Compatible products for Pro Tools M-Powered 7

TOP FEATURES

• session compatibility with all current Pro Tools systems > create anywhere, anytime 
• hardware compatible with nearly 20 M-Audio interfaces > flexible options
• industry-standard audio/MIDI production environment > know one Pro Tools system, know them all
• easy to learn and use > make better music faster
• advanced MIDI production tools > all-in-one solution
• affordable > a Pro Tools M-Powered system for any budget
• includes over 43 plug-ins and Xpand! virtual instrument > incredible value
  

FULL FEATURES

• what's new in version 7?
• Software Comparison Chart
• General
  • supports a wide choice of M-Audio interfaces including all Delta PCI and FireWire products, Black Box, M-Audio Ozone, Fast Track USB,
  • MobilePre USB and Transit
  • supports M-Audio’s ProjectMix I/O and Digidesign’s Command|8 control surfaces for hands-on mixing
  • industry-standard session compatibility with countless Pro Tools-equipped project and professional studios around the world
  • award-winning Pro Tools mixing environment
  • 32-track audio recording***, editing, and mixing up to 24-bit/96kHz
  • real-time audio processing
  • import MIDI, REX, ACID, WAV, AIFF, AAC, MP3, and CD audio files
  • works on Windows XP and Mac OS X systems including Apple Quad processor and systems
  • unique Beat Detective LE automatic groove analysis and correction tool
  • expandable via Music Production Toolkit***
  • co-exists with Pro Tools LE on the same system
• Recording
  • powerful loop recording options
  • low-latency monitoring while recording
  • real-time MIDI processing enables control of MIDI quantization, note duration and velocity, transposition, and timing as you record
  • QuickPunch functionality
• Advanced MIDI
  • 256 tracks of powerful, intuitive MIDI sequencing
  • new Instrument Tracks combine MIDI and audio capabilities in a single channel strip, simplifying routing for virtual instruments and MIDI sound modules
  • sample-based MIDI tracks lock MIDI events to time code regardless of session tempo changes
  • Zoom Toggle switches quickly between two different user-defined settings in the Edit window
  • Mirrored MIDI editing mode allows adjustments made to one MIDI file to affect all existing copies of that region
  • 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
• Editing
  • fully non-destructive editing with world-class tools
  • Region Groups allow grouping of any combination of audio and MIDI regions, across any number of tracks
  • Region Looping offers an easy way to repeat one or more regions and Region Groups
  • Separate on Grid and Separate at Transient functions allow editing of multi-track audio regions simultaneously, based on a grid value or transients in an audio file
  • quantize audio regions according to a grid or groove template
  • "reverse" Strip Silence functionality allows for extracting louder portions of audio tracks
• Mixing
  • host processing efficiency allows you to run many select RTAS effects and instrument plug-ins simultaneously
  • up to 32 internal mix busses and up to10 sends per track increases mixing flexibility and allows larger, more complex mixing architectures
  • copy or move send assignments across tracks via drag-and-drop
  • Automate All command allows arming automation of all plug-in parameters at once
  • free Dynamics III DigiRack plug-in allows easy and powerful control of mix dynamics
  • EQ III includes a new filter band-pass solo mode, making it easy to isolate and remove unwanted signals or noise in an audio track
  • advanced automation features and editing
• Effects and Virtual Instruments
  • wide range of compatible creative software options available from Digidesign and Digidesign Development Partners including:
  • real-time RTAS effects plug-in processing; file-based AudioSuite effects plug-in processing
  • advanced virtual instrument integration including free Xpand! advanced synthesis instrument with over 1000 presets, up to four layers and two effects
  • new Dynamics III DigiRack plug-in (included) allows easy and powerful control of mix dynamics
  • EQ III (included) features a filter band-pass solo mode to easily isolate and remove unwanted signals or noise in an audio track
  • ships with over 43 more free RTAS and AudioSuite plug-ins, including EQ, dynamics, delays, reverb and more:
    • Bomb Factory: Essential Clip Remover, Essential Correlation, Essential Meter Bridge, Essential Noise Meter, Essential Tuner, BF76, Funk Logic Mastererizer
    • DigiRack: 1-Band EQ, 4-Band EQ, Chorus, Click, Compressor, D-Verb, D-Verb-AS, DC Offset Removal, Delay, DeEsser, DigiReWire, Dither, Duplicate, Dynamics II, Dynamics III, EQ II, EQ III, Expander-Gate, Extra-Long Delay, Flanger, Gain, Gate, Invert-Duplicate, Limiter, Long Delay, Medium Delay, Mod Delay, Mod Delay II, Multi-Tap Delay, Normalize-Gain Change, Ping-Pong Delay, Pitch Shift, Reverse-DC Removal, Short Delay, Signal Generator, Slap Delay, Time Comp-Exp-Pitch Shift, Trim
    • easily accepts ReWire output stream directly from applications like Ableton Live for further mixing and processing
• Efficiency and Ease-of-Use
  • logical, streamlined menu navigation (view)
  • Tool Tips provide "rollover" descriptions of interface objects
  • easy dragging and dropping of audio, MIDI, REX, and ACID files from the desktop to the timeline
  • drag multiple regions onto a single track simultaneously
  • quickly applying track-level commands globally across multiple tracks simultaneously
  • fast Region List searches including history
  • Duplicate Tracks dialog streamlines defining how many tracks, and which track parameters, to duplicate
  • built-in DigiBase file management tool organizes audio and MIDI files according to attributes such as tempo; includes importing of Red Book audio CDs
  • up to 999 Markers/Memory Locations
  • multi-lingual support in user interface

* Pro Tools M-Powered software requires a supported M-Audio hardware interface to function.

*** the Music Production Toolkit expands Pro Tools M-Powered to up to 48 tracks, and adds more effects and instruments, multi-track version Beat Detective and the Pro Tools MP3 Option.

SPECIFICATION

• sampling rate: up to 96kHz
• bit depth: 16 and 24
• audio tracks: 32 simultaneous***
• MIDI tracks: 256 simultaneous 

COMPATIBILITY

• ReWirebit depth: 16 and 24
• RTAS
• AudioSuite

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (PC)

• Digidesign-qualified M-Audio system
• Digidesign-qualified computer running Windows XP**
  
  ** For the most current system requirements, compatibility information, and online support, visit this page.
  * Home and Professional Edition only. Windows Media Center Edition is not currently supported.

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (MAC)

• Digidesign-qualified M-Audio system
• Digidesign-qualified computer running Mac OS X**

** For the most current system requirements, compatibility information, and online support, visit this page.