignandDigidesign-distributedplug-insandsoftwareoptionsthatyouhaveregisteredwithus.
Atthatpoint,yousimplygotoiLok.
comtoretrieveyournewplug-inauthorizations.
FormoreinformationoniLoktechnology,seetheiLokInformationpageathttp://www.
digidesign.
com/support/ilokandtheiLokUsageGuideforProTools6.
0onyourProToolsCDorintheDigidesignSupportsectionTechnicalDocumentLibraryathttp://www.
digidesign.
com/support/docs.
Foranythird-partykeydiskauthorizedsoftware,pleasecontactthemanufactureraboutupgrading.
iLokUSBHardwareKeysaresoldseparately,andareavailablefromyourAuthorizedDigidesignDealerortheDigidesignWebStore.
ProToolsLE6.
0(MacintoshOSXOnly)—2/10/032CompatibilityDigidesigncanonlyassurecompatibilityandprovidesupportforDigidesign-qualifiedhardwareandsoftwareconfigurations.
ForalistofDigidesign-qualifiedcomputers,operatingsystems,andthird-partydevices,refertothelatestcompatibilityin-formationontheDigidesignWebsite(www.
digidesign.
com).
ProToolsDoesNotSupportEnergySaverIntheMacintoshSystemPreferences,launchEnergySaver,clicktheSleeptab,anddisableallSleepfeatures.
Set"Putthecom-putertosleepwhenitisinactive"toNever.
DonotmanuallyputyourcomputertosleepwhenrunningProTools.
31CharacterLimitforProToolsFileNamesThereisa31characterlimitonforallProToolsfilenames.
TryingtoopenProToolsfileswithnameslongerthan31char-acterswillresultinaDAEerror–9035.
DigidesignSCSI|128,SCSI|64,ATTOEPCI-UL3D,EPCI-UL3DSupportIfyouhaveanyofthesecardsinstalledinyoursystem,youmustruntheATTOConfigToolinstaller,locatedintheATTOUtilitiesfolderontheProToolsInstallerCD.
DigidesignSCSI|128/ATTOEPCI-UL3DSupportIfyouhaveeitheraDigidesignSCSI|128orATTOEPCI-UL3DSCSIhostbusadaptercardinstalledinyoursystem,youmustruntheSCSI128/ATTOUL3DSupportinstaller,locatedinsidetheSCSI128/ATTOUL3DUsersInstallfolderontheProToolsInstallerCD.
TCP/IPSettingsforControl|24Ifyouareusingthebuilt-inethernetportoraPCIethernetcardtoconnectdirectly(ratherthanacrossanetwork)toCon-trol|24,theTCP/IPaddressmustbesetmanually.
Thedefaultmanualsettingswillworkinmostcases.
DonotuseDHCPun-lessyouareonanetwork.
MagmaCardBusChassisNotSupportedAtthetimeofthiswriting,theMagma2-and4-slotCardBusExpansionChassisarenotsupportedbyProTools6.
0onMacOSX.
ChecktheDigidesignWebsite(www.
digidesign.
com)forthemostcurrentcompatibilityinformation.
KnownIssuesThefollowingsectionsdocumentknownissuesyoumayencounterwhenusingProTools6.
0,alongwithworkaroundsiftheyexist.
AlwaysRebootAfterCrashIfProToolscrashesorifyouforcequitProTools,alwaysrestartyourcomputerbeforere-launchingProTools.
ProToolsCrashesDuringDestructiveRecordProToolswillcrashduringanopenended(unbound)destructiverecordifyouarerecordingtoharddrivesthatdonothavetherequisite2GBperdrivepertrackavailable.
Toavoidthisproblem,makesurethatyouhavethenecessaryfreedrivespacebeforestartinganunboundeddestructiverecordpass,ordefineaboundeddestructiverecordpass(bymakingaselectionintheTimeline).
ProToolsLE6.
0(MacintoshOSXOnly)—2/10/033ProToolsCrasheswhenCreatingorOpeningaSessionIfProToolscrasheswhentryingtocreateanewsessionoropenanexistingsession,theDigiBaseDatabasemaybecorrupted.
TodeterminewhetherornottheDigiBaseDatabaseiscorrupted,launchProTools,opentheWorkspacebrowser,andrevealthecontentsofeachdriveoneatatime.
IfrevealingthecontentsofaparticularvolumecrashesProTools,itsdatabasefileisprobablycorrupt.
Tocorrecttheproblem,locatetheDigidesignDatabasesfolderonthespecificvolumeandremoveorre-namethevolume.
ddbfile(forexample"oldvolume.
ddb").
RestartyourcomputerandlaunchProToolstocreateanewvol-ume.
ddbfileintheDigidesignDatabasesfolder.
Ifthecrashdoesnotrecur,theoldvolume.
ddbfileiscorruptandshouldbedeleted.
Ifthisdoesnotcorrecttheproblem,pleasecontactDigidesignTechnicalSupport.
Itisrecommendedthatyoureg-ularlybackupyoursystemasasafeguard.
ProToolsQuitsUnexpectedlyDuringBounceToDiskorwhenCancelingBounceToDiskIfyouchangetheDAEPlaybackBuffersettingandthenBouncetoDisk,ProToolsmayquitunexpectedly.
BesuretoquitandrelaunchProToolsafterchangingtheDAEPlaybackBuffersetting.
SCSIDrivesDon'tMountonStartupSCSIdrivesconnectedtosomenon-ATTOPCISCSIcards(ortheunsupportedATTOUL2D)willnotbemountedonstartupifyoushutdown,leavethedriveson,andthenstartupyourcomputer.
Ifthishappens,shutdownyourcomputer,powercy-cleyourSCSIdrives,andstartupyourcomputer.
CrashWhenAuditioningaFileWhileitisBeingRecordedAssoonasrecordingisstarted,theProToolsWorkspacebrowserwilldisplayanyaudiofileasitisbeingrecorded.
Donotat-tempttoauditionordraganddropthefileuntilyouhavestoppedrecording,otherwiseProToolswillcrash.
ProToolsCan'tPrevieworImport8-bitQuickTimeFilesProTools6.
0doesnotsupportQuickTime8-bitaudiofiles.
Useanotherapplicationtoconvert8-bitQuickTimeaudiofilesto16-bit,ortoBroadcastWAV(BWF).
WaveformOverviewsAreMiscalculatedwhenImportingOMFIIfyouimportanOMFIfilethathasmissingaudiofiles,thewaveformoverviewinProToolswillneedtoberecalculatedusingtheRecalculateWaveformOverviewscommandafterthemissingfileshavebeenfound.
CannotBounceSoundResource(SND)FileTypeProToolsdoesnotsupportbouncinglongclipstotheSoundResource(SND)filetype.
Shortclips(30secondsorless)canbebouncedtotheSNDfiletype.
WhenbouncingtotheSNDfiletype,ifyouencountera"Couldnotcompletethe"BouncetoDisk"commandbecause:endoffilereached(–70)"error,trybouncingashorterclip,orbouncetoadifferentfiletype.
"Youdonothavethenecessaryaccessprivileges(–5000)"ErrorDuringImportIfyouencounteranerrorwhenimportingmediafiles(audioorvideo)statingthatyoudonothavethenecessaryaccesspriv-ileges,youwillneedtoquitProToolsandchangethepermissionsofthefiles.
Tochangepermissionsforoneormorefiles,switchtotheFinder,selectthefiles,chooseFile>GetInfo,clicktheOwnerandPermissionstab,andselectyourusernamefromtheOwnerpop-upmenu.
YoumayneedtoclicktheLockiconandauthenticateyourusernametochangeOwnership.
GlobalMIDIPlaybackOffsetThevalue"–1"shouldnotbeusedintheGlobalMIDIPlaybackOffsetfield,intheMIDIpreferencesdialogbecauseitwillpre-ventthesessionfrombeingplayedfromthestart.
Enteranyothervalidnumericvalue.
InvalidRegionsDiscardedInpreviousreleases,ProToolswouldsilentlydiscardinvalidregions(regionsthataretooshortorpointtoinvalidaudiofiles),whenopeningasession.
InProTools6.
0,youmayseethefollowingalertwhenopeningsomesessionsinformingyouoftheseinvalidregionfiles,whichwillthenbediscarded:"SomeregionswereremovedfromtheTimelineorRegionListbe-causetheyreferredtofileswhicharetooshort.
"ProToolsLE6.
0(MacintoshOSXOnly)—2/10/034DigiBaseProToolsCannotRelinktoQuickTimeDVFilesQuickTimefilesinDVformat(.
dv)thatdonotcontainaudiocannotbefoundduringtherelinkingprocess.
Iftheyhavebeenmovedfromtheirpreviouslocation,thesefilesmustbemanuallyre-importedintothesession.
"FileIsBusy(–47)"ErrorintheTaskWindowWhenattemptingtodeleteafileforwhichyoudonothavepermissions,youwillencountera"Fileisbusy(–47)"errorintheTaskWindowandyouwillnotbeabletodeletethefile.
YoucannotdeleteafileordirectoryforwhichyoudonothaveReadandWritepermissions.
OutofMemory(–108)Ifyouattempttoupdatetheindexonavolumewithlittleornodiskspace,youwillencounteran"Outofmemory(–108)"error.
LockedorUnlockedStatusofaFileintheWorkspaceBrowserWhenunlockingorlockingafileintheWorkspacebrowser,theiconstatewillnotupdateuntilthebrowserisclosedandre-opened.
Thoughtheiconstateappearsinaccurate,thefilewillbecorrectlylockedorunlocked.
ProToolsWritesaDigidesignDatabaseDirectorytoBlankCD-ROMsandDVD-ROMsProToolswillrecognizeblankCD-ROMsorDVD-ROMsasvalidrecorddrivesandwriteaDigidesignDatabasedirectorytotheblankCD-ROMorDVD-ROMassoonasitismounted.
AlwaysquitProToolsbeforeinsertingablankCD-ROMorDVD-ROMintoyourcomputer.
ProToolsCrasheswhenClosingaSessionwhileRelinkingYoumustmanuallystopanycurrentrelinkingprocessespriortoclosingaProToolssession.
MacOSXApplicationsandDocumentsAppearintheWorkspaceBrowserMacOSXapplicationsanddocumentsmayappearasfoldersinaProToolsbrowser.
Donotchangethecontentsofthesefoldersinanyway,doingsowillresultinthecorruptionoftheapplicationorfile.
Plug-InsTransferringSessionswithPlug-InsfromOlderVersionsofProToolstoProTools6.
0WhenimportingdatafromsessionscreatedinearlierversionsofProTools,anyassociatedPlug-InSettingsfilesarenotim-ported.
YouwillneedtocopythePlug-InSettingsfilesmanually(intheFinder)TransferringSessionswithPlug-InsBetweenTDMandLESystemsWhentransferringsessionsbetweenLEandTDMsystems,plug-insettingsshouldbecopiedtothesession'sPlug-Insettingsfolder.
Thishelpsrestoretheproperplug-inpresetnames.
ModDelayIPlug-InAfterimportingModDelayIsettingsintoModDelayII,youmustSavethesettingbeforeitwillappearintheModDelayIISettingspop-upmenu.
ForthesakeofbackwardscompatibilitywithsessionscreatedwithpreviousversionsofProToolsus-ingtheModDelayIplug-in,theModDelayIplug-inisavailableintheBetaSoftwarefolderontheProToolsInstallerCD.
MIDIPlaybackStopsAfterOpeningInstrumentPlug-InsOpeningthePlug-InwindowforvirtualMIDIinstrumentplug-ins(suchasBrunoandReso)duringplayback,whilethein-ternalclickisroutedtoit,maycauseMIDIplaybacktostop.
TorecoverMIDIplayback,saveyoursession,quitandre-launchProTools,andthenopenthesession.
ProToolsLE6.
0(MacintoshOSXOnly)—2/10/035AudioSuiteProcessingandSideChainInputsSidechaininputsforplug-ins(suchasd3,Compressor,andLimiter)havenoeffectonAudioSuiteprocesseswhentheSelec-tionReferenceissettoRegionList.
AudioSuiteProcessingandMultichannelRegionsWhenprocessingmultipleregionsofdifferentformats(monoandstereo),onlyregionsintheformatsupportedbytheplug-inwillbeprocessed.
MIDINoMIDIPlaybackorRecordinginHalfSpeedPlaybackModeProTools6.
0currentlycannotplaybackorrecordMIDIinHalfSpeedPlaybackmode.
Tempo/MeterMapsNotImportedWhenusingtheImportSessionDatacommand,theTempo/MeterMapisnotimportedifthedestinationsessionisinManualTempomode.
YoumustdisableManualTempomodetoimporttheTempo/Metermapfromanothersession.
VideoBackgroundCopiesofVideoFilesDon'tAppearintheTaskManagerBesuretoallowampletimeforvideomediatocopy.
Untilthecopyiscomplete,asessionmayappeartohaveamissingorcorruptedvideofile.
DVMovieFileNamesareGreyed-OutInImportMovieDialogDVmoviefilenamesaregreyed-outintheImportMoviedialogeventhoughtheyarevalidfiles.
Youcanstillselectandim-portthesefileseventhoughtheyaregreyed-out.
DVMovieDoesn'tUpdatetoCursorLocationWhenstoppingDVFireWireplayback,themovielocationwillnotupdatetothecurrentcursorlocationifitisdifferentfromthestoplocation.
YoucanavoidthisissuebyleavingtheMoviewindowopenonthescreenandmovingtheMoviewindowoffscreen.
MboxPlayback,Record,orBouncetoDiskResultsin–9094or–9136ErrorsWhenusingFireWiredriveswithaslowerCPU(suchas400mHz),diskrelatedprocesses(suchasPlayback,Record,orBouncetoDisk)maybeinterruptedby–9094or–9136errors.
Toalleviatethisproblem,increasetheHardwareBufferSizesetting(Set-ups>PlaybackEngine)to1024or2048.
AppleAudioMIDISetup(AMS)EmagicMIDIInterfacesAtthetimeofthiswriting,EmagicMIDIinterfacesdonotretainthecableroutingsetupwithinAMSafterAMShasbeenclosed.
MIDIInterfaceOfineIfyourMIDIinterfacegoesofflinewhenmakingchangesinAMSwhileProToolsisrunning,youmayneedtoquitandre-launchbothProToolsandAMS.
ProToolsLE6.
0(MacintoshOSXOnly)—2/10/036AMSUnexpectedlyQuitsWhendefininganewexternaldeviceinAMS,AMSmayunexpectedlyquitwhenclosingtheDevicePropertieswindow.
Thiswillnotadverselyeffectyourconfigurationandyoucanre-launchAMStocontinueworking.
Don'tChangeAMSDuringProToolsPlaybackDonotchangetheAMSconfigurationwhileaProToolssessionisplayingoryoumayencounterproblems.
IfyouneedtoeditAMS,stopplaybackinProToolsfirst.
ErrorMessages"Couldnotcompleteyourrequestbecause:aprogramerroroccurred(–608)"TheNewSessionorOpenSessiondialogshouldremainintheforegrounduntilitisclosedoryoumayencounterthemessage"Couldnotcompleteyourrequestbecause:aprogramerroroccurred(–608).
"Error–6031DuringPlaybackIfyouencountera–6031errorwhileplayingbackasessionwithespeciallydenseMIDIorautomation,stopplayback,saveandclosethesession,quitandre-launchProTools,andre-openthesessionbeforeresumingplayback.
Error–6042PCIBusTooBusyIfyouencountera–6042error,pleaseconsulttheAnswerbaseforpossiblecausesandsolutions(www.
answerbase.
digide-sign.
com).
Error–6074Insessionswithhighsamplerates(96kHzormore),youmayneedtosettheHardwareBufferSizeto512ormoretoavoid–6074errors.
DAEError–9035whenOpeningSessionsorFilesonHFSVolumesYouwillencountera–9035errorwhenopeningProToolssessionsormediafilesresidingonanHFSformattedharddrive,ifthefilenamescontain"internationalcharacters"(anycharactersintheExtendedASCIIset).
YoushouldtransferanyProToolsfilesfromtheHFSvolumebyopeningtheminProTools6.
0,andthenusingSaveSessionCopyIn.
.
.
tosaveacopytoanHFS+formattedharddrive.
FilescanalsobecopiedfromanHFSvolumetoanHFS+volumeintheFinder.
However,inordertousethesefilesinProTools6.
0,youmustfirstremovetheoriginalHFSfilesfromyoursystem,eitherbydeletingthefilesfromtheHFSvolume,orbyunmountingtheHFSvolume.
DAEError–9073Ifyouencountera–9073error,pleaseconsulttheAnswerbaseforpossiblecausesandsolutions(www.
answerbase.
digide-sign.
com).
DAEError–9128Insessionswithhighsamplerates(96kHzormore),youmayneedtosettheHardwareBufferSizeto512ormoretoavoid–9128errorsduringplaybackwithRTASplug-insordenseautomation.
DAEError–9131RecordingtoorplayingfromaUnixFileSystem(UFS)formatteddriveisnotsupportedinProTools6.
0.
DAEError–9132Ifa–9132erroroccursduringBounceToDisk(evenwiththehighestHardwareBuffersettingselected),bustheappropriatetrackstotheappropriatenumberandformatofaudiotracks,andrecordtodisk.
Youcanthenusetheresultingaudiofilesasyouwouldhaveusedbouncedfiles.
ProToolsLE6.
0(MacintoshOSXOnly)—2/10/037DAEError–9155Insessionswithhighsamplerates(96kHzormore),youmayneedtosettheHardwareBufferSizeto512ormoretoavoid–9128errorsduringplaybackwithdenseautomation.
DAEError–9735WhenProToolsreachestheendofitstimelimitinthetimeline,orifProToolshasbeenincontinuousplayforlongerthanthemaximumtimelimit,youwillencounteraDAEerror–9735.
ThemaximumtimelimitforProToolsdependsontheses-sionsamplerate.
Formoreinformation,seetheProToolsReferenceGuide.
AdditionsandCorrectionstoGuidesThefollowingsectionsdocumentadditionsandcorrectionstotheProTools6.
0guides.
Control|24GuidePN932709088-003/01HeadphoneJackandControlsOnpage37oftheControl|24Guide,thesectiontitledHeadphoneJackandControlsincorrectlystatesthat,"thejackislocatedonthelower-leftoftheControlRoomMonitorsection.
"Correction:ThesectiontitledHeadphoneJackandControlsshouldsaythat,"thejackislocatedonthelower-rightoftheControlRoomMonitorsection.
"ContrastModePagesOnpage143oftheControl|24Guide,thesectionstitledPrefsPagesandContrastModePageareincorrect.
Correction:ThesectionsforPrefsPagesandContrastModePageshouldbeignoredbecausethesepagesarenotavailableontheCon-trol|24.
ExpandedSystemsGuidePN910609434-00REVA06/02MagmaCardBusChassisOnpage23oftheExpandedSystemsGuide,itfailstostatethatMagmaCardbusChassisarenotsupportedinProTools6.
0onMacOSXv10.
2.
3.
Correction:Atthetimeofthiswriting,theMagma2-and4-slotCardBusExpansionChassisarenotsupportedbyProTools6.
0onMacOSX.
ChecktheDigidesignWebsite(www.
digidesign.
com)forthemostcurrentcompatibilityinformation.
ProToolsLE6.
0(MacintoshOSXOnly)—2/10/038ProToolsReferenceGuide(JapaneseVesionOnly)PN910610773-00REVA12/02ProToolsInputs(ProTools6.
0Only)IntheEnablingInputDevicessectionofChapter13:MIDIRecordingintheProToolsReferenceGuide,informationaboutProToolsInputswascommitted.
Correction:ProToolshasfourvirtualMIDIinputs,calledProToolsInputs,thatcanreceiveMIDIfromothersupportedsoftwareappli-cations.
Forexample,youcanuseProToolsInputstosynchronizetoMIDITimeCodegeneratedfromanothersupportedsoftwareapplication,controlsoftwaresynthesizerplug-insinProTools(suchasBruno/Reso),orrecordMIDIdatafroman-otherMIDIsequencertoProToolsMIDItracks.
MIDIPatchbayisausefulapplicationforroutingMIDIbetweenapplicationsthatsupportvirtualMIDIinputs(suchasProTools),andapplicationsthatdon't(suchasReason).
Formoreinformation,seehttp://pete.
yandell.
com/software.