M-Audio M Powered Pro Tools Recording Software
Get ready for a revolutionary new way to work with Pro Tools. Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4 software delivers all-new music creation tools and support for more creative options, making it the most flexible Pro Tools software ever. Featuring the time-manipulating power of Elastic Time, Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4 software allows you to approach your projects in creative new ways, making working with tempo- and time-based sessions even easier, more efficient and imaginative. Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4 software also adds support for Windows Vista Ultimate and Business (32-bit) systems.
Pro Tools M-Powered Features
- Supports select M-Audio interfaces, including Audiophile 192, Audiophile 2496, FireWire 410, FireWire 1814 and Ozonic
- Work anywhere, anytime - seamless workflow between studio, stage, home and the road
- Instant compatibility with Pro Tools TDM and LE systems around the world
- Award-winning audio recording, editing, and mixing
- Fully integrated MIDI sequencing
- 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 Digidesign's Command|8 control surface for hands-on mixing
- Huge selection of optional plug-ins and 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: BF76, Essential Clip Remover, Essential Correlation, Essential Meter Bridge, Essential Noise Meter, Essential Tuner, 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.
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 M-Audio peripherals, from the Audiophile 2496, with its small footprint and basic I/O functionality, to the comprehensive 18-in/14-out FireWire 1814 interface and Ozonic the integrated 37-key audio/MIDI FireWire interface and controller. Because M-Audio FireWire peripherals are 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.
Technical Info
Minimum Requirements
Windows XP / Vista
Intel Pentium IV or Athlon processor, 1 GHz or higher
384 MB of RAM
Windows XP Home or Professional, Service Pack 2
Display resolution 1024 x 768 or higher
Free USB port for iLok USB Smart Key
Mac OS X
G4 processor, 933 MHz or higher
384 MB of RAM
Mac OS X version 10.4.9
Display resolution 1024 x 768 or higher
Free USB port for iLok USB Smart Key
Recommended System
Windows XP / Vista
Intel Pentium IV or Athlon processor, 2.8 GHz or higher
512 MB of RAM
Mac OS X
G5 processor, 1.8 GHz or higher
512 MB of RAM
Note: If you receive a boxed version of Pro Tools 7.3.1 software on or after October 1st 2007, you are eligible to receive a free upgrade to Pro Tools 7.4 software — Digidesign would contact you via email shortly after you have registered your qualifying product. You can either install the product and follow registration instructions, or go directly to their registration online to receive your FREE upgrade to Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4
Call for 4 equal payments on most orders over $395. Installment plans available only by phone. 
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