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Let&#8217;s avoid these details for a moment and consider how much theoretical disk I\/O bandwidth is required for a large Pro Tools sessionDoing the math, 64 tracks of 24-bit, 48 kHz audio data represents approximately 8.8 MB\/sec, the maximum for a Pro Tools TDM session (64 tracks x 3 bytes per sample x 48000 samples per second = 8.8 MB\/sec).  Pro Tools LE supports 24 tracks, so the maximum LE throughput requirement is approximately 3.3 MB\/sec.  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