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Pro Tools M-Powered Basics

Digidesign® Pro Tools® M-Powered™ software is an exciting new version of the award-winning Pro Tools software designed to work with select M-Audio® hardware peripherals. An ideal way to professionally record, edit, and mix music, Pro Tools M-Powered software includes many of the same features that top studios rely on to produce Grammy® award-winning albums and Academy Award®–winning film sound.

Pro Tools M-Powered software allows home studio users and people who need highly portable recording solutions to take advantage of the recording industry's most popular audio/MIDI production software along with a variety of M-Audio interfaces. Users can also access additional products from Digidesign and Digidesign Development Partners™ designed specifically for Pro Tools, including the Command|8™ control surface.

Pro Tools M-Powered software is easy to use and offers cross-platform support for both Windows XP– and Mac OS X–based computers. What's more, sessions created with Pro Tools M-Powered software will open on Digidesign Pro Tools TDM and LE systems, giving users instant compatibility with countless Pro Tools–equipped project and professional studios around the world.


Professional Recording and Editing

Pro Tools M-Powered software gives M-Audio hardware enthusiasts a way to tap into the powerful recording, editing, and mixing features of Pro Tools. With up to 32 simultaneous tracks of 16- or 24-bit digital audio and support for sample rates up to 96 kHz, users have the tools and options they need to record individually or with an entire band.

To help fine-tune performances, Pro Tools M-Powered software provides Pro Tools' unmatched nondestructive editing tools. The software also includes Beat Detective™ LE, which allows users to automatically analyze and tighten audio or MIDI tracks.

Integrated MIDI Sequencing

Pro Tools M-Powered software provides a fully integrated MIDI sequencer, enabling users to record, edit, and mix up to 256 MIDI tracks alongside audio. With loop recording, users have an easy way to develop multi-layered parts or nail the perfect performance. MIDI Step Input can help users lay down difficult passages while Groove Quantize gives parts the right feel. By adding instrument plug-ins, users can apply the right sounds to MIDI performances.

Polished Mixing

To polish mixes, Pro Tools M-Powered software includes more than 30 DigiRack™ and Bomb Factory™ AudioSuite™ and RTAS® plug-ins, including EQ, dynamics, delay, reverb, and more. M-Powered customers also have access to a wide range of additional plug-ins produced by the recording industry's largest professional third-party developer community, from host-based instruments to affordable effects that emulate expensive vintage gear.

Pro Tools M-Powered software supports ReWire, enabling users to stream the output of a ReWire-compatible application directly into Pro Tools for further mixing and processing. For additional options, customers can take advantage of the huge selection of VST plug-ins on the market via FXpansion's VST-to-RTAS Adapter.

Pro Tools M-Powered software also supports Digidesign's Command|8 control surface so users can have a real-time, hands-on mixing experience with touch-sensitive faders.

Portable Pro Tools

Pro Tools M-Powered software works with a variety of PCI and FireWire peripherals from M-Audio to give users a range of choices for recording, editing, and mixing music. Because M-Audio FireWire peripherals can be powered by the computer's FireWire bus (6-pin FireWire port required), these solutions help to create a new generation of completely portable Pro Tools workstations.

Seamless Collaboration

Sessions created with Pro Tools M-Powered software can be opened with any Windows XP– or Mac OS X–based Digidesign Pro Tools TDM or LE system. As a result, users can collaborate seamlessly with other musicians and take projects to Pro Tools|HD®–equipped recording studios to have them mixed by pros. With Pro Tools M-Powered software, customers instantly become part of the largest community of digital audio workstation users in the world.

System Requirements

  • A compatible M-Audio peripheral
  • A Digidesign-qualified computer running Windows XP or Mac OS X

Supported M-Audio Peripherals

 
 
   
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
   
 
 
 

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