Power Macintosh G4 (AGP Graphics) — Audiomedia III or ToolBox Requirements

With Pro Tools LE 6.1 for Mac OS X

Apple G4 (AGP Graphics) Computers Supported:

Legend:
QS = "Quicksilver" models from 2001-2002
MDD = "Mirrored Drive Doors" models from 2002
FW800 = FireWire 800 models from 2003
* Early "Digital Audio" 733 with level 3 cache
** "Quicksilver" 733 without level 3 cache.

Power Mac G5 Compatibility

• Audiomedia III cards will not be compatible with G5 models
• G5 & Digidesign PCI Card Information

Additional Information

• See Apple's tech archive on how to differentiate between AGP Graphics and PCI Graphics G4 models at: http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n58418
• For more information on Apple computer models and specifications, see www.apple.com, www.everymac.com, www.applespec.com, and www.mactracker.ca

Additional Requirements

Audiomedia III Card Required

• A revision "QC" or later of the AMCC chip on the Audiomedia III card is required for G4 compatibility

Mac OS 10.2.6 or 10.2.8 Required

• See System Software: Mac OS X Requirements

Audio Storage Requirements for Record and Playback:

• Storage Hard Drive Minimum Requirements — SCSI, ATA/IDE, FireWire Drives
• For more information and specific requirements for FireWire drives, see DigiDrive FireWire 80 Requirements

SCSI Accelerator (Host Bus Adapter) Card NOT required:

Although Pro Tools LE supports a full 32 tracks of record and playback on a dedicated ATA/IDE or Firewire hard drive, use of a SCSI HBA card with a SCSI drive can increase some performance aspects of your Pro Tools system: for more information refer to the Audio Storage Requirements page.

The following SCSI HBA cards are qualified with the PowerMac G4 desktop models with Pro Tools LE 6.1 for Mac OS X with the PowerMac G4 models listed at the top of this page.

• Qualified SCSI HBA Cards - Pro Tools 6 Systems for Mac OS X

MIDI Interface — USB Only

• Control Surfaces & MIDI Interfaces

Dual Monitor AGP Graphics Cards

• NVIDIA GeForce4 MX (as shipped from Apple — standard on the 933 MHz & Dual 1 GHz "Quicksilver" and Dual 867 MHZ Power Mac G4 "mirrored drive doors" models)
• ATI Radeon 7500 (as shipped from Apple — standard on the 800 MHz Power Mac G4)
• ATI Radeon 9000 Pro (as shipped from Apple — standard on the Dual 1 GHz & Dual 1.25 GHz Power Mac G4 "mirrored drive doors" models)

Note: The NVIDIA GeForce4 Titanium built-to-order option from Apple not tested.

All single or dual monitor cards which ship as standard equipment with qualified Apple Power Mac G4 models at the top of this page are supported with Pro Tools 6.1.

Download Updates

• Pro Tools LE 6.1.1 Update from version 6.1
• Pro Tools LE 6.1 Update from version 6.0
• Digidesign Core Audio Driver for OS X

Additional Information:

Pro Tools 6 Compatibility — What's Changed from Pro Tools 5.x for OS 9

Mac OS X Requirements, Installation, Updating & Authorizing Plug-ins

Using Pro Tools 6 for OS X and Pro Tools 5 for OS 9 on the same computer

Session Interchange — Pro Tools 6 & Earlier Versions

Pro Tools 6 Manuals & Documentation — Technical Document Library

iLok Information for Pro Tools 6 Plug-In Upgrades

Pro Tools 6.0 Introduction

Pro Tools 6.1 Information

Pro Tools 6.1 Upgrade Details

Audiomedia III + Pro Tools LE = ToolBox

• Owners of Audiomedia III cards that do not own Pro Tools software can purchase the upgrade to Pro Tools LE for ToolBox systems from the DigiStore or your local Digidesign Office