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Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide6Pro Tools with DigiTranslator 2.0 lets you im-port AAF or OMF sequences containing embed-ded audio files. You can also impo

Chapter 1: Introduction 7System RequirementsUsing Pro Tools or Media Station|PT within a Unity ISIS system requires the following;• Windows XP or Mac

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide8About the Pro Tools Avid Interplay GuideThe Pro Tools Avid Interplay Guide describes how to set up Pro Tools as a client wi

Chapter 1: Introduction 9About www.digidesign.comThe Digidesign website (www.digidesign.com) is your best online source for information to help you ge

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Chapter 2: Configuring a Workstation as an ISIS Client 11chapter 2Configuring a Workstation as an ISIS ClientThis chapter describes how to install and

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide12Avid Unity ISIS Client and Zone DescriptionsAll clients in the system are classified by zones, depending on how they conne

Chapter 2: Configuring a Workstation as an ISIS Client 13To connect an installed Intel PRO⁄1000 MT card to the ISS (ISIS switch):1 Plug one end of an

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide14To set the IP address of the Intel PRO⁄1000 MT card:1 Click the Start menu.2 Right-click My Network Places, and choose P

Chapter 2: Configuring a Workstation as an ISIS Client 157 Click OK.8 In the Connections Properties dialog, click OK.9 Close the Network Connection

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Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide16Configuring the Windows XP FirewallIf you install Service Pack 2 on your Windows XP system, the Windows Firewall is set by

Chapter 2: Configuring a Workstation as an ISIS Client 17Installing the ISIS Client Software Using a BrowserBefore installing ISIS client software usi

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Chapter 3: Using a Client in an ISIS System 19chapter 3Using a Client in an ISIS SystemThis chapter describes setup instructions and configuration par

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide20Opening the Client ManagerTo connect to the Avid Unity ISIS network via the Client Manager:1 Do one of the following:• If

Chapter 3: Using a Client in an ISIS System 216 Do one of the following:• Click the Connect button.• Click the Fast menu, and select Connect.The Conn

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide22Mounting and Unmounting WorkspacesIf your system is connected to an Avid Unity ISIS system, use the Client Manager to moun

Chapter 3: Using a Client in an ISIS System 234 Do one of the following:• Click the Mount button.• Click the Fast menu, and select Mount.The Client M

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide24Sorting and Filtering the DisplayIf the Workspaces list contains a large number of workspaces, you might want to sort or f

Chapter 3: Using a Client in an ISIS System 25To configure the drive letter for mounting workspaces:1 Open the Client Manager (see “Connecting to the

Contents iiicontentsChapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide263 In the PathDiag tool Settings dialog, click Cus-tom Test.The dialog box expands to display the Custom Test Settings are

Chapter 3: Using a Client in an ISIS System 27In Figure 5, which shows a healthy read/write test, the test loops so that the Read results and Write re

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide28Protecting and Unprotecting WorkspacesYou can use the Client Manager to enable or dis-able workspace protection if your us

Chapter 3: Using a Client in an ISIS System 294 Click the Fast menu, and select Enable Protec-tion or Disable Protection.The Protection icon is prese

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide303 In the Users list, expand the display for a se-lected user.4 Select the number of media streams for which you want to

Chapter 3: Using a Client in an ISIS System 313 In the Preferences dialog, click General.4 In the General area, select the appropriate op-tions:Star

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide324 Do one of the following:• Click the Clear button for each cache file you want to clear.• Click the Clear All button to

Chapter 3: Using a Client in an ISIS System 333 From the Number of Voices pop-up menu, se-lect the lowest number of voices per DSP for the Playback E

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide34Bit DepthSome older Avid workstations support only 16-bit audio. Make sure you consider the follow-ing when you are starti

Chapter 3: Using a Client in an ISIS System 35Determining Total ThroughputEach ISIS engine within an ISIS environment comprises sixteen ISIS storage b

Pro Tools Unity ISIS GuideivChapter 3. Using a Client in an ISIS System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19About

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide36Performance CharacteristicsYou should experience no functional difference between working with Pro Tools or Media Station|

Chapter 3: Using a Client in an ISIS System 37Sharing FilesSharing Session FilesTo avoid machine conflicts among multiple us-ers and avoid general per

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide38MXF and OMF FilesPro Tools treats all MXF and OMF media that are both created by Avid and stored on Unity shared storage a

Chapter 4: Avid Unity ISIS Workflows for Pro Tools 39chapter 4Avid Unity ISIS Workflows for Pro ToolsThis chapter covers workflows for using an Avid e

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide40To use the Send To Digidesign Pro Tools templates:1 Select a sequence in a bin.2 Choose File > Send To > Digidesig

Chapter 4: Avid Unity ISIS Workflows for Pro Tools 41Manually Exporting an AAF Sequence from Media Composer 2.5 and HigherManually exporting an AAF se

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide42Consolidate Media Similar to Copy All Media, but only the parts of the video clips which are actually used in the Timeline

Chapter 4: Avid Unity ISIS Workflows for Pro Tools 43Embedded in AAF This option embeds the video media in the AAF sequence that is exported from the

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide44Embedded in AAF This option embeds the audio media in the AAF sequence that is exported from the Avid application. Unlike

Chapter 4: Avid Unity ISIS Workflows for Pro Tools 454 Use the controls underneath the Source Mon-itor to locate the first frame of the portion of th

Chapter 1: Introduction 1chapter 1IntroductionThis guide explains how to connect and config-ure a Pro Tools or Media Station|PT workstation as an ISIS

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide46To check in a sequence to Interplay for Pro Tools:1 In the Avid application, navigate to the bin containing the sequence

Chapter 4: Avid Unity ISIS Workflows for Pro Tools 47After Checking In a Sequence to Interplay for Pro ToolsThe system exports the sequence from the A

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide48The following illustration shows the contents of the Pro Tools folder after the first export.Exporting Audio and Video usi

Chapter 4: Avid Unity ISIS Workflows for Pro Tools 49Consolidating media will place new files on drives specified in those dialogs. New video files wi

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide504 Select Export to Pro Tools from the Export Set-tings menu at the bottom of the Export As dia-log.5 Click the Options b

Chapter 4: Avid Unity ISIS Workflows for Pro Tools 51rently have no media in those folders. You can-not save these export settings until you have high

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide52Render All Audio Effects Select the Render All Audio Effects option so that all audio effects are rendered before export.

Chapter 4: Avid Unity ISIS Workflows for Pro Tools 535 Click Mark In to mark the In point (the first frame of the selected portion of the clip) at th

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide54To create a video mixdown:1 Open the bin containing the sequence you want to mix down.2 Drag the sequence to the Record

Chapter 4: Avid Unity ISIS Workflows for Pro Tools 555 Under the Record Monitor, click the Mark In button to mark the In point at the beginning of th

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide2Overview of an ISIS SystemThis guide describes how to configure and work with a Pro Tools or Media Station|PT client within

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide564 Click Open.5 Name your session in the File Name field.6 Select the I/O Settings to use for the session. Several pre-c

Chapter 4: Avid Unity ISIS Workflows for Pro Tools 578 From the Audio Media Options pop-up menu, choose how you want to import audio files into Pro T

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide583 From the Audio Media Options pop-up menu, choose how you want to import audio files into Pro Tools:• If the audio files

Chapter 4: Avid Unity ISIS Workflows for Pro Tools 59Drive Selection When Importing Session DataWhen using the Import Session Data dialog to import au

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide60If you do not establish Pro Tools Import Settings before importing the sequence into Pro Tools, you can select the appropr

Chapter 4: Avid Unity ISIS Workflows for Pro Tools 61The Interplay Engine Browser appears.4 In the Interplay Engine Browser, expand the Interplay dat

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide6212 If the Pro Tools Import Session Data dialog appears, select the appropriate options and click OK.Pro Tools imports the

Chapter 4: Avid Unity ISIS Workflows for Pro Tools 63Exporting Audio from Pro Tools for Avid Editing ApplicationsIn Pro Tools, you can export audio tr

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide645 Ensure that the Target Project Time Code For-mat pop-up menu displays the correct frame rate for the Avid project. 6 C

Chapter 4: Avid Unity ISIS Workflows for Pro Tools 6513 Do one of the following:• If you are using the Avid application on the same computer as Pro T

Chapter 1: Introduction 3A AF, O M F, a nd MX F B asicsAAF and OMF files are mechanisms for storing and retrieving media data and metadata so that p

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide669 Click OK.10 In the Save Bounce As dialog, navigate to the volume you will use for audio playback in the Avid applicati

Chapter 4: Avid Unity ISIS Workflows for Pro Tools 67Add Selected Tracks Adds the edited audio tracks to the Pro Tools sequence on the Inter-play data

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide685 Under the Media Drives list, do one of the fol-lowing:• Select the drives that contain media files for your project.– o

Chapter 4: Avid Unity ISIS Workflows for Pro Tools 69Importing Pro Tools Audio Files Back into the Avid Editing Application(Media Composer 2.6 or High

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide70The following illustration shows the audio tracks cut into the original sequence. In this ex-ample, the original tracks ar

Chapter 4: Avid Unity ISIS Workflows for Pro Tools 71In order to export frame accurate audio regions, Pro Tools splits the audio media on frame bounda

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide724 Use the controls underneath the Source Mon-itor to locate the first frame of the portion of the clip that you want to e

Chapter 4: Avid Unity ISIS Workflows for Pro Tools 739 If necessary, click on the Source track buttons and drag to the desired new Timeline track but

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide7414 Click the Overwrite button to lay the audio into the Timeline.The audio selected between the In and Out points in the

Appendix A: PCI and PCIe Slot Configurations for Pro Tools and Media Station|PT with Avid Unity ISIS Systems 75appendix aPCI and PCIe Slot Configurati

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide4AAFAAF sequences are the best way to exchange projects and maintain valuable metadata. An AAF sequence can refer to OMF and

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide76HP xw9300HP xw9300 with host cards (shared storage)• Intel Pro/1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter PCI host card to Unity ISI

Appendix A: PCI and PCIe Slot Configurations for Pro Tools and Media Station|PT with Avid Unity ISIS Systems 77Shared Storage Configurations for HP xw

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide78HP xw8400 and Digidesign Expansion|HD PCI Chassis with PCIe Host Card:Intel Pro/1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter PCI Host

Appendix A: PCI and PCIe Slot Configurations for Pro Tools and Media Station|PT with Avid Unity ISIS Systems 79HP xw9300 PCI and PCIe Slot Configurati

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide80Shared Storage Slot Configurations for HP xw9300 and Digidesign Expansion|HD Chassis with Intel Pro/1000 MT Dual Port Serv

Index 81Numerics16-bit audio 34AAAF sequencesAvid application support for 4checking in to Interplay for Pro Tools 45definition of 4exporting from Avid

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide82Bbandwidthreserving 29binsimporting an AAF sequence into 68importing audio files into 67bit depth 34Bounce to Diskexportin

Index 83metadata 5OMF media and sequences 4System Director 2Transfer Engine 2Zone 1 12Zone 2 12destructive editing 37Diagnostic toolsAvid PathDiag too

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide84audio stemsinto an Avid bin 67Interplay sequences into Pro Toolsfrom within Interplay 60from within Pro Tools 60video mixd

Index 85Media Composer 2.5 & higherchecking sequences in to Interplay for Pro Tools 45creating a video mixdown with 46exporting AAF sequencesmanua

Chapter 1: Introduction 5Embedded MediaExporting to OMF or AAF with embedded media results in one large OMF or AAF file containing both the metadata a

Pro Tools Unity ISIS Guide86exporting audio tracksas AAF sequences 63to Interplay 66using Bounce to Disk 65importingAAF sequence as a new session 55AA

Index 87time codeand metadata 5Timelineaudio tracks cut into original sequence 70Transfer Engine 2UUNC paths (Client Manager) 24Universal Naming Conve

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