Digidesign - ProTools M-Powered 7.3 - 9910-42323-00 - SaverSoftware

Digidesign - ProTools M-Powered 7.3

Manufacturer - DIGIDESIGN

Price £ 199.00    (£ 169.36 exc. VAT )


DIGIDESIGN - Digidesign - ProTools M-Powered 7.3

Description

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

Pro Tools M-Powered 7 software puts the industry standard in audio/MIDI production on the fast track, letting you enter the exciting world of Pro Tools on your own terms. No lite version here—Pro Tools M-Powered has the same user interface as Pro Tools and Pro Tools LE, all while expanding your creative hardware options to nearly 20 M-Audio interfaces*. Session compatibility with all current versions of Pro Tools software means that you can easily move your projects between pro, project and mobile personal studios. And at just £199, anyone can afford entry into a once-exclusive club. Pro Tools M-Powered 7 is the serious music production choice for power, compatibility, options and ease of use—without spending serious money.

Real Pro Tools

Pro Tools M-Powered isn’t some watered-down version of Pro Tools. It is Pro Tools. There are actually three flavors of Pro Tools, all of which basically share the same user interface and file format. The primary distinction is what hardware they’re keyed to. Pro Tools HD 7 runs on elite Pro Tools|HD hardware. Pro Tools LE 7 works with Digidesign’s Mbox, Mbox 2, Digi 002 and Digi 002 Rack. And Pro Tools M-Powered delivers even more options via compatibility with nearly 20 affordable M-Audio interfaces. Now there’s no excuse for not having the industry-standard DAW in your creative toolbox.

Produce with the Industry Standard—Anywhere, Anytime

The combination of M-Audio gear and Pro Tools M-Powered 7 lets you work anywhere, anytime with the industry standard in music production software. Seamlessly collaborate with anybody running any version of a current Pro Tools system, including cross-platform between Windows XP and Mac OS X. Easily take your projects to just about any recording studio to have it mixed by a pro. Or take your pro studio projects home or on the road with you. With Pro Tools M-Powered 7, owners of most M-Audio interfaces instantly become members of the largest community of digital audio workstation users in the world.

Professional Recording, Editing and Mixing

Pro Tools M-Powered 7 software allows M-Audio hardware enthusiasts to easily enter the powerful recording, editing, and mixing features of Pro Tools. With up to 32 simultaneous tracks of 16- or 24-bit digital audio, and support for up to 96kHz sample rates, Pro Tools M-Powered 7 is an ideal companion for M-Audio interfaces and audio interface keyboards—whether you’re recording solo or entire bands. And the optional Music Production Toolkit expands Pro Tools M-Powered 7 to up to 48 mono or stereo tracks, and adds more effects and instruments, a multi-track version of Beat Detective and the Pro Tools MP3 Option.

Once you’ve finished your recording, you can fine-tune your performances with Pro Tools’ unmatched nondestructive editing tools. Shape sounds, compose parts, and add effects with RTAS instrument and effects plug-ins. Create polished mixes with professional mixing features and full mixer automation.

Quantizing MIDI data is one thing—but did you know that Pro Tools M-Powered also enables you to quantize audio? With Beat Detective LE, you can automatically analyze and tighten your rhythm tracks. You can even create groove templates from other loops or songs and apply them to your own material. With Pro Tools M-Powered 7, you’ve got the tools you need to create professional mixes wherever you want to take your music.

Affordable

There was a time when many musicians couldn’t afford the price of entry into the world of Pro Tools. That’s all history, thanks to Pro Tools M-Powered 7. It dramatically lowers the bar on price, while raising it for creative options. Pro Tools M-Powered 7 retails for only $249 and works with an extensive list of inexpensive, open-ended M-Audio hardware options. To sweeten the deal, you get over 43 production plug-ins for free, including the incredible Xpand! Multi-Synthesis Sound Factory.

ReWire for Ableton Live

Fans of Ableton Live will love Pro Tools M-Powered 7’s ability to accept Live’s output stream via ReWire for further mixing and processing. You get the best of both worlds—Ableton Live’s incredibly fluid real-time writing, production and remixing environment along with the industry standard in tracking, editing and mixing.

Control Surfaces

If you want the tactile feel of a pro console while enjoying the benefits of a personal or project studio, Pro Tools M-Powered 7 supports both Digidesign’s Command|8 and M-Audio’s ProjectMix I/O. Both give you control over the software’s MIDI functionality. ProjectMix I/O even incorporates a built-in 10 x 10 FireWire audio interface complete with eight preamps so you don’t need any extra gear.

* Pro Tools M-Powered 7 software requires a supported M-Audio hardware interface to function.
** powered 6-pin FireWire port required
* Pro Tools M-Powered does not support DV Toolkit and SMPTE Time Window.

Easy to Use

Pro Tools M-Powered is very simple and intuitive. Elegance and power are the reasons why Pro Tools is used in the majority of professional recording studios around the world. And once you know how to use one version of Pro Tools, you know how to work in any Pro Tools environment—from personal studio to pro studio. And if you want help, Pro Tools is supported by more educational materials and classes than all other DAW software put together.
Flexible and Portable—More Choices for You

A variety of M-Audio PCI, FireWire and USB hardware interfaces are compatible with Pro Tools M-Powered 7 software, giving you more choices in where, when and how you work. For high-fidelity I/O in a PCI-based system, our entire Delta line is compatible with Pro Tools M-Powered 7—from the personal 2-channel Audiophile 2496 and Audiophile 192 cards all the way up to the 10 x 10 Delta 1010. For Pro Tools recording on the go, our compatible USB products range from the pocket-sized Transit to the MobilePre USB with dual preamps, and Fast Track USB (2-in, 2-out). M-Audio bus-powered FireWire interfaces** like our FireWire 410 (4-in/10-out) and FireWire 1814 (18-in/14-out) provide even more I/O and higher sampling rates, letting you easily put together a multi-channel studio-to-go.

All-In-One Gear for Guitarists, Keyboardists and Producers

One of the benefits of Pro Tools M-Powered 7 is that you can harness the creative power of specialized M-Audio production hardware. The Black Box not only gives guitarists killer amp modeling and unique beat-synced effects, it serves as a Pro Tools M-Powered-compatible audio interface for Mac and PC platforms. Keyboardists and electronic music producers also benefit from our Ozone and Ozonic, both of which integrate a keyboard, MIDI control surface, audio/MIDI interface, mic/instrument preamp and headphone monitoring.

Advanced MIDI Sequencing

Pro Tools M-Powered 7’s fully integrated MIDI sequencer allows you to record, edit, and mix up to 256 MIDI tracks alongside your audio tracks. New dedicated Instrument tracks combine the audio and MIDI elements of a given virtual instrument into a single channel strip to streamline your workspace. Launch your favorite instrument plug-in to get the sound you want. Engage loop recording to quickly develop a multi-layered drum pattern, then use Groove Quantize or Groove Templates to give it the right feel. Switch to MIDI Step Input to lay down a difficult passage. Turn on real-time MIDI processing to quantize your performance as it goes down. And use new advanced editing features to easily tweak everything to perfection.

Plug-ins Galore

Pro Tools M-Powered 7 software not only provides access to award-winning Pro Tools software—you’re also instantly able to take advantage of a variety of RTAS and AudioSuite plug-ins designed by the recording industry’s largest professional third-party developer community. Track with powerful host-based vintage instruments like GForce’s Oddity and Minimonsta:Melohman. Add spice with Wizoo’s Latigo and Darbuka virtual percussionists. And polish your mixes with affordable effects and mastering plug-ins like iZotope Ozone and Spectron that surpass even expensive hardware. (All GForce, Wizoo and iZotope plug-ins are sold separately.)

Pro Tools M-Powered 7 also includes more than 43 DigiRack and Bomb Factory plug-ins right out of the box, including EQ, dynamics, delay, reverb, and many more. You also get Digidesign’s exciting new virtual synth powerhouse, Xpand!, absolutely free. Xpand! ships with over 1,000 factory patches comprised of up to four parts and features four built-in arpeggiators and two effects processors.

System Requirements

Pro Tools M-Powered 7.0/7.1/7.1.1 Compatibility

Pro Tools M-Powered 7.1.1 is compatible with Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) for Intel-based Macs only.
Pro Tools M-Powered 7.0 and 7.1 are compatible with Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) for PPC-based Macs only.
Music Production Toolkit requires Pro Tools M-Powered 7.1 or higher



M-Audio Hardware Required

Pro Tools M-Powered software requires one of the following M-Audio Interfaces:

Audiophile 192
High-Definition 4-In/4-Out Audio Card (PCI) with Digital I/O and MIDI
Audiophile 2496
4-In/4-Out Audio Card (PCI) with MIDI and Digital I/O
Audiophile USB **
USB Audio/MIDI Interface with Digital I/O
Conectiv ***
Dj Performace/Production System
Delta 44
Professional 4-In/4-Out Audio Card (PCI)
Delta 66
Professional 6-In/6-Out Audio Card (PCI) with Digital I/O
Delta 1010
10-In/10-Out PCI/Rack Digital Recording System with MIDI and Digital I/O
Delta 1010LT
10-In/10-Out PCI Virtual Studio
Fast Track Pro **
4 x 4 Mobile USB Audio/MIDI Interface with Preamps
Fast Track USB *
Record Guitar and Vocals on Your Computer - Complete with Effects
FireWire 1814
18-in/14-out FireWire Audio/MIDI Interface w/ADAT Lightpipe
FireWire 410
4-In/10-Out FireWire Audio/MIDI Mobile Recording Interface
FireWire Audiophile
4-In/6-Out FireWire Audio/MIDI Interface
FireWire Solo
FireWire Mobile Audio Interface for Songwriter/Guitarists
JamLab **
Personal Guitar System
M-Audio Black Box *
Amps | Effects | Drums | Recording USB Audio interface for Guitarists
M-Audio Ozone *
USB Audio/MIDI Mobile Workstation
MobilePre USB *
USB Bus-Powered Preamp and Audio Interface
Ozonic
37-Key FireWire Audio/MIDI Interface and Controller
ProjectMix I/O *
Control Surface with Motorized Faders and 18 x 14 Audio Interface
Transit
High-Resolution Mobile Audio Interface
*Pro Tools M-Powered 7.0 or higher required
**Pro Tools M-Powered 7.1 or higher required
***Pro Tools M-Powered 7.3 or higher required

Additional Requirements

Other audio interfaces from M-Audio have not been qualified with M-Powered
Audio interfaces by Digidesign or any manufacturer other than M-Audio will not work with Pro Tools M-Powered software
Pro Tools M-Powered supports the use of any single supported M-Audio peripheral. Simultaneous use of multiple M-Audio peripherals is not supported.
Pro Tools M-Powered 7 software will not work without one of the above M-Audio hardware devices AND your M-Powered authorized iLok USB key both connected to your computer
Authorization

A pre-authorized cross-platform (Mac & Windows) red iLok USB hardware key is included with all Pro Tools M-Powered software purchases
The same Pro Tools M-Powered authorization works with Pro Tools M-Powered versions 6.8, 7.0, 7.1, and 7.1.1

Supported CPU Models & Requirements
System Software
Pro Tools M-Powered 7.1.1 is officially supported on Mac OS X 10.4.6 (Tiger) for Intel-based Macs
- Pro Tools M-Powered 7.1.1 will not install or run on PPC-based Macs, and Pro Tools M-Powered 7.1 and earlier will not run on Intel-based Macs
Pro Tools M-Powered 7.1 is officially supported on Mac OS X 10.4.4, 10.4.5, and 10.4.6 (Tiger) for PPC-based Macs
Pro Tools M-Powered 7.0 is officially supported on Mac OS X 10.4.2, 10.4.3, 10.4.4, 10.4.5, and 10.4.6 for PPC-based Macs
Pro Tools M-Powered 7 will not run on Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Panther) and earlier
Notes:

Testing is currently in progress with Mac OS X 10.4.7 for PPC-based and Intel-based Macs.
- Although there are currently no known issues with Pro Tools and Mac OS X 10.4.7, it has not been officially qualified by Digidesign.
After updating either Pro Tools or your Mac OS, always run Disk Utility and "Repair Permissions" on the startup drive.
Total System RAM

512 MB minimum required for Pro Tools M-Powered 7, more recommended
More RAM increases overall system and Pro Tools performance
More RAM suggested for sessions with high edit density, extensive use of plug-ins, or simultaneous use with MIDI sequencers
Music Production Toolkit Option will also require additional RAM (see next item)

Music Production Toolkit Option — Maximum Track Count Information

The purchase of this option expands a Pro Tools M-Powered system from 32 total voiceable tracks to up to 48 mono or 48 stereo tracks at up to 96 kHz (interface permitting). In order to reliably achieve maximum track count, Digidesign recommends the following on Mac OS X:

Digidesign-Qualified Power Mac G5 Dual Processor 2GHz or higher, including Power Mac G5 Quad
- Power Mac G5 Dual 2GHz (first generation model M9032) may not achieve maximum track count
Digidesign-Qualified Dual Processor Intel-based Mac
1.5 GB total system RAM or more
2 or more hard drives dedicated for audio record and playback:
- 2 internal SATA drives
- 2 external SCSI drives & qualified SCSI HBA
- 2 or more external FireWire drives
Additional Requirements - All Pro Tools M-Powered Systems
Monitor

Minimum resolution of 1024 x 768
14" minimum, 17" or larger recommended if using external monitor
Laptop models with 12" and larger LCD screens supported
Dual monitors with standard dual monitor cards as shipped by Apple supported
Pro Tools Does Not Support Sleep Mode

In the Macintosh System Preferences, launch Energy Saver, click the Sleep tab, and disable all Sleep features. Set "Put the computer to sleep when it is inactive" to Never.
Do not manually put your computer to sleep when running Pro Tools

Release Date: Tuesday, 20th November 2007