#Synchronize pro x tutorial how to#
#Synchronize pro x tutorial mac os x#
#Synchronize pro x tutorial install#

Once Soundflower is installed, we need to create an alternative ‘aggregate device’ this specifies the amount of channels, clock source and sample rate the session will be using, this is done via the Macintosh’s Audio MIDI Setup application (Go>Utilities>Audio MIDI Setup).ģ. You will be required to restart your computer when finished.

#Synchronize pro x tutorial install#

Remove any previous version of Soundflower using the official uninstaller and install this modified new version. The official release of the application (430kb) can exist in either a two channel or sixty four channel version, there are however a few stability issue’s relating to the sixty four channel version running with Pro Tools, and as we will generally need more than two channels I will be using a modified version of the application which allows anywhere from two to twenty channels to be used, it can be found here:

With it, any audio application can send and receive audio’. It acts as a virtual audio device, with both inputs and outputs.

#Synchronize pro x tutorial mac os x#

‘Soundflower is a Mac OS X kernel extension that enables audio to be passed between applications. The system we will use instead is ‘Soundflower’. In order to get the Audio flowing between the two DAW’s we must first deal with the audio routing, in the previous examples we have used ‘Rewire’ but that system cannot be used here due to the fact that Pro Tools and Logic can only run as Master applications. Using Logic X’s Audio Effects in Pro Tools Setting Up The Audio Side To keep these tutorials simple I have based them on using a system that utilizes the Macintosh’s Built In audio, with a little thought they could be applied to most scenarios. If you ever wished to use Logic’s Software Instruments, MIDI effects or Audio Effects in your Pro Tools session then the following tutorial is for you, the following techniques utilizes Logic X’s instruments and plug-ins in much the same way as using any other third party plug-in your Pro Tools session, it does not require any synchronization as all the events remain within Pro Tools. Since Logic X cannot be run as a rewire slave and only operated as a master DAW most people think Pro Tools and Logic X cannot be synchronized, yet it is actually quite simple to set this up in reality.

I have always been impressed with Logic’s MIDI capabilities, the advent of MIDI events and Tracks Stacks have only added to it’s appeal. The following tutorials presume you have a basic understanding of the DAW’s you wish to integrate in your session and are using the Macintosh Platform. Guide to DAW Synchronization Part 2 Synchronizing Pro Tools & Logic X We will look at setting up Pro Tools and Logic to use Logic X’s audio effects on Pro Tools audio files and then we will explore triggering Logic X’s MIDI instruments via MIDI tracks in Pro Tools.

#Synchronize pro x tutorial how to#

In this tutorial we show you how to use Pro Tools and Logic simultaneously.