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1 Read Me Pro Tools 10.3 and Pro Tools HD 10.3 on Mac OS X 10.6.x, 10.7.x and 10.8.x This Read Me documents important compatibility information and known issues for Pro Tools 10.3 and Pro Tools HD 10.3 software on computers running Mac OS X 10.6.x ( Snow Leopard ), 10.7.x ( Lion ) and 10.8.x ( Mountain Lion ). Compatibility Avid can only assure compatibility and provide support for qualified hardware and software configurations. For the latest compatibility information including qualified computers, operating systems, and third-party products visit the Avid website ( All Pro Tools Systems An ilok must be connected at all times while running Pro Tools Pro Tools requires that an ilok with the appropriate authorizations be connected to the computer at all times. Do not remove the ilok while running Pro Tools. If the ilok is removed while Pro Tools is running, one of the following will occur: Pro Tools displays a dialog giving you the following choices: Reinsert the ilok and click Save. Pro Tools saves the session and then quits. Click Quit. Pro Tools closes the session without saving and then quits. or Pro Tools displays a dialog giving you the following choices: Reinsert the ilok and click OK to continue working in Pro Tools. Click Cancel. Pro Tools closes the session without saving and then quits. QuickTime Player is not currently compatible with Avid Audio Interfaces on Mac OS X 10.8 (PTSW ) QuickTime Player does not currently support Avid audio devices as output devices with Mac OS X Audio will not pass through and playback will not start. Please use an alternate audio interface for QuickTime Player, or use another software solution for playing back QuickTime files with Avid audio devices as a workaround for this issue. Mixer and Elastic Audio plug-ins from lower versions of Pro Tools are not compatible with Pro Tools 10 (PTSW ) The Mixer and Elastic Audio Plug-ins from lower versions of Pro Tools are not compatible with Pro Tools 10.x. If you encounter an error indicating that these plug-ins are corrupted please re-run the Pro Tools 10 installer to ensure that the correct plug-ins are installed. Pro Tools cannot record to drives formatted as Case-Sensitive (PTSW-64502) Pro Tools cannot record to Mac OS X drives which have been formatted as Case-Sensitive. Format the Mac OS X record volumes as Mac OS X Extended (Journaled) in order to record properly. Pro Tools 10.3 and Pro Tools HD 10.3 on Mac OS X 10.6.x, 10.7.x and 10.8.x 9/6/12 1

2 Spotlight indexing can interfere with long record passes (97151) There are known incompatibilities with Spotlight indexing drives while recording audio. If you will be recording to a large number of tracks for over an hour, set all of your drives to private in the Mac OS X System Preferences to ensure maximum performance. Failure to do this may result in Pro Tools reporting an error and ending the record pass when Spotlight indexes the drives. Mac OS X 10.7.x x keyboard shortcuts for Mission Control conflict with Pro Tools keyboard shortcuts By default, Mac OS X 10.7.x and 10.8.x use Control + Arrow keys to open Mission Control and Application Windows. These keyboard shortcuts conflict with the Pro Tools keyboard shortcuts for changing track display height. You can disable or reassign these shortcuts in Mac OS X. To disable or reassign keyboard shortcuts in Mac OS X: 1 From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences. 2 Click Keyboard. 3 Click the Keyboard Shortcuts tab. 4 Disable or reassign the shortcut for Mission Control. In Mac OS X 10.7.x x, the Library folder in each User folder is hidden DigiTrace logs, which can be helpful in troubleshooting Pro Tools errors, are stored in User/Library. These logs will be more difficult to find if the Library folder is hidden. To find the Library folder: Go to the Finder and click the Go menu while holding the Option key. Library will appear in the menu while the Option key is held. To display all hidden files and folders in an Open dialog: Press Command+Shift. To permanently unhide the Library folder: 1 Launch Terminal. 2 Type: chflags nohidden /Users/<Username>/Library. The hide status of the Library folder may be reset during an OS update. Pro Tools menus and interface are grayed out on launch (PTSW-18024) Pro Tools can appear unresponsive at launch, with the menus grayed out and browsers inoperable. This can happen because of Spaces. If Pro Tools is launched in any other Space than the first one, the Session Quick Start dialog still opens in the first Space. You can temporarily disable Spaces, launch Pro Tools, and disable the Session Quick Start dialog in the Preferences to avoid this problem. Automatic Update Notification will not connect through a proxy server that requires authentication (108837) Software Updater will not find an active internet connection when behind a proxy server that requires authentication to gain internet access. To work around this, the client machine with Software Updater needs to be moved out from behind the proxy or the proxy needs to allow HTTP access via port 80 without requiring authentication. Ethernet control surfaces may be unable to communicate with Pro Tools when Parallels Desktop for Mac is installed (101232) If you use an Ethernet control surface (such as C 24) or work surface (such as D-Control or D-Command) with Pro Tools, Parallels Desktop for Mac may prevent communication with the surface. Uninstall Parallels for your computer to restore communication. Pro Tools 10.3 and Pro Tools HD 10.3 on Mac OS X 10.6.x, 10.7.x and 10.8.x 9/6/12 2

3 Co-installation of Pro Tools with Media Composer (PTSW ) If you are running Media Composer 6.x on the same computer with Pro Tools 10.x using HDX, TDM, or HD Native hardware, make sure to install Media Composer or later. Launching Pro Tools on OS X managed accounts with parental controls (PTSW ) Observe the following steps to ensure that Pro Tools launches correctly on OS X Managed Accounts with Parental controls: 1 After installation, launch Pro Tools on an Administrator Account before attempting to launch on a Managed Account. Otherwise, you may need to reinstall Pro Tools. 2 Restart the computer and log into the Managed Account. 3 When launching Pro Tools, you may encounter a series of warning dialogs. Observe the following steps to dismiss them: If you encounter the warning: You don t have permission to use the application Pro Tools, choose Always Allow and enter your Administrator name/password. If you encounter the warning: Error trying to communicate with DigiShoe Tool. This could indicate a permissions problem with the installation. Try a clean reinstall (-9169), click OK to dismiss the error. Pro Tools will not launch. If you encounter the warning: You don t have permission to use the application DigiShoe Tool, choose Always Allow and enter your Administrator name/password. 4 Launch Pro Tools. The preceding steps are only necessary the first time you attempt to launch on the Managed Account. HDX Hardware Accelerated Systems Some Mac Pro computers with certain video cards may not have power connections available for HDX cards (PTSW ) Some video cards require power from the motherboard, which is also a requirement for Avid HDX cards. If you have a video card that requires both power connections on the motherboard, a power connection for your HDX cards will not be available. To avoid this problem, use a video card that does not require more than one power connection to the motherboard. Pro Tools HD Systems Slot order for BlackMagic Design DeckLink Extreme II PCIe card and Pro Tools HD PCIe cards (106661) BlackMagic Design recommends placing the DeckLink Extreme II video playback and capture card in Slot 3 of your PCIe Macintosh. You may have difficulty placing the HDMI daughter card in an unused slot between slots 0 and 1 in your Power Mac computer due to the full size of Pro Tools HD cards. In order to accommodate an additional Pro Tools HD Accel card, the DeckLink Extreme II was extensively tested in PCIe slot 1 as well. No decrease in performance was found. HD Native Systems With Mac OS or higher, it may not be possible to update the firmware on an HD Native PCIe card (PTSW ) When launching Pro Tools HD with a HD Native card on Mac OS or higher, a 1164 error may occur. This error indicates that the firmware for the HD Native card cannot be updated from version 1.0 to version 1.02 or If this error occurs, you can only update the firmware using Mac OS X or lower. The firmware update can also fail when using a Thunderbolt MacBook Pro. To avoid this error, use a Mac without Thunderbolt and use the Avid NativeCardFlasher utility to update the HD Native firmware, For more information on updating Native card firmware, refer to the following Avid Knowledge Base articles: HD Native card should be installed in PCIe slot 3 or slot 4 of Woodcrest and Clovertown Mac Pro computers for optimum performance (PTSW-1771) Clovertown and Woodcrest Mac computers cannot support a PCIe device of speed greater than 1x in PCIe Slot 2 without PCIe Slot 1 being lowered to 8x. (Note that Avid does not test graphics cards at less than their ideal speed of 16x.) To avoid this problem, install your Pro Tools Native card in PCIe slot 3 or slot 4 of your Clovertown or Woodcrest era Mac computer. Pro Tools 10.3 and Pro Tools HD 10.3 on Mac OS X 10.6.x, 10.7.x and 10.8.x 9/6/12 3

4 Clovertown Mac Pro computers do not have the PCIe bandwidth required to use more than two 4x PCIe cards at full speed (PTSW-1657 and PTSW-1456) Clovertown Mac Pro computers with an ATTO UL5D card, a BlackMagic Design's Decklink 3 Video Capture card, and an HD Native card do not have the PCIe Bandwidth required to run all three cards at full speed. In this configuration, three 4x PCIe cards are being called for, while Clovertown Mac Pro computers can only accommodate two 4x cards and one 1x card. Consequently, one card must be run at less than full speed. Avid has not tested any down-throttled combinations and as such this is an unsupported configuration. Consider the following options as workarounds: slow down the built in graphics card to 8x or remove the SCSI HBA card and use SATA instead of SCSI drives. Similarly, an HD Native card, an ATTO Celerity ES-41 Fiber Optic Network Adapter card, and a BlackMagic Design's DeckLink 3 card cannot be combined in Clowertown era Mac Pro without one card being used at less than its optimal PCIe bandwidth. Since Pro Tools support for Unity MediaNet 5 is limited to push/pull scenarios, Avid recommends that the ATTO Celerity card be down-throttled by installing it in the 1x PCIe slot, and that the HD Native and DeckLink 3 cards be installed in the 4x PCIe slots. Avid strongly recommends against running the HD Native card or BlackMagic Design DeckLink 3 card at less than full speed. VENUE systems with two HDx Option Cards may not be recognized by Pro Tools HD Native systems (PTSW ) If a second HDx Option card is installed in a VENUE system, it may cause both HDx cards not to be recognized by Pro Tools on HD Native. A single VENUE HDx Option card is recognized properly by Pro Tools on HD Native, so for consistent performance it may be necessary to de-install the second HDx card. Issues Resolved in Pro Tools 10.3 Display Waveforms are now drawn correctly in the Fades dialog when the start or end points are moved in from the edges. (PTSW ) Playback and Recording A class of unexpected 9092, 9093, 9128, or 9129 errors no longer occurs. An error that caused the counters to incorrectly indicate a very high speed of playback or record no longer occurs. (PTSW ) Input meters on HDX systems now properly indicate clipping. (PTSW ) Scrubbing on tracks above 192 voices on HD Native no longer causes Pro Tools to quit unexpectedly. (PTSW ) Destructive Punch Magic ID error is no longer encountered when using Destructive Punch in certain situations. (PTSW ) Destructive Punch now works properly with interleaved audio files. (PTSW ) Automatic Delay Compensation Delay Compensation may now be enabled for plug-in sidechains in the Operation preferences. (HDX hardware-accelerated systems only). Pro Tools 10.3 and Pro Tools HD 10.3 on Mac OS X 10.6.x, 10.7.x and 10.8.x 9/6/12 4

5 Automation Nudging automation selections now maintains automation shapes inside and outside the selection by inserting anchor breakpoints at the selection edges. (PTSW , PTSW ) Glide automation correctly glides between values in a selection. (PTSW ) Automation data can be pasted correctly when Automation Follows Edit is disabled. (PTSW ) Pasting automation selections no longer creates unexpected ramps. (PTSW ) Trimming clips with automation no longer creates unexpected ramps. (PTSW ) Automation trimming is now limited such that the lowest value can be trimmed up only to the maximum possible value, and the highest value can be trimmed down only to the minimum possible value. (PTSW ) Spurious (automation too dense) errors have been resolved. (PTSW ) Performance has been improved in Continuous Scroll mode when using the All tracks in Volume view key command Option + - (minus) (PTSW ) Pro Tools no longer quits unexpectedly when coalescing volume automation to clip gain. (PTSW ) Clip gain positions are no longer affected by the padding amount in Compact Audio dialog. (PTSW ) Editing Nudging audio within a region no longer affects audio on undisplayed alternate playlists. (PTSW ) Using the Object Grabber to duplicate one or more clips to a different location on the same track(s), either to the insertion point or by dragging, now correctly results in only the copied clips being object-selected, and not the originals. (PTSW ) Elastic Audio Commit works correctly when there are tempo changes in the session. (PTSW ) Plug-Ins and Processing Audio sync issues when rendering clip gain on clips with crossfades have been resolved. (PTSW ) The Right-Click menu is now available for making the input (sidechain) active or inactive. (PTSW ) Key input (sidechain) menu text is now italicized when made inactive with the Control-Command key command. (PTSW ) Do To All and Do To Selected are now available for Key input menu active / inactive state. Mod Delay III correctly recalls tempo sync settings on session open. (PTSW ) Mod Delay III follows tempo changes correctly in Sync mode. (PTSW ) Mod Delay III note value buttons work correctly in stereo link mode. (PTSW ) Native Instruments Kontakt no longer causes Pro Tools menus to become grayed out. (PTSW ) An error in ViewsUOSWindow.MacCarbon.cpp Line 1817 no longer occurs with several third party plug-ins. (PTSW ) System Usage Window The CPU Usage meter now displays CPU cycles required for communication with the HD Native and HDX PCIe cards. The meter is more accurate than before with these systems. Pro Tools 10.3 and Pro Tools HD 10.3 on Mac OS X 10.6.x, 10.7.x and 10.8.x 9/6/12 5

6 MIDI MIDI data selection is now correctly based on the displayed location of the data, which is dependent on the Display Events as Modified by Real-Time Properties preference. (PTSW ) MIDI CC data now displays correctly when the Display Events as Modified by Real-Time Properties preference is changed. (PTSW ) Selecting notes with the marquee in Notes or Velocity view, after having done so in a previously opened session, will no longer cause crashes. (PTSW ) A new preference has been added on the MIDI pane under Delay for External Devices: Notes and Controllers. When enabled, Pro Tools applies Delay Compensation to MIDI notes and MIDI controller data. This is helpful when monitoring external MIDI devices outside of Pro Tools. Control Surfaces The handling of ICON-specific session data has been optimized to improve performance of the Save Session command. (PTSW ) On ICON worksurfaces, the LFE channel is available in 5.1 mode on the touchscreen surround panner. (PTSW ) On ICON worksurfaces, when using the EQ III AAX plug-in, the Q knob for LF and HF bands in the EQ section now adjusts Q in bell mode correctly. (PTSW ) Video and Synchronization All Satellite Link and Video Satellite systems now stop on the same location when rewound to the beginning of the session. (PTSW ) Media Composer now stops in sync when Pro Tools is recording. (PTSW ) Pro Tools stops sending timecode when a played selection ends. Devices receiving timecode stop correctly when Pro Tools stops. (PTSW ) Locating from a 9-pin controller now reliably updates Pro Tools location. (PTSW ) Spurious timecode values are not sent during certain transport command sequences. (PTSW ) When using BlackMagic video output, 1080p24 and 720p59 formats are now properly set. (PTSW-3099) Pro Tools 10.3 and Pro Tools HD 10.3 on Mac OS X 10.6.x, 10.7.x and 10.8.x 9/6/12 6

7 Known Issues The following section documents known issues you may encounter when using Pro Tools 10.3 or Pro Tools HD 10.3, along with workarounds if they exist. For known issues specific to any of the software options for Pro Tools HD, see the Satellite Link Read Me, the Video Satellite Read Me, or the Video Satellite LE Read Me. General Pro Tools Issues Synchronizing to external clock with a different sample rate from the session results in the following error: The current playback engine does not support a sample rate of 44.1 khz (PTSW ) In certain circumstances, attempting to synchronize to an external clock that has a different sample rate than the session may result in the following error: The current playback engine does not support a sample rate of 44.1 khz. On Mac OS X, this may be preceded by the error Pro Tools has re-set the sample rate of the HW device because it was changed by another application. If this happens, correct the sample rate mismatch and re-select the correct clock rate. Templates retain I/O settings and some preferences, display settings, and window layouts (PTSW-47133) Pro Tools Session Templates Retain the I/O settings and some of the preferences, display settings, and window layouts from the system on which the template was created. Consequently, created a new session based on a template restores several session properties from the original system. These properties are retained by Pro Tools until you change them or another session or template is opened that replaces them. This also means that if a new blank session is created after using a template, the properties from the template will be used for the new session. The properties retained from templates include default track height, view settings, window size and position, and I/O Setup. You can update templates by making the desired changes, using the File > Save as Template command (be sure to select the Install template in system option), and then selecting the template you want to replace. With Mac OS X 10.7.x ( Lion ) and 10.8.x ( Mountain Lion ), the Send To DigiDelivery command in Pro Tools requires a beta version of DigiDelivery. The latest production version of the DigiDelivery client application is not compatible Mac OS X 10.7.x ( Lion ) or 10.8.x ( Mountain Lion ). A beta version of the DigiDelivery client is available for users of Mac OS X 10.7.x. Although it has not been through a full qualification test effort, there are no known issues with this version. CPU Usage Limit may be reached when Error Suppression is enabled (PTSW-50339) When enabling Error Suppression at CPU Usage Limit 85% or higher, it may be possible to overload your computer to a point at which it is no longer recoverable. To avoid this state, keep your CPU Usage Limit set to 80% or lower when Error Suppression is enabled Screen redraw may slow down at higher CPU Usage Limit settings when Host Engine Error Suppression is on (82915) In some cases, you may experience a slowdown in screen redraw or background CPU tasks when Host Engine Error Suppression is engaged and the CPU Usage Limit is set to 85 percent or above. If you encounter this behavior while using Error Suppression, open the Playback Engine Dialog and lower the CPU Usage Limit by 5 to 10 percent. Session Notes dialog frequently appears when opening sessions (PTSW ) The Session Notes dialog frequently appears when opening sessions, but only reports that some paths are unavailable. You should be able dismiss the dialog and playback the session without incident, but you may want to check your I/O Setup to insure that only valid paths are configured. Opening sessions created with Pro Tools 7.4 or lower (106746) When opening sessions created with Pro Tools 7.4 or lower in Pro Tools 8.1 and higher, all waveform overviews are recalculated. This is because Pro Tools now features 16-bit waveform overviews, so all old 8-bit overviews will need to be recalculated. This recalculation only needs to happen once. Pro Tools 10.3 and Pro Tools HD 10.3 on Mac OS X 10.6.x, 10.7.x and 10.8.x 9/6/12 7

8 Using the Save Copy In command to save to session formats lower than Pro Tools 10 converts all audio for sessions with interleaved files (PTSW ) When saving a Pro Tools 10.x session that has a mix of interleaved and non-interleaved (multi-mono) audio files to a lower session format (such as Pro Tools 7 9.ptf ), all audio files are converted (even if they are not interleaved). Using the Save Copy In command from Pro Tools 10 (.ptx) to Pro Tools 9 and lower session formats cannot link to audio files with names including certain characters (PTSW ) In sessions containing tracks or files with special keyboard characters such as $, %, or # using the Save Copy In command to save to Pro Tools legacy formats is not supported and may result in problems copying files. To avoid this issue, rename any tracks or audio files containing special keyboard characters before saving a session in a legacy format. Clip Groups can be dragged to tracks in Playlist view even though Clip Groups are not supported in Playlist view (PTSW ) It is possible to drag a clip group to a track in Playlist view even though clip groups are not supported in Playlist view. Normally, when switching to Playlist view from another track view, any clip groups on that track are automatically ungrouped. While clip groups dragged to tracks in Playlist view may appear to work properly, it is recommended that you ungroup them while in Playlist view to ensure proper behavior. When importing session data, automation is replaced instead of overlaid when using Adjust Session Start Time to Match Source Start Time (PTSW ) Automation can sometimes be replaced instead of overlaid when using Adjust Session Start Time to Match Source Start Time when importing session data. This issue may occur if the source session start time (of the session being imported) is earlier than the current session start time. This issue can be avoided if you instead import the session data from the session with the later start time into the session with the earlier start time. You must also not enable the Adjust Session Start Time to Match Source Start Time option, and select Maintain Absolute when prompted. Automation window update when writing automation (PTSW-46747) When writing automation on Volume, Pan, and so on, the corresponding buttons in the Automation window provide no indication that automation on the related control is being written. You will need to observe the automation buttons on tracks in Mix or Edit windows to see an indication that automation is being written. Automatic Delay Compensation cannot not be applied to tracks recording from different types of sources (PTSW ) Automatic Delay Compensation cannot compensate for cascaded records that use both I/O and bus inputs to recording tracks. An example of this is feeding an audio track (in record) from an audio input, and then bussing the output of the track to another audio track also in record. The first audio track will be compensated but the second cascaded track will not be. (This is not a common workflow.) Audio scrubbing is offset by the overall system delay when Automatic Delay Compensation is enabled (PTSW ) With Automation Delay Compensation enabled, when scrubbing audio the output is offset by the overall system delay (displayed in the Session Setup Window). Large system delays cause a noticeable offset. To avoid this issue, you can disable Automatic Delay Compensation when you want to scrub audio for editing. DestructivePunch may not behave correctly when using Automatic Delay Compensation (PTSW ) When using the Maximum amount of Delay Compensation, DestructivePunch may not behave correctly. To avoid this issue, do not use DestructivePunch with system delays over 4,096 samples at 48 khz, 8,192 samples at 96 khz, or 16,384 samples at 192 khz. Pro Tools 10.3 and Pro Tools HD 10.3 on Mac OS X 10.6.x, 10.7.x and 10.8.x 9/6/12 8

9 Possible performance issues with waveform overviews (110041, , and ) Calculating waveform overviews in Pro Tools 8.1 and higher may cause some one-time issues with various operations. Once the overviews are calculated, system performance will return to normal. Areas where you may notice this are: Legacy Sessions (110041) When opening Legacy Pro Tools sessions (lower than 8.0) for the first time, if you immediately start playback, you may encounter various errors advising you to increase the H/W Buffer size, or to delete tracks, or to remove some Native (RTAS and AAX) plug-ins. This is because Pro Tools is re-calculating waveform overviews in the background. Pausing this task in task manager, or waiting until this task is complete, will resolve the issue. Once the waveform is calculated, you will not experience this issue again. Playback of Newly Created Clips ( and ) You may notice a slight drop in normal playback performance immediately following a record take or after creating or importing new clips. This is because Pro Tools is calculating waveform overviews in the background. This issue is usually encountered when recording or creating many clips with long durations. Pausing this task in task manager, or waiting until this task is complete, will resolve the issue. Once the waveform is calculated, session playback performance returns to expected levels. With Pro Tools and higher, waveform overview calculation is automatically paused whenever the Transport is engaged. You do not need to manually pause this task in the Task Manager unless you want all tasks paused (such as relinking). Waveform overviews disappear after editing metadata from the Workspace browser (PTSW ) If you edit metadata from the Workspace browser, audio waveform overviews may disappear from the Edit window. If this occurs, recalculate the waveforms or close and reopen the session. To avoid this issue, edit metadata from the Project browser instead of the Workspace browser or 6031 DAE errors when using Sibelius 7 as a ReWire client with Pro Tools (PTSW and PTSW ) If you encounter 9128 or 6031 DAE Errors when using Sibelius 7 as a ReWire client with Pro Tools, try increasing the Hardware Buffer Size to 1024 samples in the Pro Tools Playback Engine (Setup > Playback Engine). Audio clips on tick-based tracks do not play at the correct tempo after opening a Reason song with a different tempo (PTSW-34086) Audio clips on tick-based tracks do not play at the correct tempo after opening a Reason song with a tempo that is different from the one in your session. To correct this, make any tempo change via the Conductor track or the Manual Tempo input and the clips will play back correctly. Cannot run Reason or Record as ReWire clients if they have not first been launched and set up as a standalone application (PTSW ) Reason and Record need to be launched and setup as a stand-alone applications before running them as a ReWire clients with Pro Tools. Do the following: Launch Reason or Record in stand-alone mode and follow the on-screen instructions. Quit Reason or Record. Launch Pro Tools and insert Reason or Record as a ReWire plug-in on an audio, Auxiliary Input, or Instrument track. Exporting interleaved BWF files from Pro Tools 10 and importing into Pro Tools 9.0.x and lower may cause Pro Tools to quit unexpectedly (PTSW ) When exporting any greater-than-stereo multichannel interleaved WAV (BWF) files other than 5.1 from Pro Tools 10 and then importing them into Pro Tools 9.x or lower, Pro Tools quits unexpectedly. To avoid this problem, export audio files for import into lower versions of Pro Tools in another file format (such as AIFF or multi-mono). Opening a session with a QuickTime movie as a non-administrator user can prevent the movie from playing back (47053) If you open a session as a non-administrator user and you do not have permissions for the QuickTime movie file, Pro Tools will tell you that the movie file cannot be found and prompt you to relink. In the relink window the movie can be found and Pro Tools will appear to relink to it but it will still not play back. For correct playback, make sure you have permission to use the QuickTime movie file. Pro Tools 10.3 and Pro Tools HD 10.3 on Mac OS X 10.6.x, 10.7.x and 10.8.x 9/6/12 9

10 Some QuickTime audio formats cannot be imported (58792 and PTSW-52226) The audio from QuickTime movies with Apple Lossless or AMR audio compression cannot be imported into Pro Tools. Use QuickTime Pro or another application to convert the audio to another format prior to import. Apple Lossless codec is not supported for Bounce to QuickTime Movie (PTSW-53198) Pro Tools 7.3 and higher does not support the Apple Lossless audio codec. Choosing it from the Bounce to QuickTime Movie Audio Compression dialog will result in a movie without usable audio. 48 khz Bounce to MP3 in Pro Tools 7.x and higher results in a 44.1 khz MP3 File (72617) Bouncing to MP3 while using the Highest Quality Encoding, Slower Encoding Time setting with any bit rate other than 320 kbps will result in a 44.1 khz file. This is a known limitation of the encoder. Hourly 9073 errors during recording (PTSW ) If you encounter 9073 disk errors at the same time every hour while recording in sessions with large track counts, you may need to update Mac OS. To avoid this problem, check and install all OS related security updates through Mac Software Update. With the Pro Tools Web browser, links to external sites do not work as expected (PTSW ) In the Pro Tools Web browser, navigating to external sites using links from Avid web pages (such as links to social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn) may not work as expected. For the sake of security, the Pro Tools Web browser is restricted to avid.com pages. If you want to browse sites other than avid.com, or share avid.com pages with friends, use the Launch Page in External Browser feature to view the page in your default Web browser and navigate from there. HDX Hardware Accelerated Systems Pro Tools does not play back when an invalid sync source is selected on SYNC HD (Word Clock or AES/EBU) (PTSW ) When attempting to initiate playback, playback will fail if a SYNC HD is connected to an HDX card and an Avid audio interface with no connections to either the word clock or AES/EBU ports. Ensure that the clock is set to a working clock source to resolve this issue. In Avid DigiTest, the reported slot number may not correspond to the physical slot number in the computer (PTSW ) In Avid DigiTest, the slot number reported for Avid HDX cards starts from 0 on up. For example, Slot 1 does not necessarily correlate to the first physical slot in the machine. If you have an Avid HDX card that is having problems, match the Serial Number ID on the back of the card with the Serial Number ID displayed on the Slot Info page in Avid DigiTest. Pro Tools does not use HDX hardware if a Core Audio application is using HDX hardware (PTSW ) When launching Pro Tools HD on an HDX hardware accelerated system, Pro Tools will use the Pro Tools Aggregate I/O as the Playback Engine if a Core Audio application has already engaged the HDX hardware. Be sure to quit all Core Audio applications before launching Pro Tools HD to ensure that Pro Tools HD can use HDX hardware. With multiple track output assignments, Native AAX plug-ins use more voices than expected (PTSW ) When using Native RTAS or AAX plug-in as the last insert on a track that has multiple outputs assigned, additional voices will be used for each voiced output assignment. This is because a voice is required for each audio channel routed from the TDM engine to the host processor and back. To avoid this issue, use a DSP AAX plug-in, such Trim, as the last insert on the track. Pro Tools 10.3 and Pro Tools HD 10.3 on Mac OS X 10.6.x, 10.7.x and 10.8.x 9/6/12 10

11 Pro Tools HD Systems Unable to open sessions created with Pro Tools 7.4 or lower that use the maximum available DSP in Pro Tools 8.1 and higher (111490) Since the surround mixer plug-in is installed by default with Pro Tools 8.1 and higher, some stereo sessions that use mono output paths may use a different DSP allocation than in Pro Tools 7.4 and lower. Older sessions that use mono output paths and use all of the available DSP and may not open in Pro Tools 8.1 or higher. The workaround is to remove the surround mixer plug-in from the Plug-Ins folder and move it to the Plug-ins (Unused) folder so Pro Tools does not use the surround mixer to build your mixer. This should make the necessary DSP available to open the session. HD Native Systems Audible pops and clicks occur when changing buffer sizes (PTSW ) Pops and clicks may occur when changing the Hardware Buffer Size (H/W Buffer Size) in the Playback Engine dialog while monitoring live audio through HD Native hardware. Avid recommends not changing the Hardware Buffer Size while monitoring live audio to avoid this problem. If you must change the Hardware Buffer Size while monitoring live audio, be sure to lower the monitoring volume to avoid any possible damage to your speakers. HD Native Thunderbolt Systems HD Native Thunderbolt headphone output stops working when low latency monitoring is enabled (PTSW ) The headphone output on the HD Native Thunderbolt does not function when low latency monitoring is enabled. In this case, use alternative monitoring source such, as an Avid HD OMNI. HD Native Thunderbolt prevents the computer from waking after sleep ( 9171 error) (PTSW ) Pro Tools HD and HD Native Thunderbolt do not support the sleep function of Mac OS X. If encountered, disconnect HD Native Thunderbolt to wake the computer. Disable all sleep functions in System Preferences (except display) and shut down the computer. Reconnect HD Native Thunderbolt and start the computer. HD Native Thunderbolt reports a clock error at higher sample rates (PTSW ) With some computers, you may encounter an audio clock error when recording at higher sample rates (such as 96 khz) and with lower HW Buffer Size settings (such as 128 samples or less). In general, higher HW Buffer Size settings are recommended at higher sample rates. For example, at 96 khz, a HW Buffer Size setting of 256 samples or higher is recommended. HD Native Thunderbolt is only supported as the first or second thunderbolt device in a thunderbolt chain at sample rates up to 96 khz, and it must be the only Thunderbolt device in a chain at any sample rate above 96 khz (PTSW ) HD Native Thunderbolt is only supported as the first or second Thunderbolt device in a Thunderbolt chain at sample rates up to 96 khz, and must be the only thunderbolt device in a chain at any sample rate above 96 khz. Visit the compatibility pages on the Avid website for more information ( Pro Tools quits unexpectedly when selecting HD Native Thunderbolt in the Playback Engine (PTSW ) After disconnecting and reconnecting HD Native Thunderbolt from your computer, Pro Tools quits unexpectedly when selecting HD Native Thunderbolt in the Playback Engine. After disconnecting and reconnecting HD Native Thunderbolt, restart your computer to avoid this problem. HD Native Thunderbolt does not pass audio with some third-party applications at certain buffer sizes (PTSW ) HD Native Thunderbolt only supports HW Buffer Sizes of 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, and 2048 samples. However, some third-party applications (such as Cubase) may let you select unsupported hardware buffer sizes. If an unsupported buffer size is selected, HD Native Thunderbolt may not pass audio. Select a supported buffer size to correct this issue. Pro Tools 10.3 and Pro Tools HD 10.3 on Mac OS X 10.6.x, 10.7.x and 10.8.x 9/6/12 11

12 Using the HD Native Thunderbolt headphone output with surround monitoring (HDM-13) Headphone monitoring with HD Native Thunderbolt is set to mirror Pro Tools output channels 1 and 2 on the first audio interface. To use HD Native Thunderbolt headphone monitoring with sessions that use surround formats (such as 5.1),change the surround monitoring path in I/O Setup so that the Left channel is mapped to Output channel 1 and the Right channel is mapped to Output channel 2. I/O Setup Session templates retain I/O Settings and some preferences, display settings, and window layouts (111605) Pro Tools Session Templates retain the I/O settings and some of the preferences, display settings, and window layouts from the system on which the template was created. Consequently, creating a new session based on a template restores several session properties from the original system. These properties are retained by Pro Tools until you change them or another session or template is opened that replaces them. This also means that if a new blank session is created after using a template, the properties from the template will be used for the new session. The properties retained from templates include default track height, view settings, window size and position, and I/O Setup. You can update templates by making the desired changes, using the File > Save as Template command (be sure to select the Install template in system option), and then selecting the template you want to replace. Master Faders assigned to mapped output busses function only on that specific bus, not for the output channel as a whole (PTSW ) Because a Master Fader works on a bus, not on an output path or output channel, there may be certain configurations in which the level sent to the physical I/O is not reflected on any meters in the Pro Tools application. If the configuration includes overlapping output paths or has multiple busses assigned to a single output path, the overall signal level from these combined sources (including any clipping indication) will only be displayed on the interface itself. You can avoid using multiple output paths or output busses simultaneously by routing your sources to a single mapped output bus and assign a Master Fader to that. Overlapping outputs are not supported for AFL/PFL (PTSW ) While Pro Tools I/O Setup lets you select overlapping outputs for AFL/PFL monitoring, overlapping outputs are not supported for AFL/PFL monitoring. For example, if paths A 3 4 overlap the main path A 1 2, even though you can select paths A 3 4 for AFL/PFL monitoring, you won t hear anything when monitoring AFL/PFL on paths A 3 4. You can avoid this problem by using non-overlapping paths for AFL/PFL monitoring. Output and Send assignments may not be reactivated if they are disabled and then re-enabled in the IO Setup when DSP Usage is at its maximum (PTSW ) Disabling and re-enabling an internal or mapped bus in the IO Setup does not guarantee that all associated assignments will be re-activated in a session that is using maximum DSP resources. To re-activate these assignments, save and reopen the session. You can also avoid this issue by adding additional HDX cards to your system. IO Setup sets to Pro Tools Aggregate IO after updating HDX card firmware (PTSW ) Pro Tools IO Setup may be improperly configured to Aggregate IO after performing a firmware update on an Avid HDX card. To resolve this issue, quit Pro Tools and delete the Last Used.pio file from the IO Settings folder (located in the same folder as the Pro Tools application). Relaunching Pro Tools will create a default IO setup based on the peripherals connected to your HDX card(s). Pro Tools 10.3 and Pro Tools HD 10.3 on Mac OS X 10.6.x, 10.7.x and 10.8.x 9/6/12 12

13 File and Disk Management Missing files when opening a session that was saved using Save Copy In with Preserve Folder Hierarchy (PTSW-52860) The Preserve Folder Hierarchy feature is designed so that sessions with media split between multiple volumes can be easily moved between systems while retaining folder hierarchy. In order for media files to be automatically found, manually copy or create a folder at the root level of each volume with the session name that contains the Audio Files or Video Files folder. Or, manually relink to the missing files at their current location. Session copy saved with Preserve Folder Hierarchy in which multiple files have the same name does not relink properly (PTSW-29069) When saving a session copy with Preserve Folder Hierarchy checked, files with the same name may not relink properly when using Manual Relink. When opening the session copy, use Automatically Relink to locate the correct files. If the session has already been opened using Manual Relink and some files are still offline, select Relink Offline in the Project Browser to manually relink the remaining files. Elastic Audio When opening legacy sessions (Pro Tools 9 and lower) in Pro Tools 10, any rendered Elastic Audio clips are automatically rerendered (PTSW ) Rendered Elastic Audio clips created in legacy sessions need to be re-rendered for use in Pro Tools 10. Re-render of these files occurs automatically when the session is opened in Pro Tools 10. Fades on Elastic Audio-enabled tracks may not regenerate when opening sessions created with Pro Tools 10 in Pro Tools 9.0.x (PTSW ) When saving a copy of a Pro Tools 10 session to v7-v9 and opening the copy in Pro Tools 9.x, some fades might not be regenerated even if you select the option to re-generate fades without searching. If this happens, closing and re-opening the session causes the missing fades to regenerate. Certain audio files cannot be calculated or cleared of Elastic analysis in the Workspace browser (PTSW-29622) There are some rare cases where a file will have a file suffix of a file format supported by Elastic Audio (either.wav or.aif), but the Pro Tools Workspace Browser will not allow calculation or clearing of elastic analysis. The browser menu items Calculate Elastic Analysis and Clear Elastic Analysis will be greyed out. In these cases, the file may actually be in a non-supported format. To check the file s format, look at the Format column in the Workspace browser. If a file format other than WAV or AIFF is shown (such as QuickTime), then the file cannot be calculated or cleared of elastic analysis. Note that these non-supported files can still be previewed in tempo, as well as elasticized once imported into a session. Tempo maps made from Bar Beat marker generation in Beat Detective cause Clip Groups in rendered mode to fall offline (PTSW-34950) A tempo map made from Bar Beat Marker Generation in Beat Detective will cause clip groups in Rendered mode to fall offline. The workaround is to make an edit to the offline clip and then toggle the Elastic Audio from rendered to real-time and then back to rendered. Maintaining phase coherency with Elastic Audio pitch processing (PTSW-20602) When there is Elastic Audio Pitch processing enabled on a track, switching from Polyphonic, Rhythmic, or X-Form to Monophonic or Varispeed can disrupt phase coherency. To preserve phase coherency in this case, be sure to clear all Elastic Audio Pitch processing from the track before switching to the Monophonic or Varispeed algorithm. Drift in an audio file may occur when using Elastic Audio and the Monophonic or X-Form algorithms (PTSW-33768) Drift in an audio clip may occur when using elastic audio depending on how much the clips is expanded or compressed when using the Monophonic or X-Form algorithms. If you are using elastic audio with material that contains transient information in it that you would like to keep from drifting, you should use the Polyphonic or Rhythmic algorithms. Pro Tools 10.3 and Pro Tools HD 10.3 on Mac OS X 10.6.x, 10.7.x and 10.8.x 9/6/12 13

14 Default Input Gain preference is only for Elastic Audio imported at session tempo (PTSW-34096) The Default Input Gain preference in the Elastic Audio section of the Processing Preferences page is for Elastic Audio Imported at Session Tempo only. This preference option will not function unless Preview in Context is enabled in Workspace, and/or Drag and Drop from Desktop Conforms To Session Tempo is enabled in the Processing Preferences page. Displayed Timebase is incorrect after importing Elastic Audio tracks (PTSW-46897) The incorrect timebase is displayed after importing Elastic Audio tracks to existing tracks with opposite timebase. You will need to manually select the correct timebase for the affected tracks. Elastic Audio clips on playlist lanes are not rendered (PTSW-47311) In Playlists View, any Elastic Audio clips on Playlist lanes are not rendered (waveform is off-line ) when changing the track s Elastic Audio processing from Real-Time to Rendered. Clip Groups containing Elastic Audio are not recognized as Elastic if the Clip Group itself has not had any Elastic functions applied (PTSW-34335) If a clip group contains Elastic Audio inside it, but no Elastic Audio operations have been performed on the outermost level of the clip group itself, then the clip group will not register as Elastic Audio. When used to create a new track, the track will not automatically be Elastic Audio enabled, and the elastic audio inside the clip group will be rendered using the default Elastic Audio plug-in for the session. As a workaround, add a warp marker to the clip group to force it to register as an elastic clip. Or, create an Elastic Audio enabled track first, then add the clip group to it. Cannot import Elastic Audio tracks with the Consolidate From Source Media option (PTSW-33894) Use Copy from Source Media to import Elastic Audio tracks. Timing inaccuracy in audio files converted from CAF and MP3 with Preview In Context enabled (PTSW-46707) Audio files converted from CAF and MP3 with Preview In Context enabled can cause timing inaccuracies (gaps in the audio and innerclip asynchronous transients issues). This is inherent with compressed file formats. MIDI When recording MIDI, Wait for Note does not respond to MIDI input from ReWire (PTSW and PTSW-34550) When performing a MIDI record, Wait for Note will not respond to any MIDI received from ReWire. If you are recording MIDI generated from a ReWire application, you will have to start the transport manually or use a countoff instead of Wait for Note. When using Import Session Data on a MIDI track with Real-Time Properties enabled and set to using Diatonic transposition, transposition is based on the first key signature in the session only (PTSW-49297) When importing session data from a session that includes multiple key signatures and a MIDI or Instrument track with the Transpose in Key Real-Time property enabled, the transposition will be based only on the first key in the session. This can be corrected by toggling the Real-Time Properties off and on; then the diatonic transposition will be correct for each key. Plug-Ins For known issues about specific plug-ins, see the Audio Plug-Ins Read Me. The TDM version of Dyn III Expander/Gate may experience fidelity or routing issues in 192 khz sessions (PTSW ) Using the TDM version of the Dynamics III Expander/Gate plug-in at 192kHz can cause unexpected behavior, including distortion of processed audio and unintended routing of audio between tracks using the Expander/Gate plug-in. If this occurs, try quitting and relaunching Pro Tools, or using the RTAS version of the Dynamics III Expander/Gate plug-in. When opening legacy sessions on HDX systems, the 4-band EQ III plug-in is converted to the 7-band EQ III plug-in The AAX EQ III plug-in does not have a 4-band option. Pro Tools will automatically convert 4-band EQ III instances into 7-band instances if you are using only AAX plug-ins. If the EQ3.dpm is present in the Plug-ins folder, then the plug-in will be converted to a Native (RTAS) version. Pro Tools 10.3 and Pro Tools HD 10.3 on Mac OS X 10.6.x, 10.7.x and 10.8.x 9/6/12 14

15 The EQ III 4-band plug-in is displayed above the 1-band and 7-band version in Pro Tools 10.x Avid shortened the name of the new AAX version of EQ III to allow for better visibility of the plug-in name in Narrow Mix view as well as on control surfaces. The (.dpm) TDM and RTAS version name is EQ III or EQ 3 (with space) whereas the (.aaxplugin) DSP and Native version is EQIII or EQ3 (without space). As a result of this change, when viewing the Native plug-in pop-up menu, EQ 3 4-band (RTAS) will be displayed before the EQ3 1-band and EQ3 7-band (Native) plug-ins. Sessions saved in Pro Tools 10.0 or 10.1 with unlinked multi-mono plug-ins may open with the wrong plug-ins inserted (PTSW ) In some situations, sessions saved in Pro Tools 10.0 through 10.1 will open incorrectly. Sessions saved with unlinked, multi-mono plugins may open with the wrong plug-in on the track Insert. To resolve this issue, open the session in Pro Tools 10.2 or higher, re-insert the correct plug-in configuration if necessary, and then save the session. TDM plug-ins cannot be converted to Native AAX format under certain conditions (PTSW ) TDM plug-ins instantiated in a session cannot be converted to Native AAX version if there is no RTAS equivalent of the plug-in and there are no other Native AAX versions already present in the session. Reverb One is an example of such a plug-in. To avoid this, instantiate a Native AAX version of the plug-in on a spare track, then convert the TDM plug-in to Native format. On Mac OS X 10.7.x ( Lion ), any custom location for Avid Virtual Instrument content is not remembered When installing Avid Virtual Instruments, if you choose a custom location for the content, that location is not remembered, resulting in error messages when you try to use a virtual instrument plug-in (Boom, Mini Grand, or Xpand) that references a.big content file. The location is not remembered after quitting and relaunching Pro Tools. To avoid this error, move or reinstall the Avid Virtual Instrument content to the default location in the Applications > Avid folder. Some plug-ins require exclusive use of a DSP chip on HDX hardware-accelerated systems (PTSW ) Certain plug-ins, such as ReVibe and Reverb One, use direct memory access (DMA) on Avid HDX cards. DMA plug-ins cannot share HDX DSP chips with other plug-ins. Additionally, even though DMA plug-ins of the same type can share a single HDX DSP chip (for example, multiple ReVibe plug-ins can use the same HDX DSP chip), they must be of the same channel width (DMA plug-ins of the same type cannot share the same HDX DSP chip if they have different channel widths). HD Pack, Massive Pack, Mbox Factory, and 003 Factory plug-in bundle installers do not work on Pro Tools 9.0 or higher (PTSW ) If you install Pro Tools 9.0 or higher on a clean Pro Tools system, and then run HD Pack, Mbox Factory, or 003 Factory plug-in installers included with lower versions of Pro Tools (such as Pro Tools 8.0.4), they will not be able to install the bundled plug-ins as you might expect. Visit the Avid website ( to download the latest versions of corresponding installers included with the version of HD Pack, Massive Pack, Mbox Factory, or 003 Factory that you own. These installers have been updated to run on a Pro Tools 9.0 or higher system (as long as you have valid licences for each plug-in on your ilok). Native Plug-in appear unavailable at higher sample rates (such as 192 khz) (PTSW ) When using some native (host-based) plug-ins at higher sample rates (such as 192 khz), it may be necessary to lower the number of host processors in the Playback Engine dialog. This is because in certain situations it is beneficial to leave a CPU Core processor available for other tasks, and not have the host-processor engine running on all Cores. Pro Tools stops working when opening a session with Structure Free (PTSW ) When opening a Pro Tools session that uses Structure Free, Pro Tools may hang temporarily if Structure Free is looking for files in a directory where the files are not present. Pro Tools quits unexpectedly when creating a new folder on the presets page with Hybrid (PTSW ) When using Hybrid version , Pro Tools may quit unexpectedly when using the New Folder feature on the Presets page. To avoid this problem, update to the latest version of Hybrid. Pro Tools 10.3 and Pro Tools HD 10.3 on Mac OS X 10.6.x, 10.7.x and 10.8.x 9/6/12 15