Customizing Pro Tools Audio Bridge Drivers

[tomguest.tv]

Has anyone tried this successfully?

I've followed the instructions and can delete the devices I don't want but when I try to rename them they just stay as the default name in AMS - any ideas?



thanks




Customizing Pro Tools Audio Bridge Drivers
(For Advanced Users Only)
You can create, edit, and delete Pro Tools Audio Bridge devices to match your specific needs using TextEdit. Note that the following should only be attempted by advanced users.
To change the configuration of Pro Tools Audio Bridge devices:
1 Quit any applications that are using Pro Tools Audio Bridge.
2 Open ProToolsAudioBridge.config with any text editor (such as Apple’s TextEdit), which is located here:
Macintosh HD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/ProToolsAudioBridge.driver/Contents/Resources/
3 Add, remove, or modify an existing line to add, remove, or change the Pro Tools Audio Bridge devices listed in AMS. The first number is the channel count, followed by the name of the device.
4 Save the file and restart your computer.
When you next launch Core Audio after restarting, your changes appear in AMS.

[its2loud]

Works fine for me.

Make sure your folder permissions allow for writing over the config file. Otherwise the OS just makes a copy.

I’ve added, taken away, and changed existing with no issues.

[danjlambert]

Hi there, I am also trying to edit this but I cannot find the file. There is no HAL directory and if I search "ProToolsAudioBridge.config", nothing appears.

Can anyone offer any guidance to find this? I've tried Avid support but nothing yet...

I am on MAC OS Monterey. Latest Pro Tools

Originally Posted by its2loud

Works fine for me.

Make sure your folder permissions allow for writing over the config file. Otherwise the OS just makes a copy.

I’ve added, taken away, and changed existing with no issues.

[jseelye02]

I just did this, worked totally fine.

You have to make sure you give yourself FOLDER permissions, not just file permissions. And you HAVE to restart the entire machine or it won't work.

Otherwise follow those directions exactly and it should be fine. And if you're not seeing a HAL folder you're probably looking in the wrong library folder.

[Darryl Ramm]

Originally Posted by danjlambert

Hi there, I am also trying to edit this but I cannot find the file. There is no HAL directory and if I search "ProToolsAudioBridge.config", nothing appears.

Can anyone offer any guidance to find this? I've tried Avid support but nothing yet...

I am on MAC OS Monterey. Latest Pro Tools

Follow the exact file path given.

If you have Pro Tools 2022.9 and can see the aux device in Audio/MIDI setup then those files *have* to be on your system in that location.

Go to /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins and see what is there under HAL. This is the systems audio plugins folder *NOT* the standard Pro Tools .aaxplugin folder. -- I'm guessing you are making that mistake.

[xavierbaez]

Originally Posted by tomguest.tv

Has anyone tried this successfully?

I've followed the instructions and can delete the devices I don't want but when I try to rename them they just stay as the default name in AMS - any ideas?



thanks




Customizing Pro Tools Audio Bridge Drivers
(For Advanced Users Only)
You can create, edit, and delete Pro Tools Audio Bridge devices to match your specific needs using TextEdit. Note that the following should only be attempted by advanced users.
To change the configuration of Pro Tools Audio Bridge devices:
1 Quit any applications that are using Pro Tools Audio Bridge.
2 Open ProToolsAudioBridge.config with any text editor (such as Apple’s TextEdit), which is located here:
Macintosh HD/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/ProToolsAudioBridge.driver/Contents/Resources/
3 Add, remove, or modify an existing line to add, remove, or change the Pro Tools Audio Bridge devices listed in AMS. The first number is the channel count, followed by the name of the device.
4 Save the file and restart your computer.
When you next launch Core Audio after restarting, your changes appear in AMS.

Hello
Do I need to change
Pro Tools Audio Bridge config file if I want to use the bridge instead of the Aux IO?

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