- Appearance Control Panel > Fonts, change all fonts to Chicago & Disable "Smooth all fonts on screen."- Under Sound, set Soundtrack to "none." - In the Energy Saver Control Panel Set sleep time to "Never." - In the Memory Control Panel Select "Custom" twice under Disk Cache and set it to 512k. You will see a warning regarding system performance. Do Not Panic! This warning does not affect Pro Tools' performance. 512k is the optimum setting. - Set Virtual Memory and Ram Disk to "Off." In the Monitors Control Panel:- If using a 9500 or 9600 (or lower) Mac, set colors to 256.- If using a G3 or G4, setting the color to "thousands" should be adequate.- AV users should set the monitor attached to the ABVB card to "millions."In the Extensions Manager:- Under "Selected Set," select the OS Base Set (Listed by OS version...ex. OS 8.6 Base Set)- Select "Duplicate Set" and name the set "Pro Tools." - Add/enable: OMS Preferred Device (control panel) Digidesign DSP Manager (ext) Digisystem INIT (ext) Open Music system (ext) Digidesign Stream Manager (ext).... if applicable/needed Digidesign Output Drivers (ext)... if applicable/needed Digidesign Direct I/O (ext)... if applicable/needed - v5.01 and higher Digidesign Sound (control panel)... if applicable/needed - v5.01/OS9 and higherPro Tools/DAE- Memory Allocation (Basic settings, based on 128-196 mb of RAM):- In Digidesign folder>Pro Tools, 'get info' (Cmd-I)* on the Pro Tools application. Set the Preferred Memory to 30-50 mb (30000k-50000k) Minimum Memory should be left at the default (Enter a '0' if in doubt)- In System Folder>DAE Folder, 'get info' (Cmd-I)* on the DAE application. Set the Preferred Memory to 40-60 mb (40000-60000k) Minimum Memory should be left at the default (Enter a '0' if in doubt). NEVER 'lock' these "Get Info" windows- These settings are merely a starting point. DAE Playback Buffer setting (DAE > File menu > Set Playback Buffer).- Mix System - 2- D24 System - 2- Pro Tools III System - 0- PowerMix Engine - 8