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Chapter 6: Starting Up and Configuring
Control|24
Starting Up and Shutting
Down a System
Pro Tools systems components must be turned
on and shut off in a specific order.
Start your Pro Tools System in this order:
Turn on external hard drives. Wait 10 to 15
1
seconds for them to come up to speed.
Turn down or mute monitor levels on Con-
2
trol|24 to avoid loud sounds on power up.
Turn on Control|24.
3
Turn on any MIDI interfaces and other MIDI
4
devices.
Turn on audio interfaces.
5
Turn on the computer.
6
Turn on the monitoring amplifier and speaker
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system.
Shut down Pro Tools in this order:
Turn off the monitoring amplifier and speaker
1
system.
Turn off audio interfaces.
2
Shut down the computer.
3
Turn off MIDI interfaces and other MIDI de-
4
vices.
Turn off Control|24.
5
Turn off external hard drives.
6
Power down your monitor system, and
make sure the levels are all the way down
on your amplifiers before turning Con-
trol|24 on or off. A loud pop can occur dur-
ing power cycling that could possibly dam-
age playback systems.
Software Installation
The Pro Tools Installer automatically installs all
Control|24 software as part of a normal installa-
tion. If you have not yet installed Pro Tools, re-
fer to the Getting Started Guide that came with
your system.
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