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Digidesign Pro Tools HD| 2 Accel System - PCI Express Version
Digidesign is now offering two versions of its award-winning, professional Pro Tools|HD digital audio production systems. By continuing to provide the existing PCI version and releasing a PCI Express (PCIe) version, Digidesign is ensuring continued compatibility of its Pro Tools|HD systems with a wide range of PCI, PCI-X, and PCIe-equipped computers. Existing Pro Tools|HD core systems are designed to work in PCI and PCI-X slots only and are not compatible with PCIe technology.
Digidesign HD| 2 Accel:
Pro Tools|HD 2 Accel includes the HD Core card and an HD Accel card, offering more than four times the mixing and processing power of HD 1 systems, support for 64 channels of I/O*, plus guaranteed support for up to 192 simultaneous audio tracks with no stress on the computer. Expanding the system's dedicated processing power and I/O capacity is as easy as adding additional HD Accel cards.
Digidesign Pro Tools HD| 2 Accel system for Windows or Macintosh includes (HDpack 2, v6.0):
- Amp Farm by Line 6
- Bomb Factory BF-3A by Bomb Factory
- Cosmonaut Voice by Bomb Factory
- D-Fi by Digidesign
- Focusrite d2/d3 by Focusrite
- JOEMEEK SC2 Compressor by Bomb Factory
- JOEMEEK VC5 Meequalizer by Bomb Factory
- Maxim by Digidesign
- moogerfooger Lowpass Filter by Bomb Factory
- SansAmp PSA-1 by Bomb Factory
- Tel-Ray Variable Delay by Bomb Factory
- Virus Indigo by Access Music
- Voce® Spin by Bomb Factory
- Voce Chorus/Vibrato by Bomb Factory
- PACE iLok Smart Key
Digidesign Pro Tools HD| 2 Accel systems now come with an additional bundle of incredible software called the Ignition Pack!
The Pro Tools Ignition Pack 2 Pro includes:
- Ableton Live Lite 6 Digidesign Edition: Compose, record, remix, improvise, and edit musical ideas easily with this intuitive sampler/sequencer. Live's audio sequencing can modify loops in real time - just drop any loops you like into a song, regardless of their pitch or tempo.
- Propellerhead Software Reason Adapted 3: Specially developed for Pro Tools systems, this latest version of Reason Adapted includes a serious virtual rack of synthesizers, samplers, and effects that you can stream directly into the Pro Tools mixer through ReWire.
- FXpansion BFD Lite (6 kits): FXpansion BFD Lite puts a full drum studio within easy reach, letting you work with virtual acoustic drum kits and individual samples - all produced in pristine fidelity with multiple velocity layers.
- IK Multimedia AmpliTube LE: AmpliTube LE is a flexible plug-in with a variety of amp and cabinet models, classic stomp boxes, and other effects. AmpliTube LE sounds great on guitar or anything else.
- Celemony Melodyne essential: Melodyne essential enables you to tune mono audio tracks, edit the timing of melodic lines, or completely rearrange parts through an intuitive interface.
- iZotope Ozone 3 Lite, Trash Lite, and Spectron Lite: With this collection of iZotope's acclaimed plug-ins, you have a powerful range of tools to sculpt your sound. There's Ozone 3 Lite for mastering your mixes, Trash Lite for an array of top-notch classic guitar amp tones and stomp box effects, and Spectron Lite for advanced signal processing and spectral effects.
- Trillium Lane Labs TL EveryPhase: TL EveryPhase delivers analog phaser effects with plug-in convenience - you can add anything from rich, modulations, to subtle tremolo, and intense feedback, choosing between a range of presets, or using the controls to dial in the sound you're after.
- Trillium Lane Labs TL Utilities: The plug-ins included with TL Utilities are the kind of tools you'll come to rely, day after day, session after session. TL Metro is a versatile metronome that offers a range of sounds for your click tracks, TL InTune is a handy professional digital tuner for instant instrument tuning, and TL MasterMeter offers the first over-sampling meter for Pro Tools for critical mixing and mastering applications.
- Arturia Analog Factory SE: With Analog Factory SE, you'll enjoy hundreds of high-quality vintage and modern analog synth sounds - plus the ability to tweak them to sonic perfection!
- Digidesign Xpand! by A.I.R.: Xpand! is a powerful virtual instrument with a host of sounds designed to inspire your creativity, and help you polish your tracks. Cellos, string ensembles, a grand piano, multiple synth beds, chimes, bells, acoustic and electric basses, and more - with Xpand! you can quickly create fully realized soundscapes and backing tracks.
- Way Out Ware TimewARP 2600 Lite: A spot-on emultion of the vintage ARP 2600 analog synth (endorsed by the ARP's original creator, Alan Robert Pearlman), you can choose from more than 60 preset patches for instant, 70s vibe.
- M-Audio ProSessions SE Sound Library: ProSessions SE offers up its collection of high-quality samples so you can build up deep mixes right away.
- Big Fish Audio, Cycling '74, Sonic Reality, Zero-G Sound Libraries: Put premium sample libraries to work for you! These top-name sound library manufacturers offer an array of usable sounds - no matter the musical genre.
- Pro Tools Method One Instructional DVD: Learn Pro Tools system essentials, from setting up sessions and recording audio to editing MIDI, working with loops and plug-ins, automating mixes, and more.
- One-year Membership to Broadjam.com: Promote your music around the world with a free one-year membership to Broadjam.com, an easy-to-use web service for independent musicians.
- One-year Subscription to Sonicbids.com: With this one-year standard subscription, you have the tools you need to promote yourself to the media, record labels, booking agents, and more with your own personal Electronic Press Kit.
- 3 free contest entries on GarageBand.com: Take your music to the next level, and submit a contest entry on GarageBand.com for a chance to be signed.
- Free Three-Month Trial Subscription to an Industry Magazine: Find inspiration with a free three-month trial subscription to a leading music industry magazine such as Bass Player, Electronic Musician, EQ, Frets, Guitar Player, Keyboard, Mix, Recording, Remix, Urb, or BPM. (Available in the U.S. and Canada only.)
Though the software applications included in the Pro Tools Ignition Pack are "lite" versions, they are fully functional tools that pack in serious features for music creation and production. They are not demos. What's more, many of the software manufacturers offer upgrades to the full versions of their respective products at discounted prices.
- Includes 12' digilink cable
Digidesign Pro Tools HD| 2 Accel System Features:
- Sample rate support up to 192 kHz
- Next-generation, dedicated hardware performance combined with host-based processing capability for ultimate power and flexibility
- World-class, high-resolution audio interfaces, each offering a wealth of analog and digital connections and unmatched price/performance
- A complete professional audio solution, including audio interfaces, synchronization, MIDI and mic preamp peripherals, and more
- Expandable DSP power and I/O capacity
- Includes TDM II, Digidesign's new bus architecture design, providing support for extremely large mixing configurations
- Proprietary DigiLink interface standard for connectivity of HD Core and HD Process cards at lengths of up to 100 feet†
- HDpack plug-in promotion, providing thousands of dollars in Digidesign and Development Partner plug-ins for free
- A wide range of options available from Digidesign and Digidesign Development Partners
- Full session compatibility with systems running Pro Tools 5.1 software or higher; supports all older Pro Tools sessions
* All Pro Tools|HD core systems require the presence of at least one Digidesign HD audio interface (purchased separately); additional HD audio interfaces are required for extended I/O capabilities.
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"Now you've entered the big time! Really, the only industry standard that is constant from studio to studio in terms of software is Pro Tools. One of the few items that a studio must have to be called truly professional, Pro Tools is built from the ground up as a production tool. Getting music or audio out to the client fast and great-sounding is what studios do. Pro Tools|HD is what pro studios use. Why wouldn't you?"
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