M-Audio Pro Tools M-Powered v 8.0 Production Software
General
- supports a wide choice of M-Audio interfaces* including Delta PCI, USB/USB 2.0 and FireWire products
- supports M-Audio ProjectMix I/O and Digidesign 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 recording and mixing environment
- 48-track mono or stereo audio recording**, editing, and mixing up to 24-bit/96kHz
- real-time audio processing
- import MIDI, REX, ACID, WAV, SDII, AIFF, AAC and MP3 audio files
- Digidesign-qualified Windows Vista- (32-bit Business or Ultimate), Windows XP-, or Mac OS X 10.5.5-based computers (click here for the most current system requirements, compatibility information and online support)
- unique Beat Detective LE automatic groove analysis and correction tool
- supports QuickTime video including H.264
- expandable via Music Production Toolkit 2
- co-exists with the same version of Pro Tools LE on the same system
Recording
- powerful loop recording options
- Elastic Pitch allows manipulation (+/- 4 octaves) or pitch correction of any audio region in real time without affecting time or tempo
- Elastic Time real-time tempo manipulation feature lets you change the tempo or timing of audio tracks on the fly without affecting pitch
- loop playback automatically updates to the selection without manually stopping and starting the transport
- Loop Trim tool allows you to easily turn audio or MIDI regions into loops
- Dynamic Transport mode allows playback to operate independently of the current selection
- 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
- MIDI Editor windows can display MIDI and automation data for Instrument, MIDI and Auxiliary Input tracks
- 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
• 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
Editing
- completely non-destructive editing with world-class tools
- 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
- track compositing features allow for quickly and easily piecing together the best possible version of a performance from multiple recording passes
- lock regions to the timeline to prevent them from being inadvertently moved or edited
- use the Automation and Controller lanes to view and edit track automation and MIDI CC data without changing track views
- Time Shift DigiRack plug-in delivers superior time compression/expansion
- 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 multitrack 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 to 10 sends and inserts per track increases mixing flexibility and allows larger, more complex mixing architectures
- copy or move send assignments across tracks via drag-and-drop functionality
- 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 including real-time display
- Automate All command allows arming automation of all plug-in parameters at once
Effects and Virtual Instruments
- wide range of compatible creative software options available from Digidesign and Digidesign Development Partners including:
** both real-time RTAS effects plug-in processing and file-based AudioSuite effects plug-in processing
* advanced virtual instrument integration including 6 free A.I.R. 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
* FXpansion BFD Lite acoustic drum module
- ships with 70 free DigiRack, A.I.R. and Bomb Factory plug-ins, including EQ, dynamics, delays, reverb and more (see complete list)
- free Dynamics III DigiRack plug-in allows easy and powerful control of mix dynamics
- new EQ III includes a filter band-pass solo mode to easily isolate and remove unwanted signals or noise in an audio track
- incredible guitar amp tone with Eleven Free and SansAmp plug-ins
- Torq LE DJ software
- 8GB of pro-quality loops
- map plug-in parameter controls to almost any encoder on a controller, and access each track’s 10 inserts
- easily communicates via ReWire with applications like Torq for further creative possibilities
Score Editor
- based on the Sibelius notation engine
- view, edit, arrange and print MIDI data as music notation
- compose music using the notation tools, or transcribe recorded, imported, drawn (with the Pencil tool), or step-entered MIDI data into notation
- write parts on a single staff—treble, bass, alto, or tenor clef—or grand staff
- place and edit notes, and edit the meter and key signature at whim
- add chord symbols such as Dm7 and guitar chord diagrams to sessions
- transcribe MIDI parts in real time
- print out a score in its entirety or print only certain instrumental parts
- export sessions as Sibelius (.sib) files for further finessing in Sibelius
Efficiency and Ease of Use
- all-new redesigned user interface for elegant operation and reduced eye strain
- customizable toolbar shows only desired tools in any arrangement
- tiled or cascaded window arrangement
- logical, streamlined menu navigation
- change the color of channel strips, tracks, regions, groups and markers to any hue
- navigate through sessions quickly using the Universe view
- QuickStart dialog allows for quickly, easily creating new sessions from templates, from scratch or open existing sessions
- right-click contextual menus offer fast access to common parameters
- 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 apply track-level commands globally across multiple tracks simultaneously
- up to 99 Window Configurations (screen sets) to instantly recall custom view arrangements
- customizable Zoom Toggle lets you define track view and height when zooming
- continuously variable track height allows tracks to be instantly resized to any height
- 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 and auditions audio and MIDI files and loops according to attributes such as tempo; includes importing of Red Book audio CDs
- up to 999 Markers/Memory Locations
- accepts MIDI directly from ReWire applications for recording controller data to a Pro Tools MIDI or Instrument track
- 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)
