Default I/O settings different each time (with same hardware)?

[kirkbross]

I have an Apogee Symphony I/O and I'm running PT11 (vanilla). When I create a new session I usually go into PT I/O... and click the "Default" button on the inputs, outputs and busses.

What I find confusing is that sometimes the inputs default to:

In 1-2
In 3-4
In 5-6
etc..

And other times (for no reason it I can tell) it'll say:

In 1-2
A Mic 3-4
In 5-6

Where is it getting these default names from? Even if I don't touch anything in Maestro, Pro Tools might give different default input names, apparently depending on the wind.

It's easy enough to manually rename them, but I want to understand what's happening.

Thanks,

[musicman691]

Can't explain what you're seeing but you can do what I do: create a preset for the output/input/buss configuration etc. in PT I/O and give it a name. When you create a new session you're given a choice of different I/O setups and one of them will be your custom setup. Choose that and you should be good to go.

Something that comes to me is IIRC the Symphony I/O connects via USB2 as well as the Avid Digilink connector. If you're on a Windows machine and the USB ports have gone to sleep due to power savings that can/will cause a disruption of the interface path and that might be what's causing your problem. Do you by some chance have a second audio interface connected to your computer like maybe an onboard audio card? If so disable that.