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Record, edit, and mix with one of the most advanced production platforms available.

Whether you create music or sound for picture, the right tools can help you achieve the highest quality mixes faster. Pro Tools 10 is the next generation of the best sounding, most widely-used audio production software in the industry, enabling you to record, compose, edit, and mix with great speed and ease. This activation card unlocks the download for the latest version of Pro Tools.

New in Pro Tools 10:

Mix it up”at higher resolutions
With Pro Tools 10, you can mix multiple audio file formats and bit depths within the same session” including interleaved”without any file duplication to cause project bloat.

Plus, with support for 32-bit floating-point file formats, you™ll get higher resolution sound when recording or importing, with more headroom to preserve the integrity of your audio from beginning to end.

Drive faster”with better performance
Gain better recording and playback performance when working on a laptop with an external drive or a network-attached storage device. Speed up editing and mixing with Clip Gain. Work more easily with AudioSuite-rendered clips. Get 4x more* Automatic Delay Compensation and 2x more busses to handle bigger mixes with more plug-ins. And get snappier performance when working on sessions with lots of fades.

Plug into legendary sound
With the included Avid Channel Strip plug-in, you get the renowned channel strip of the Avid (formerly Euphonix) System 5, one of the most sought-after consoles used to create some of the greatest mixes ever produced. Work with exact replications of the console™s EQ and compression algorithms to add life to your mix.

RECORD/COMPOSE

Get top-quality sound and performance with Avid hardware
Whether you'e tracking vocals, guitars, or an orchestra, you™ll get the best possible sound and optimized performance when you pair Pro Tools with an Avid audio interface. Record high-resolution audio”up to 32-bit/192 kHz”and experience exceptionally low latency to capture your best performances easily.

Work the way you want
With Pro Tools, you have the flexibility to record, edit, and mix music and sound for picture your way. Pair the software with your favorite Avid or third-party audio interface to record and monitor vocal and instrument performances. Or record and create with just your computer** and the software alone for ultimate portability.

Loop and punch your way to perfection
Nobody™s perfect, but with Pro Tools you can create a seamless performance from multiple takes. Let your spontaneity shine with Loop recording and comp together your best takes. Or use QuickPunch to quickly replace any questionable section with a better performance.

No instrument? No problem
Easily create parts for practically any musical instrument using great-sounding virtual instruments, a MIDI keyboard/controller or your mouse, and the built-in Pro Tools MIDI Editor. Get started fast with the included virtual instruments and audio loops, and expand your arsenal with virtual instruments from Avid and third-party audio designers.

Compose with full MIDI and notation tools
Take your songwriting from sketchpad to final production. Create and edit virtual instrument and MIDI performances with the MIDI Editor. Or compose music using notation tools in the built-in Sibelius Score Editor. You can even export sessions as Sibelius (.sib) files for further finessing in Sibelius.

Work and collaborate on projects from other apps
Collaboration has never been easier. With Pro Tools, you can exchange sessions with any Pro Tools user or studio. Or work on projects created in other audio and video software”including Media Composer, Logic, Cubase, and other third-party apps”right in Pro Tools.

EDIT

Stretch your creativity with Elastic Time and Pitch
Freely experiment without the time or effort investment. With Elastic Time, you can change the tempo or timing of any clip or an entire composition”on the fly. And with Elastic Pitch, you can fix wrong notes, create harmonies, and transpose clips”in real time”without altering the tempo.

Edit with precision
Shape and fine-tune your music and audio with professional, sample-accurate editing tools. Create a flawless performance by comping together tracks.Speed up editing with the Smart Tool. And smooth transitions with crossfades. Everything you need to perfect your tracks is available right from within a single Edit window.

Snoop out grooves with multi-track Beat Detective
With the versatile Beat Detective tool, you can quickly fix timing issues across multiple tracks or change up the feel of a beat to get a different groove. You can even use it to keep your rhythm section œin the pocket by extracting the groove from a drumbeat and applying it to the bass part.

Create and cut sound to picture
With Pro Tools, you can create, edit, and mix audio to picture using the built-in Timecode Ruler and video track. Use the included plug-ins to clean up sound. Create sound effects that define (or defy) reality. And record and edit voiceovers, Foley, and ADR with perfect frame accuracy. You can even share audio mixes with Media Composer editors through AAF.

MIX

Get the sound you want
Polish mixes with over 70 included effects, sound-processing and utility plug-ins. From high-quality reverbs, EQs, and compressors, to guitar amp emulators, surround sound fold-down, and channel strip dynamics, you have everything you need to create professional mixes. Want more? Browse the in-app Avid Marketplace to find what you need.

Grab control of your mix
You can use a mouse to make changes one at a time, or mix faster and easier using a hardware control surface. Get hands-on Pro Tools control with a choice of Avid control surfaces and consoles and third-party boards.
Achieve the best mixes possible”automatically

Get great sounding, phase-accurate mixes with Automatic Delay
Compensation”now with 4x the samples (16,383) to handle bigger mixes”no matter how many plug-ins you use. Plus, you can automate the settings of every element in the Pro Tools environment to add life to tracks and achieve the best mix possible.

FEATURES
  • Industry standard DAW software found in professional environments worldwide
  • Support for Avid HDX DSP-acceleration cards and AAX plug-ins
  • Mix multiple audio file formats and bit depths within the same session
  • Support for 32-bit floating-point file formats for higher resolution sound
  • Create bigger mixes, with up to 768 voiceable audio tracks and 512 aux tracks
  • New clip-based gain feature for quick and easy volume matching of clips
  • Work easily with AudioSuite-rendered clips
  • Ability to open multiple AudioSuite Plug-In windows
  • Avid Mod Delay III plug-in for multichannel and multi-mono modulating delay effects
  • Full 24-hour Timeline available at all sample rates
  • Send mixes straight to Soundcloud when bouncing tracks
  • View overlapping waveforms in crossfades for more accurate transitions
  • Introduction of real-time fades eliminates the need for fade files to be generated
  • Automatic Delay Compensation and 2x more busses handle bigger mixes with more plug-ins
  • Included Avid Channel Strip plug-in, the renowned channel strip of the Avid (formerly Euphonix) System 5
  • New indicators in the edit window quickly identify if any tracks are soloed or muted
  • Extended disk cache, lets you cache your session into RAM speeding up performance

Order Pro Tools HD for your professional studio today.

SPECIFICATIONS
  • Windows
  • Computer: Avid-qualified Windows-based computer
  • System Software: (32 or 64-bit) Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate edition with Windows 7 Service Pack 1
  • RAM: Pro Tools”2 GB of RAM (4 GB recommended); Pro Tools HD”4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)
  • Minimum 15 GB free hard disk space for installation
  • USB port for iLok authorization
  • Mac OS X
  • Computer: Avid-qualified Apple computer
  • System Software: (32 or 64-bit) Mac OS X Lion or Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8
  • RAM: Pro Tools”2 GB of RAM (4 GB recommended); Pro Tools HD”4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)
  • Minimum 15 GB free hard disk space for installation
  • USB port for iLok authorization

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