What are the optimum settings for Pro Tools on a Mac?

Appearance Control Panel: Under Fonts, change all fonts to Chicago & Disable “Smooth all fonts on screen.” Under Sound, set Soundtrack to “none.”Energy Saver Control Panel: Set sleep time to “Never.”Memory Control Panel: Select “Custom” twice under Disk Cache and set it to 512k. You will see a warning regarding system performance. Do Not Panic! This warning does not affect Pro Tools’ performance. 512k is the optimum setting. Set Virtual Memory and Ram Disk to “Off.” Monitors Control Panel:If using a 9500 or 9600 (or lower) Mac, set colors to 256.If using a G3 or G4, setting the color to “thousands” should be adequate.AV users should set the monitor attatched to the ABVB card to “millions.”Extensions Manager: Under “Selected Set,” select the OS Base Set (Listed by OS version…ex. OS 8.6 Base Set) Select “Duplicate Set” and name the set “Pro Tools.” Add/enable:OMS Preferrred Device (control panel)Digidesign DSP Manager (ext)Digisystem INIT (ext)Open Music system (ext)Digidesign Stream Manager (ext) (if applicable/needed)Digidesign Output Drivers (ext (if applicable/needed)Digidesign Direct I/O (ext) (if applicable/needed – v5.01 and higher)Digidesign Sound (control panel) (if applicable/needed – v5.01/OS9 and higher)Pro Tools/DAEMemory Allocation (Basic settings, based on 128-196 mb of RAM):In Digidesign folder>Pro Tools, ‘get info’ (Cmd-I)* on the Pro Tools application. Set the Preferred Memory to 30-50 mb (30000k-50000k)Minimum Memory should be left at the default (Enter a ‘0’ if in doubt)In System Folder>DAE Folder, ‘get info’ (Cmd-I)* on the DAE application.Set the Preferred Memory to 40-60 mb (40000-60000k)Minimum Memory should be left at the default (Enter a ‘0’ if in doubt)*NEVER ‘lock’ these “Get Info” windowsDAE Playback Buffer setting (DAE > File menu > Set Playback Buffer). Buffer size is dependent on your hardware. Use the following settings:Mix System – 2D24 System – 2Pro Tools III System – 0PowerMix Engine – 8

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