The basics.
Read the following chapters in your PT Reference Manual:
• I/O Setup
• Plug-in And Hardware Inserts
Not knowing which software version you’re dealing with, I omitted listing page numbers. If you don’t have access to a hard copy of said manual, remember it can always be accessed from the “Help” menu at the top of your screen. Last but not least, the electronic version is searchable.
IHTH.
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