Pro Tools 8

The most advanced audio creation

and production software

Meet the new Digidesign® Pro Tools® 8—the most advanced audio creation
and production software—featuring a gorgeous new interface, dozens of
Highlights new plug-ins, five new virtual instruments, exciting new scoring and MIDI
• Beautiful, redesigned interface with new features, more editing and mixing capabilities, improved ease of use, and
enhancements and customizability
enhanced performance. Get the most comprehensive music and sound
• Five new groundbreaking virtual instruments creation features and functionality, and the proven, dedicated platform
for music creation
for world-class audio production—all in a single application.
• Comprehensive collection of professional Pro Tools 8 - you'll never work with audio the same again.
sound-processing plug-ins, plus 20 new effects

• Expands Pro Tools LE and M-Powered systems

to support up to 48 mono or stereo audio tracks Stunning New Look and Interactivity More Tracks Than Ever
Sporting a sleek new look, Pro Tools 8 is as easy Got Pro Tools LE® or Pro Tools M-Powered™?
• Score Editor and MIDI Editor windows
on the eyes as it is to use. All of the Pro Tools Get ready to create even larger mixes. Pro Tools
offer comprehensive composing tools
functionality you know and love is still in place 8 expands the power of your current hard-
• Transpose audio regions in real time but with some brilliant enhancements, more ware interface, allowing you to work with up
with Elastic Pitch customizability, and easier access to editing to 48 mono or stereo audio tracks. Add Music
options than ever before. Customize the toolbar Production Toolkit 2 or DV Toolkit™ 2 (Pro Tools LE
• Create a flawless performance using the way you want. Tile or cascade your window only) and you can create huge mixes, with up
new track compositing features arrangement. Change the color of your channel to 64 mono or stereo audio tracks. And with the
strips, tracks, regions, and more. Navigate through new Complete Production Toolkit (Pro Tools LE
• Automation and Controller lanes provide
easy editing access
sessions quickly using the Universe view. And only), which combines both toolkits, you can
with the QuickStart dialog, you can jump right work with up to 128 audio tracks AND get 7.1 sur-
• Check for Updates feature keeps Pro Tools into an existing session, create a new session round mixing capabilities, making it easier than
and plug-ins up to date from scratch, or start from a session template. ever to collaborate with Pro Tools|HD® users.

• Windows Vista (32-bit Business or Ultimate) A Well-Stocked Studio Score Your Music
support on Pro Tools|HD Pro Tools 8 comes packed with a huge, compre- The new Score Editor lets you view, edit, arrange,
hensive collection of music creation and sound and print MIDI data as music notation. Whether
• QuickTime HD support on Mac OS X-based processing plug-ins, giving you a well-stocked you want to compose music using the nota-
systems studio right out of the box. Create and play tion tools or transcribe MIDI data into notation,
music with groundbreaking new virtual instru- the Score Editor features everything you need
• Use more plug-ins without bussing,
ments, including the Mini Grand piano, Boom and nothing you don’t. Write parts on a single
with access to 10 inserts per channel
drum machine, DB-33 tonewheel organ, and staff or grand staff. Place and edit notes, and
• Lock regions to the timeline to prevent them Vacuum and Xpand!2™ synths. Dial-up awesome edit the meter and key signature at whim. Add
from being moved or edited guitar tone with Eleven™ Free and SansAmp®. chord symbols and chord diagrams to sessions.
Add character to tracks with 20 new AIR effects. Transcribe MIDI parts in real time. Print out a
• Supports files up to 4 GB, allowing for sessions Make music with over 8 GB of high-quality loops. score in its entirety or print only certain instru-
with longer files and higher sample rates And with dozens of professional sound process- mental parts. You can even export sessions as
ing plug-ins and tools at your disposal, you can Sibelius (.sib) files for further finessing in Sibelius.
fix, enhance, and polish your mixes with ease.
 Pro Tools 8
Complete MIDI Production view and audition the takes in Playlist view, select the best parts from
Pro Tools 8 features a comprehensive array of new MIDI tools. Gain the track’s alternate playlists, and promote them to the main playlist with
extensive MIDI editing power through MIDI Editor windows, which can a single click. You can also rate regions to help identify which takes you
display MIDI and automation data for Instrument, MIDI, and Auxiliary like the most when compositing playlists.
Input tracks. Work with new features that let you separate, consolidate, New Editing and Mixing Capabilities
and mute MIDI notes; scrub and shuttle through parts; view super- Pro Tools 8 equips your system with even more editing and mixing
imposed MIDI and Instrument tracks for easier arrangement editing; and capabilities. Lock regions to the timeline to prevent them from being
audition velocity changes. Edit MIDI automation and continuous control- inadvertently moved or edited. Use the Automation and Controller lanes
ler (CC) data through multiple Automation and Controller lanes. Even to view and edit track automation (such as volume, pan, and plug-in
watch your musical handiwork scroll by in real time during playback. automation) and MIDI CC data (such as velocity, pitchbend, and modu-
Transpose with Elastic Pitch lation) without changing track views. And with 10 inserts to play with
As a complement to Pro Tools software’s powerful Elastic Time tempo per track, you can now use more plug-ins per track without bussing.
and time manipulating tool, Pro Tools 8 introduces Elastic Pitch, which Expanded Hardware Control
allows you to effortlessly manipulate or correct the pitch of any audio Pro Tools 8 deepens its ICON console, Digidesign control surface, and
region in real time. Easily transpose an entire audio region—up or down M-Audio® controller integration, enabling you to map plug-in para-
up to four octaves—without affecting its timing or tempo. Fix a less meter controls to almost any encoder on your controller, and access
than perfect vocal performance by altering the pitch of individual notes. each track’s 10 inserts. With ICON, Pro Tools 8 brings new and
Or create cool sound effects by linking pitch changes with time improved functionality to the Soft Keys; adds a local assign mode for
compression/expansion using the Varispeed algorithm. assigning Inserts, Sends, Inputs, and Outputs; introduces I/O view;
and lets you expand a D-Command® or D-Command® ES console to
Comp Tracks to Perfection 40 faders with an additional Fader Module.
Creating flawless performances is easier than ever. Pro Tools 8 features
new track compositing workflows, enabling you to quickly and easily For more information about Pro Tools 8 software and systems,
piece together the best possible version of a performance from multiple visit www.digidesign.com/protools8.
recording passes. Simply loop record multiple takes on an Audio track,

Quickly drum up
a beat with Boom,
one of five new
virtual instruments

Insert up to
10 plug-ins
on any track

Jam on the new DB-33

tone-wheel organ,
which includes rotating
speaker emulation

Add richness to tracks

Crank up awesome guitar tones with the Create and refine virtual instrument/MIDI using Dynamic Delay, one
included Eleven Free amp emulator performances using the MIDI Editor of 20 new effects plug-ins

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