DAW Control and Accessibility API Setup

Accessibility API setup

In order for ADR Master to be able to take control of your Pro Tools session, it must first be enabled in the macOS built-in Accessibility interface.

First make sure that Pro Tools is launched & has a session open.

Switch to the DAW tab in the tab view at the top left of the main window and in the first DAW Selection section, enable the tick-box next to Enable DAW Control.

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A window will appear asking for ADR Master to be allowed as a trusted application in System Preferences.

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This window also appears when ADR Master is launched with DAW Control enabled, but the Accessibility has not been enabled. Or after some updates - this can also need re-adding.

Upon clicking the Open System Preferences button in the window, the correct settings page will appear.

To manually access this window, go to: Apple -> System Preferences -> Security and Privacy -> Accessibility.

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Click the lock icon at the bottom left and enter your password. Then select ADR Master in the list and enable the checkbox.

In newer cas OS systems - there may not be a lock icon & the path to this option mey be slightly different, such as this for Sonoma

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ADR Master should now find your open Pro Tools session in the DAW Tab. It will display the application version of Pro Tools, and the name of the loaded session and the audio tracks within the session.

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ADR Master requires Pro Tools to be set to English. If Pro Tools does not show up despite a session being loaded, and the Edit window visible, please set Pro Tools to English in the application preferences.

Next, go to Preferences>ADR REC>CONTROL SETTINGS>DAW Control Mode & select the preferred communication protocol - between only Key Commands, or HUI & Key Commands.

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Generally, the Key Commands only option is preferable.

In order to not break compatibility with Legacy users who still use HUI for this, the option to use HUI as well has been kept - though this setup is no longer necessary.

This setting is not related to using HUI with MTC & MMC for Pro Tools DAW Sync. Though it is possible to run HUI for DAW Sync & DAW Control simultaneously, so long as enough HUI ports are enabled in Pro Tools -> Setup -> Peripherals.

If the HUI & Key Commands option is chosen, please follow these next directions to enable HUI.

If the DAW Control Mode is set to Key Commands Only, then setup is complete - please skip to the next chapter.

ADR Master HUI Setup

In the SYNC tab in the Preferences window in ADR Master, check that the HUI In & HUI Out virtual ports are set to the default values ADR Master HUI In (virtual) & ADR Master HUI Out (virtual) respectively.

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Pro Tools HUI Setup

Launch Pro Tools®, go to the Setup > MIDI > MIDI Input Devices & make sure that the four ADR Master HUI Out (virtual) MIDI Inputs are enabled.

New MIDI Inputs are disabled by Pro Tools® by default until they are manually activated.

Next go to Setup > Peripherals > MIDI Controllers tab.

In the first (or next available) row, under the Type column, select HUI.

In the adjacent Receive From column, select Predefined > ADR Master HUI Out 1 (virtual).

If HUI has already been set up for DAW Sync, use the next available HUI column & associated port, eg ADR Master HUI Out 2 (virtual)

In the adjacent Send To column, select Predefined > ADR Master HUI Out 1 (virtual).

If HUI has already been set up for DAW Sync, use the next available HUI column & associated port, eg ADR Master HUI Out 2 (virtual)

This process can then be repeated up to four times to accommodate bigger sessions.

Click OK once done.