I/O Setup question

[scottgreiner]

Working at home on an HD2 with one interface, I do a lot of preproduction. Then I go to mix on a console with lots of Protools outputs, but have to painstakingly reassign all the I/O for every track, bus output, and aux return. Is there an easy way?

If I import the mix studio's I/O setup I get duplicates/conflicts. I have to go through and rectify each one separately. If I nuke MY aux's assigned to hardware outputs and re-assign them to the mix studio's, I lose the automation on those outputs.

Sorry if I'm missing something obvious here. It just seems to take up a lot of valuable $tudio time.

[mixer]

you need to delete the old io setup first ..you can export and save to re-import later. use control delete. then import the io you want to use.

[mixer]

you need to delete the old io setup first ..you can export and save to re-import later. use control delete. then import the io you want to use.

[JKD99]

Exactly. At the mix studio, launch Pro Tools and delete their IO setup BEFORE you open your session, then yours will load with no conflicts.

[scottgreiner]

No no, thats not the problem - actually, there is no "problem" per se. I'm just curious if anyone has a faster methode of re-assigning I/O when splitting things out on a desk at another studio. I'd imagine the big guys have their assistant do it for them before they sit down to mix.

When I open my session, it opens fine. I then have to go and import the mix studio's I/O setup, then start re-assigning outputs and deleting duplicate assignments. I guess I was hoping for a "tips n' tricks" kind of thing for a tedious process.

[mixer]

many larger studios ours included post their io setup online...so you can do it before you come in to do your session..there is no easier way...g.

[Craig F]

tricks like ?

Command+Option for sequential assigning (Trk 1 out o/p 1, Trk 2 out o/p 2)
Shift+Option for limiting the assignment to the selected tracks
Shift+Command+Option for sequential assigning limited to the selected tracks


It would be nice if there was a "Remap Session I/O to System I/O" setting in Pro Tools for thing like going tom and Edit Room to an ADR. Foley or Dub Stage

[Andre Knecht]

I can just see it…

It looks a little like the “Import Session Data” window, where facilities (physical I/O, busses, etc.) used in the saved session appear listed on the left, and to the right of each such entry we have a pop-up allowing us to re/assign it to what’s available (and/or defined) on the current rig. The pop-up also features the option to have a non-existing buss imported/created.

The whole thing can be saved and recalled as presets.

Yeah, I could use something like that every week.

[Craig F]

I was thinking more along the lines of something like what the DSP Engine does, but I'll take both

[scottgreiner]

tricks like ?

Command+Option for sequential assigning (Trk 1 out o/p 1, Trk 2 out o/p 2)
Shift+Option for limiting the assignment to the selected tracks
Shift+Command+Option for sequential assigning limited to the selected tracks

Not exactly, I got those

It would be nice if there was a "Remap Session I/O to System I/O" setting in Pro Tools for thing like going tom and Edit Room to an ADR. Foley or Dub Stage

Yeah, something like that! Or maybe a dialog that would say, "these are the things that have changed in your I/O setup" with a list that follows, and the option to rename them or remap them. This would be a lot lot simpler than hunting through the pages of the I/O setup for bugaboos.

I was thinking more along the lines of something like what the DSP Engine does, but I'll take both

werd.