PROJECT MIX I/O
Today, more
professional music is produced at home than ever before—and the new
ProjectMix I/O delivers what you need to take your computer-based
studio and productions to the next level. Seamless integration with all
major DAW software. The ability to record directly into
industry-standard Pro Tools sessions. Faders so you can feel the mix
with your fingertips instead of dragging a mouse. On-board display of
critical parameters for intuitive operation. Motorized control to craft
more accurate mixes. And professional multi-channel I/O including
mic/instrument preamps, Lightpipe and S/PDIF. ProjectMix I/O is the
universal solution that combines the best of the hardware and software
worlds for a new standard in streamlined production. Compatible with
Pro Tools M-Powered 7^, Ableton Live 5^, Logic*, Cubase*, Digital
Performer*^ and SONAR*^.
FEATURES:
- record audio directly into Pro Tools M-Powered
- use with Pro Tools M-Powered, Live, Logic, Cubase, Digital Performer and SONAR
- 10-bit touch-sensitive motorized faders
- 8 phantom-powered mic/line preamps, pro input right on board
- assignable rotary encoders, control mixes, effects and synths
- built-in 18 x 14 FireWire audio interface
- dedicated transport controls and jog/scrub wheel, seamless session flow
- ADAT Lightpipe, S/PDIF and word clock I/O, total digital connectivity
- Real-time audio/MIDI production, create without ever hitting the Stop button
- integrate audio clips of different tempos and pitches into new compositions, total creativity
- change audio tempo and pitch independently on the fly, incredibly flexible
PC Requirements: Pentium 3 – 800MHz or higher (may be higher for laptops),
512 MB RAM recommended,
Windows XP (SP2),
DirectX 9.0c or higher,
Windows-compatible sound card,
Available FireWire port or FireWire expansion card
MAC Requirements: Macintosh G3 800MHz or G4 733MHz higher (may be higher for laptops),
512MB RAM recommended,
Mac OS X 10.3.9 / 10.4.2,
Available FireWire port or FireWire expansion card
PRO TOOLS M-POWERED VERSION 7.4 INCLUDED!
Stretch Your Sound with Elastic Time
Pro
Tools M-Powered™ 7.4 software features Elastic Time, a powerful
real-time tempo manipulation feature that makes it easy to change tempo
or time on the fly. For musicians, composers and music producers,
Elastic Time makes loop-based music creation faster and more
imaginative than ever, giving you the freedom to explore different
tempos and experiment with loops and audio files that sync with your
current session throughout the entire writing process.
For
post-production editors and engineers, Elastic Time makes it easy to
stretch or squeeze audio tracks to fit video time frames, using
high-quality algorithms that make your time manipulation virtually
undetectable.
More Flexibility with More Supported Systems
Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4 software supports more systems than ever,
making it a truly flexible solution to match your audio needs. If
you’re thinking of upgrading to Windows Vista Ultimate or Business, Pro
Tools M-Powered 7.4 software provides new support for both Microsoft
platforms (32-bit only) in addition to its current Windows XP and Mac
OS X 10.4.9 support. Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4 also provides support for
a wide variety of M-Audio® hardware peripherals, giving you the
flexibility to build and tailor a system for your changing needs.
More Great Features
Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4 software brings you a variety of other
features, improvements and enhancements. Pro Tools 7.4 software now
comes with
Structure™ Free,
Digidesign’s powerful sample player, which allows you to easily add a
wide range of sounds to your sessions (it comes with over 885 MB of
high-quality samples). If you use ReWire applications (such as Reason),
Pro Tools 7.4 software accepts MIDI controller data directly from
ReWire applications for recording to a Pro Tools MIDI or Instrument
track. Pro Tools 7.4 software also supports Unicode characters
throughout the application. That means you can label and edit text
anywhere in Pro Tools in any language supported by Unicode, such as
Japanese, French, Greek, Russian, and Hebrew.
Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4 delivers even more of what made Pro Tools the
industry-standard DAW. This robust upgrade gives you exciting new music
creation tools; more editing, mixing and automation features; powerful
customization and grouping options; and improved video functionality
and post production workflows.
It also supports the latest M-Audio hardware, bringing your options in
compatible interfaces to two dozen. Whether you’re composing music or
mixing audio for post production, Pro Tools M-Powered 7.3 is an
essential upgrade packed with a wide range of new features and
enhancements that let you work faster, smarter and more creatively.
New Loop Features
The new Dynamic Transport mode allows you to start playback anywhere
in the timeline without affecting the current selection by simply
placing a Play Start marker. You can also edit and move loop selections
independently of the Play Start marker, all without manually stopping
the transport. Loop playback also automatically updates to the
selection without having to manually stop and start the transport. With
the new Loop Trim tool, you can instantly turn any audio or MIDI region
into a loop. And auditioning audio files is easier than ever: The new
Loop Preview mode lets you quickly audition a selected REX or ACID file
in the DigiBase™ browser, while Auto Preview mode allows you to
audition single or multiple files automatically when selected.
Compose Music Easier
Creating
music in Pro Tools M-Powered ™ software has never been easier or more
efficient, letting you concentrate on what matters most—your music.
New Music Tools
The
new Create Click Track command quickly creates an auxiliary click track
with the DigiRack™ Click plug-in already inserted with its own volume
control. You can also set a preference to create a click track whenever
you create a new session. The new Send to Sibelius command bridges Pro
Tools and Sibelius notation software (sold separately), allowing you to
export Pro Tools MIDI and Instrument tracks — complete with key
changes—to Sibelius. And the new Key Signature ruler allows you to
easily add, edit, move and delete key signatures in your sessions. Add
a key signature to define the key of a composition; edit it to change
sessions or passages to another key. You can specify the mode (major or
minor), transpose MIDI pitches diatonically or chromatically and even
constrain pitches to a key.
Improved MIDI Recording
Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4 software introduces several new functions and
improvements to enhance your MIDI-recording process. MIDI regions are
now always created on bar boundaries to help with looping and
arrangement. And you can now click on the keyboard in MIDI and
Instrument tracks to quickly select all of the same-pitched notes of
your performance. What's more, with the new RTAS® Engine error
suppression options, you can be sure that Pro Tools will keep moving
along with your creativity—even when your system approaches its
processing limits.
Edit and Mix Faster
Pro
Tools M-Powered 7.4 software comes packed with plenty of new tools and
enhancements that'll have you working smarter and faster than ever.
Dynamic Mixing
Forget
about having to manually stop and start the transport to make changes
to your mix configuration—you can now make many common changes on the
fly. Go ahead, add or remove tracks; add, remove or copy inserts and
sends; change a track's I/O routing; re-order tracks; and make other
changes without having to manually stop playback.
Faster Workflow
New right-click functionality allows you to quickly perform common
tasks by simply choosing a command from a shortcut menu. The Open
Recent menu enables you to quickly open any of your last ten
sessions—there's also a direct shortcut to your most recently opened
session for even more convenience. You can also set your favorite EQ
and dynamics processor as defaults, giving you fast access to these
commonly used tools. The DigiBase browser now displays plug-in
settings, enabling you to search them by name or manufacturer. You can
also drag and drop plug-in settings from the browser onto empty inserts
to add the corresponding plug-in or drop a plug-in settings file onto a
plug-in to load the setting. Pro Tools M-Powered 7.3 software even lets
you to easily insert and renumber memory locations.
Field Recorder Support
You can now import monophonic and polyphonic WAV files and metadata
recorded by a field recorder into Pro Tools M-Powered and view its
multi-channel metadata in new columns in the DigiBase browser,
including the bit-depth, clip name, number of channels, duration,
format and more.
Automation Enhancements
Automation data now displays in real time while it's being written,
letting you actually see how you're affecting a track. The way in which
Pro Tools M-Powered indicates a track's automation writing status has
also been improved, allowing you to clearly see which parameter is
being written, along with which parameters are write-enabled or not.
You can also set Pro Tools M-Powered to automatically enable all
parameters of a plug-in for automation when you add the plug-in to your
mix.
New Time Shift Plug-in
When you need to edit your work to fit an exact
timeframe, the new DigiRack Time Shift plug-in employs some of the
best-sounding algorithms in the industry for powerful time stretching
and pitch shifting. Excellent for resizing loops in music production,
Time Shift also offers presets for common pull-up and pull-down
operations, making it an essential, easy-to-use tool in post-production
applications.
Work the Way You Want
With
new user-customizable features and enhancements, Pro Tools M-Powered
7.3 software lets you work the way you want to work with the utmost
efficiency.
Save Your Views
Save up to 99 of your favorite window views with the new Window
Configurations feature (aka “screen sets”), which allows you to have
all of the right windows—in your chosen size, location and order—at
your fingertips for the project at hand. Save a set of open windows to
handle just your recording needs. Create another that allows you to mix
audio unencumbered. Have all of the necessary windows ready for your
post production projects. Or even tailor Window Configurations on a
per-project basis. And if you want to temporarily hide all floating
windows and then bring them back exactly as they were, the new Hide All
Open Floating Windows command will do just that.
New Group Features
With
Pro Tools M-Powered 7.3 software, you now have a total of 104 Mix and
Edit groups available at your disposal. In addition, a new group dialog
and commands allow you to create, modify, duplicate and delete groups
quickly and easily.
Customize Zoom Toggle and Track Heights
With
the new Zoom Toggle preference, you can specify the track height, track
view and Edit grid resolution when zooming. Track height is now
continuously variable, allowing you to quickly adjust a track's height
by simply clicking and dragging. In addition, the Track Height pop-up
menu includes two new options: Micro lets you see more tracks
simultaneously, while the Fit to Window option expands the track to
fill your entire screen so you can better view and edit a selection.
Work with Video
Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4 software adds a variety of features for working
with video projects, including support for HD QuickTime formats such as
H.264, HDV and DVCPRO 100. A Video Engine Rate indicator now displays
video frame rates, and DigiBase browsers let you search and sort video
clips by compression type and other useful metadata.
FEATURES:
- live operation
> perform many operations without stopping transport
- new Time Shift DigiRack plug-in
superior time compression/expansion
- right-click contextual menus
streamlined interface
- dynamic Transport mode
playback operates independently of current selection
- Loop Trim tool
easily turns audio or MIDI regions into loops
- latest M-Audio hardware support
two dozen interface options
- work anywhere, anytime-seamless workflow between studio, stage, home and the road
- award-winning Pro Tools mixing environment
- industry-standard session compatibility with countless Pro Tools-equipped project and professional studios around the world
- 32-track audio recording, editing, and mixing up to 24-bit/96kHz
- fully non-destructive editing with world-class tools
- powerful, intuitive MIDI sequencing
- real-time audio and MIDI processing
- advanced automation features
- import MIDI, REX, ACID, WAV, AIFF, AAC, MP3, and CD audio files
- built-in DigiBase file management tool
- QuickPunch functionality
- powerful loop recording options
- low-latency monitoring while recording
- RTAS real-time effects processing
- advanced virtual instrument integration
- easily accepts ReWire output stream directly from applications like Ableton Live for further mixing and processing
- unique Beat Detective LE automatic groove analysis and correction tool
- supports M-Audio's ProjectMix I/O and Digidesign's Command|8 control surfaces for hands-on mixing
- wide-range
of compatible creative software options (Audiosuite and RTAS plug-ins,
ReWire-compatible applications) available from Digidesign and
Digidesign Development Partners
- works on Windows XP and Mac OS X systems
- ships with over 30 free RTAS and AudioSuite plug-ins, including EQ, dynamics, delays, reverb and more:
- Bomb
Factory: Essential Clip Remover, Essential Correlation, Essential Meter
Bridge, Essential Noise Meter, Essential Tuner, BF76, Funk Logic
Masterizer,
- DigiRack: Chorus, Click, DigiReWire, Dither,
D-Verb, D-Verb-AS, Dynamics II, EQ II, Flanger, Invert-Duplicate, Mod
Delay II, Multi-Tap Delay, Normalize-Gain Change, Ping-Pong Delay,
Reverse-DC Removal, Signal Generator, Time Comp-Exp-Pitch Shift, Trim
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 7.4 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.
Pro
Tools M-Powered software requires a supported M-Audio hardware
interface to function. Please visit www.m-audio.com for a current list
of compatible M-Audio hardware peripherals.
Specifications:
- sampling rate: up to 96kHz bit
- depth: 16 and 24
- audio tracks: 32 simultaneous
- MIDI tracks: 256 simultaneous
- Compatibility: ReWire, RTAS, AudioSuite
System Requirements
- Digidesign-qualified M-Audio system
- Digidesign-qualified computer running Mac OS X**
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For the most current system requirements, compatibility information, and online support, visit www.digidesign.com/compato.