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Upgrade to Pro Tools 7!

This is an upgrade to Pro Tools version 7 for owners of Pro Tools version 6.

Pro Tools 7 Software: Power to Create
Pro Tools continues to be the defacto standard DAW for recording and mixing, with features that just make sense from a production and workflow standpoint. Most of us would be hard pressed to think of any improvements, but Digidesign has outdone themselves with Pro Tools 7, by adding more music-creation oriented features as well as some additions that make Pro Tools 7 even even more convenient to use — if such a thing is imaginable. Pro Tools 7 software delivers significantly expanded recording and editing capabilities for audio and MIDI, greater mixing power and flexibility, enhanced efficiency, and improved ease of use. The result is a whole new set of tools that advances the art of audio production. There is a downloadable update available from Digidesign to upgrade Pro Tools LE for Intel Mac compatibility.


Digidesign Pro Tools 7 at a Glance:

• Instrument Tracks for improved integration with virtual instruments and MIDI sound modules.
  
• Real-time MIDI processing capabilities.
  
• Enhanced support for multi-processor computers and improvements to the RTAS environment.
  
• Menus have been streamlined and organized more logically. 
  
• Support for a full array of hardware interfaces and peripherals.

More Compositional Tools
Take advantage of new Instrument Tracks for improved integration with virtual instruments and MIDI sound modules. Work with REX and ACID files — two of the most popular formats for loops and samples. Group any combination of audio and MIDI regions together to quickly build arrangements. Use new region looping capabilities to assemble grooves or fill time between video cues. Apply groove input quantization to alter the feel of MIDI tracks as you record. With these and many more features, Pro Tools 7 software is what composers have been waiting for.

Real-time Tweaking Encouraged
Experiment more freely with MIDI tracks using new real-time MIDI processing capabilities. Capitalize on mirrored MIDI editing to automatically alter copies of MIDI regions throughout a session. Use the new Zoom Toggle button to quickly enter an editor view mode for easy editing of audio and MIDI. Choose the new Link Track and Edit Selection option to apply track-level commands across multiple tracks at the same time. In addition to these features, nearly every MIDI operation window includes enhancements, making it faster and easier to work with MIDI than ever before.

Greater Mixing Power and Flexibility
Enhanced support for multi-processor computers and improvements to the RTAS environment in Pro Tools 7 software increase plug-in counts up to 150% on dual-processor computers. In many cases, you’ll be able to run more than twice as many RTAS plug-ins and virtual instruments on your sessions. (Click here for more information on RTAS performance improvements.) Additional software optimizations provide a faster, more responsive, and more powerful workstation. Plus, support for RTAS processing plug-ins on Aux Inputs and Master Faders (a new feature for Pro Tools|HD systems) enhances compatibility between Pro Tools|HD, Pro Tools LE, and Pro Tools M-Powered systems.

Even Easier to Use
Even with all of its additions and improvements, Pro Tools 7 software is still one of the easiest audio applications to use. Menus have been streamlined and organized more logically, though key commands remain the same. A new Tool Tips feature provides descriptions of objects within the interface when the cursor is placed over them so you can get better acquainted with the interface.

Unique Hardware Options
Pro Tools 7 software supports a full array of hardware interfaces and peripherals, so you can use the hardware option that best suits your needs. Pro Tools HD 7 software works with Pro Tools|HD and Pro Tools|HD Accel systems; Pro Tols LE 7 software supports Mbox, Mbox 2, Digi 002, and Digi 002 Rack systems.

Digidesign Pro Tools 7 New Features:

• New Instrument Tracks combine MIDI and audio capabilities in a single channel strip, simplifying routing for virtual instruments and MIDI sound modules.
  
• Real-time MIDI processing enables control of MIDI quantization, note duration and velocity, transposition, and timing in real time.
  
• Enhanced groove quantization features, including the ability to apply groove template quantization across multiple tracks, add randomization to further humanize the feel of a groove, and apply groove template quantization to incoming MIDI signals.
  
• Sample-based MIDI tracks allow MIDI events to stay locked to time code regardless of session tempo changes.
  
• Zoom Toggle enhancements enable users to quickly toggle between two different user-defined settings in the Edit window, making it easier to work with both MIDI and audio.
  
• Mirrored MIDI editing mode allows adjustments made to one MIDI file affect all existing copies of that region.
  
• An enhanced Select/Split Notes window enables users to split a MIDI performance into multiple tracks by MIDI note, velocity, duration, or position.
  
• A new Remove Duplicate Notes command allows users to quickly clean up recorded or merged MIDI tracks.
  
• An overhauled Change Duration window offers new legato, overlap correction, and transform sustain pedal features.
  
• The Transpose window now allows users to transpose all notes in octaves and semitones.

Pro Tools continues to be the defacto industry standard DAW for recording and mixing — now more powerful than ever with version 7 — upgrade today!

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