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| General |
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| supports a wide choice of M-Audio interfaces* including Delta PCI, USB/USB 2.0 and FireWire products |
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| supports M-Audio ProjectMix I/O and Command|8 control surfaces for hands-on mixing |
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| industry-standard session compatibility with countless Pro Tools-equipped project and professional studios around the world |
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| award-winning Pro Tools recording and mixing environment |
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| 48-track mono or stereo audio recording, editing, and mixing up to 24-bit/96 kHz |
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| real-time audio processing |
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| import MIDI, REX, ACID, WAV, SDII, AIFF, AAC, and MP3 audio files |
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| Avid-qualified Windows- or Mac OS X-based computers (click here for the most current system requirements, compatibility information, and online support) |
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| unique Beat Detective LE automatic groove analysis and correction tool |
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| supports QuickTime video including H.264 |
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| new MP3 export capability and Automatic Delay Compensation |
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| Recording |
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| powerful loop recording options |
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| Elastic Pitch allows manipulation (+/- 4 octaves) or pitch correction of any audio region in real time without affecting time or tempo |
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| Elastic Time real-time tempo manipulation feature lets you change the tempo or timing of audio tracks on the fly without affecting pitch |
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| loop playback automatically updates to the selection without manually stopping and starting the transport |
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| Loop Trim tool allows you to easily turn audio or MIDI regions into loops |
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| Dynamic Transport mode allows playback to operate independently of the current selection |
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| real-time MIDI processing enables control of MIDI quantization, note duration and velocity, transposition, and timing as you record |
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| QuickPunch functionality |
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| Advanced MIDI |
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| 256 tracks of powerful, intuitive MIDI sequencing |
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| MIDI Editor windows can display MIDI and automation data for Instrument, MIDI, and Auxiliary Input tracks |
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| Instrument Tracks combine MIDI and audio capabilities in a single channel strip, simplifying routing for virtual instruments and MIDI sound modules |
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| sample-based MIDI tracks lock MIDI events to time code regardless of session tempo changes |
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| Zoom Toggle switches quickly between two different user-defined settings in the Edit window |
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| Mirrored MIDI editing mode allows adjustments made to one MIDI file to affect all existing copies of that region |
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additional MIDI features including:
- enhanced Select/Split Notes window enables splitting a MIDI performance into multiple tracks by MIDI note, velocity, duration, or position
- Remove Duplicate Notes command allows users to quickly clean up recorded or merged MIDI tracks
- Change Duration window offers legato, overlap correction, and transform sustain pedal features
- Transpose window transposes all selected notes in octaves and semitones
- separate, consolidate, and mute MIDI notes
- scrub and shuttle through parts
- view superimposed MIDI and Instrument tracks for easier arrangement editing
- color code MIDI notes by track, type, or velocity
- audition velocity changes
- play MIDI notes when tabbing
- edit MIDI automation and continuous controller (CC) data through multiple Automation and Controller lanes
- real-time scrolling during playback
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| Editing |
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| completely non-destructive editing with world-class tools |
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| add new tracks; reorder tracks; create, move, or copy inserts and sends; and adjust I/O routing on the fly without manually stopping and starting the transport |
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| track compositing features allow for quickly and easily piecing together the best possible version of a performance from multiple recording passes |
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| lock regions to the timeline to prevent them from being inadvertently moved or edited |
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| use the Automation and Controller lanes to view and edit track automation and MIDI CC data without changing track views |
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| Time Shift DigiRack plug-in delivers superior time compression/expansion |
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| Region Groups allow grouping of any combination of audio and MIDI regions, across any number of tracks |
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| Region Looping offers an easy way to repeat one or more regions and Region Groups |
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| Separate on Grid and Separate at Transient functions allow editing of multitrack audio regions simultaneously, based on a grid value or transients in an audio file |
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| quantize audio regions according to a grid or groove template |
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| "reverse" Strip Silence functionality allows for extracting louder portions of audio tracks |
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| Mixing |
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| new Automatic Delay Compensation functionality makes it easy to get great-sounding, phase-accurate mixes |
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| host processing efficiency allows you to run many select RTAS effects and instrument plug-ins simultaneously |
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| up to 32 internal mix busses and up to 10 sends and inserts per track increases mixing flexibility and allows larger, more complex mixing architectures |
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| copy or move send assignments across tracks via drag-and-drop functionality |
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| free Dynamics III DigiRack plug-in allows easy and powerful control of mix dynamics |
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| EQ III includes a filter band-pass solo mode, making it easy to isolate and remove unwanted signals or noise in an audio track |
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| Advanced automation features and editing including real-time display |
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| Automate All command allows arming automation of all plug-in parameters at once |
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| Effects and Virtual Instruments |
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| wide range of compatible creative software options available from Avid and Avid Development Partners including: |
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| both real-time RTAS effects plug-in processing and file-based AudioSuite effects plug-in processing |
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advanced virtual instrument integration including 6 free Avid virtual instruments:
- Boom drum machine and sequencer
- DB-33 tonewheel organ emulator with rotating speaker simulation
- Mini Grand acoustic grand piano
- Vacuum monophonic vacuum tube synthesizer
- Xpand!2 multitimbral synth and sample workstation with over 1000 presets
- Structure Free sample player with over 600 MB of high-quality samples
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| FXpansion BFD Lite acoustic drum module |
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| ships with 70 pro effects and utility plug-ins, including EQ, dynamics, delays, reverb, and more (see complete list) |
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| incredible guitar amp tone with Eleven Free and SansAmp plug-ins |
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| 8 GB of pro-quality loops |
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| map plug-in parameter controls to almost any encoder on a controller, and access each track’s 10 inserts |
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| easily communicates via ReWire with applications like Torq for further creative possibilities |
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| Score Editor |
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| based on the Sibelius notation engine |
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| view, edit, arrange, and print MIDI data as music notation |
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| compose music using the notation tools, or transcribe recorded, imported, drawn (with the Pencil tool), or step-entered MIDI data into notation |
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| write parts on a single staff—treble, bass, alto, or tenor clef—or grand staff |
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| place and edit notes, and edit the meter and key signature at whim |
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| add chord symbols such as Dm7 and guitar chord diagrams to sessions |
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| transcribe MIDI parts in real time |
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| print out a score in its entirety or print only certain instrumental parts |
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| export sessions as Sibelius (.sib) files for further finessing in Sibelius |
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| Efficiency and Ease of Use |
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| elegant user interface minimizes eye strain |
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| customizable toolbar shows only desired tools in any arrangement |
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| tiled or cascaded window arrangement |
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| logical, streamlined menu navigation |
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| change the color of channel strips, tracks, regions, groups, and markers to any hue |
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| navigate through sessions quickly using the Universe view |
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| QuickStart dialog allows for quickly, easily creating new sessions from templates, from scratch, or open existing sessions |
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| right-click contextual menus offer fast access to common parameters |
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| Tool Tips provide "rollover" descriptions of interface objects |
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| easy dragging and dropping of audio, MIDI, REX, and ACID files from the desktop to the timeline |
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| drag multiple regions onto a single track simultaneously |
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| quickly apply track-level commands globally across multiple tracks simultaneously |
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| up to 99 Window Configurations (screen sets) to instantly recall custom view arrangements |
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| customizable Zoom Toggle lets you define track view and height when zooming continuously |
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| variable track height allows tracks to be instantly resized to any height |
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| fast Region List searches including history |
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| Duplicate Tracks dialog streamlines defining how many tracks, and which track parameters, to duplicate |
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| built-in DigiBase file management tool organizes and auditions audio and MIDI files and loops according to attributes such as tempo; includes importing of Red Book audio CDs |
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| up to 999 Markers/Memory Locations |
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| accepts MIDI directly from ReWire applications for recording controller data to a Pro Tools MIDI or Instrument track |
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| Unicode character support lets you label and edit text anywhere in Pro Tools in any language supported by Unicode (including Japanese, French, Greek, Russian, and Hebrew) |
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| * Pro Tools MP software requires a supported M-Audio hardware peripheral (PC | Mac) to function. |
