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marktheman · 03-25-2008, 11:21 PM

Hi,
Sorry complete novice when it comes to sound.
I'm using pro-tools 7.1 and have a "SoundMax Digital Audio" soundcard.
I have the asio driver installed but am a bit confused as to whether this is the driver used by the pro-tools application because within the "Sounds and Audio Devices" option in Control Panel, the sound playback option defaults to "SoundMax Digital Audio" and not "Digidesign Digi 002: Chan 1-2" and also the MIDI Music playback option defaults to "Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth" and not any of the Digi 002 options.
Therefore I'm unsure about a lot of issues:
I thought Pro-tools needed to use the ASIO driver to use the box that came with it. Maybe I'm wrong. Currently just have speakers connected to headphone socket.
The pro-tools box has monitor connections at back of it for speakers so I'm still unsure as whether pc speakers or any speakers will do. Anyone able to help as this is quite a confusing situation for me.
Cheers.

03-25-2008, 11:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
marktheman New Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4	Hi, Sorry complete novice when it comes to sound. I'm using pro-tools 7.1 and have a "SoundMax Digital Audio" soundcard. I have the asio driver installed but am a bit confused as to whether this is the driver used by the pro-tools application because within the "Sounds and Audio Devices" option in Control Panel, the sound playback option defaults to "SoundMax Digital Audio" and not "Digidesign Digi 002: Chan 1-2" and also the MIDI Music playback option defaults to "Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth" and not any of the Digi 002 options. Therefore I'm unsure about a lot of issues: I thought Pro-tools needed to use the ASIO driver to use the box that came with it. Maybe I'm wrong. Currently just have speakers connected to headphone socket. The pro-tools box has monitor connections at back of it for speakers so I'm still unsure as whether pc speakers or any speakers will do. Anyone able to help as this is quite a confusing situation for me. Cheers.