Hardware

[Makervan]

I recently bought Pro Tools 11 Student edition and when I try to open it it says I don't have my hardware connected. Is there a way to use Pro Tools 11 without buying an audio interface?

[Southsidemusic]

Hi and Welcome to the Community

In order to give you any meaningful and helpful answers here we need to know what your system setup is with all the info you can give us.

Your question depends on what computer and internal audio you have.

Please read THIS before posting.

Best Regards
Christopher

[Makervan]

Computer
Model : HP Pavilion 15 Notebook PC 103C_5335KV G=N L=CON B=HP S=PAV
Serial Number : 5CD34*****
Chassis : HP Notebook
Mainboard : HP 216F
Serial Number : PDVVC00*******
BIOS : Insyde F.15 06/03/2014
Total Memory : 5.5GB DDR3 SO-DIMM

Processors
Processor : AMD A6-5200 APU with Radeon(TM) HD Graphics (4C 2GHz, 800MHz IMC, 2MB L2)
Socket/Slot : FT3 (BGA769)

Chipset
Memory Controller : AMD F16 (Kabini) APU Root Complex 100MHz, 6GB DDR3 SO-DIMM 1.6GHz 64-bit

Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : Hynix (Hyundai) HMT325S6CFR8A-PB 2GB DDR3 SO-DIMM PC3-12800S DDR3-1600 (11-11-11-29 5-40-13-6)
Memory Module : Kingston HP16D3LS1KBG4G 4GB DDR3 SO-DIMM PC3-12800S DDR3-1600 (11-11-11-29 5-40-13-6)

Video System
Monitor/Panel : LG Generic PnP Monitor (1600x1200, 15.7")
Video Adapter : AMD Radeon HD 8400 (2CU 128SP SM5.0 600MHz, 512MB DDR3 1.6GHz 128-bit, Integrated Graphics)

Graphics Processor
OpenCL GP Processor : AMD Radeon HD 8400 (128SP 2C 600MHz, 1GB DDR3 1.6GHz 64-bit, Integrated Graphics)
Compute Shader Processor : AMD Radeon HD 8400 (128SP 2C 600MHz, 512MB DDR3 1.6GHz 128-bit, Integrated Graphics)

Storage Devices
WDC WD7500BPVX-60JC3T0 (750.2GB, SATA600, 2.5", 5400rpm, 8MB Cache) : 699GB (C:) (D:)
hp DVD RAM UJ8C2 (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 768kB Cache) : N/A (E:)

Logical Storage Devices
Windows (C:) : 672GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD7500BPVX-60JC3T0 (750.2GB, SATA600, 2.5", 5400rpm, 8MB Cache)
RECOVERY (D:) : 25GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD7500BPVX-60JC3T0 (750.2GB, SATA600, 2.5", 5400rpm, 8MB Cache)
WINRE : 400MB (NTFS)
Hard Disk : 350MB (NTFS)
Optical Drive (E:) : N/A @ hp DVD RAM UJ8C2 (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 768kB Cache)

Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : HP Hudson LPC Bridge
LPC Legacy Controller 1 : Winbond W83687THF
Audio Device : HP Kabini HDMI/DP Audio
Audio Codec : ATI (AMD) HDMI Audio
Audio Device : HP Hudson Azalia Controller
Audio Codec : Realtek Semi 0282
Disk Controller : HP Hudson SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
USB Controller 1 : HP FCH USB XHCI Controller
USB Controller 2 : HP Hudson USB OHCI Controller
USB Controller 3 : HP Hudson USB EHCI Controller
USB Controller 4 : HP Hudson USB OHCI Controller
USB Controller 5 : HP Hudson USB EHCI Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : ATI SB800 SMBus

Printers and Faxes
Printer : Send to Microsoft OneNote 15 Driver (1200x1200, Colour)
Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer v4 (600x600, Colour)
Printer : HP Officejet 6700 Class Driver (1200x1200, Colour)
Printer : HP ePrint (600x600, Parallel, Colour)
Fax : Microsoft Shared Fax Driver (200x200)
Printer : Canon MP490 series Printer (USB, Colour)

Network Services
Network Adapter : Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller (Ethernet)
Wireless Adapter : Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter (802.11n (HT), AES-CCMP, 65Mbps)

Power Management
Battery No 1 : Hewlett-Packard Primary 38.36Wh/2.28Ah

Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows 8.1 Home 6.03.9600
Platform Compliance : x64

Windows Experience Index
Current System : 4.6

[Southsidemusic]

Hi

Great job with the Sandra report!

2 things first :

6 GB missmatched RAM will probably be an issue with PT11 when you get it running and if Inwere you I would pull the 2 GB stick and get another 4 GB same brand and specs OR get one 8Gb stick as that is the bare minimum for PT11 to function properly without giving you error messages

Second the Harddrive is too slow and will Not work. You need atleast 7200rpm for the OS drive and a secondary equal or better (SSD) for recording to. The computer specs are not up to par for use with PT11 but might run initially with errors and other problems. This needs to be addressed if you want to use the software.

As for the hardware, You need an audio card or interface to run PT11 and it can be any brand since PT9 and up so get a cheap Mbox 2 or M Audio or Focusrite online used or new. That would be my recommendations and if you want PT11 to run you will need to make those changes otherwise you will spend more time here trouble shooting than making music and learning the program.

Best of Luck
Christopher

Maybe someone with Windows knows if asio4all would work with the built in soundcard for the time being until you cannget a dedicated audio interface but that would only be a bandaid for the system.

[JoelG]

I'm pretty sure "Student Edition" is the same as normal Pro Tools 11, just at a discounted price. You should be able to install ASIO4ALL as Christopher menitoned if you just want to get into the program and play around or mix, but if you want to record, you should get a proper audio interface.

Joel