How can I change Aux I/O device names?

[daeron80]

When the Aux I/O feature was first added, my most common use was with a VOIP provider called Ring Central. So, I created a new stereo in/out pair and named them RingC. Today, I only use Teams for this, so I've tried to rename them Teams. I can rename the busses in I/O. But I can't figure out how to rename the devices themselves. They're still named RingC in Mac's Audio MIDI Setup. How can I rename them? Here's a screenshot of my Aux I/O page.

[Eric Lambert]

There's a text file which contains the names of those devices -- it can be edited. I don't remember its location but someone here will post it. This may be helpful: https://producenewmedia.com/pro-tool...-customization

[daeron80]

Thank you! That worked. It's not easy. You have to add yourself to the folder permissions, edit the document shown on the above webpage, and restart. But it worked.

[daeron80]

Since I was able to create the busses originally with Aux I/O in Pro Tools, it's a little weird that I can't rename them in the same interface. Maybe they can fix that in a future update. Editing permissions in your Mac Library folder is akin to editing a Windows registry. Sometimes necessary but always risky.

[Eric Lambert]

Originally Posted by daeron80

Since I was able to create the busses originally with Aux I/O in Pro Tools, it's a little weird that I can't rename them in the same interface. Maybe they can fix that in a future update. Editing permissions in your Mac Library folder is akin to editing a Windows registry. Sometimes necessary but always risky.

In this case there's almost no risk of screwing up OS-level activities just by editing this doc, though it's not a bad idea to save a backup of the original file just in case.

I'm honestly surprised you're unable to edit the names directly within PT. I've not tried (because I changed names in the document when that functionality was first released and haven't changed it since) but it would make a load of sense to have that editable.