AVID PRO TOOLS 9
Posted on Fri 05 November 2010 in entries
The next generation in pro audio production has arrived with a massive BANG! The world’s most popular and most advanced music and audio production platform has been completely re-architected, to produce the sensational Avid Pro Tools 9! And the most exciting news of all, is that it now comes as a 100% software package, meaning that it is no longer essential to hook it up to a dedicated piece of Avid or Digidesign software. This opens up the platform to a whole range of new users, and means that it can be run at home on a desktop, OR on the move on a laptop! It’s portable Pro Tools, and it’s still as powerful as ever!
Whatever your project, you can be sure that Avid Pro Tools 9 is delivering at the highest possible level, with recording quality up to 24-bit/192kHz. Use loop recording to record multiple takes on a single track, and then choose the best take (or combination of takes), or use loop recording to create complex MIDI parts by merging takes together on the fly. Or, create perfect performances by quickly fixing mistakes with the included Punch modes (non-destructive and destructive punch modes available in Pro Tools HD 9 software when used with Pro Tools|HD or Pro Tools|HD Native hardware).
Having trouble creating your perfect recording? Avid Pro Tools 9 lets you slow down the session tempo to record your performance at a more comfortable pace, whilst Elastic Time and Pitch keeps everything in perfect tune. This feature can also be used creatively by adjusting the playback speeds of recorded sounds for some interesting effects.
AVID PRO TOOLS 9 – A GOOD WORKMAN WILL NEVER BLAME THEIR PRO TOOLS!
The Avid Pro Tools 9 project capabilities are as huge as the brand itself, allowing up to 192 voices, 512 audio tracks, and 512 MIDI tracks. Why anyone would ever need this amount of flexibility, I do not know, but it’s comforting to have just incase you decide that the 1024 track monster you have been thinking about for the last few months is actually a brilliant idea! And what’s more, Avid Pro Tools 9 provides a vast array of sample accurate editing and mixing tools, giving you everything you need to create a project of the highest quality.
AVID PRO TOOLS 9 – GO GO GO!
There’s no need to constantly stop and start whilst using Avid Pro Tools 9, as most edits can be carried out in real time whilst the project is playing back. Create or edit regions, add or remove tracks, copy inserts and sends, change I/O routing, etc etc etc! You get the idea!
By setting markers at specific points, you can instantly navigate to anywhere in your project. This means that you don’t need to keep scrolling back and forth between important sections of a project, ensuring your workflow is always as fluid as possible. I know this should be familiar stuff to most DAW users, but is worth mentioning for those newbies who might be just embarking on their DAW adventure!
Avid Pro Tools 9 also allows you to perform a function called Region Grouping, allowing you to make simultaneous global changes across multiple tracks to Audio and MIDI regions, which is a very cool feature indeed! And of course, Avid Pro Tools 9 also comes with all the global and plug-in automation features that will help lift your project to the next level of quality.
AVID PRO TOOLS 9 – ELEMENTARY MY DEAR WATSON!
It doesn’t come as standard with a Deerstalker hat and pipe, but the included Beat Detective provides a powerful tool that can analyze and adjust timing over multiple tracks, useful for tightening up uneven drum performances, or altering the feel of a recording. You can even extract the groove of a section of audio, and apply it to another section of your project!
AVID PRO TOOLS 9 – AUTOMATIC DELAY COMPENSATION
Automatic Delay Compensation (ADC) is one of the main new features of Avid Pro Tools 9, meaning there is now no need to manually compensate for latencies from hardware I/O, internal and external routing, and plug-in algorithm processing. You can also mix in standard stereo, or with the HD version, or the Complete Production Toolkit 2, add a further dimension by mixing in up to 7.1 surround.
AVID PRO TOOLS 9 – PLUG-INS
Avid Pro Tools 9 comes with a plethora of included plug-ins for sound-processing, effects, and instruments. Each track allows up to 10 plug-ins to be inserted, so there is no excuse not to let your creativity flourish! And if the included collection doesn’t satisfy your needs, of course you can add your own compatible plug-ins to spice things up! For a full list of included plug-ins, click here!
AVID PRO TOOLS 9 – COMPLETE PRODUCTION TOOLKIT 2
The release of Avid’s Complete Production Toolkit 2 means that it is now possible to create even larger productions, and get yourself many of the features native to the Pro Tools|HD systems, including the same track counts, full session compatibility, and support for all track types, including VCA groups. The Complete Production Toolkit 2 also offers advanced editing and automation tools, as well as the X-Form plug-in, useful for shifting time and pitch whilst still obtaining natural sounding results.
AVID PRO TOOLS 9 – ULTIMATE FLEXIBILITY
Whether your working with audio, MIDI, or musical scores, Avid Pro Tools 9 caters for your needs. And collaboration is also a breeze! Easily exchange sessions with another Pro Tools user or studio, and you can also edit, remix, or revisit projects created in other DAW software, including Logic, Cubase, Reason, Sonar, Live, and more! And if video is your thing, then Avid Pro Tools 9 now also includes professional video editing tools as standard.
To sum up, the new Avid Pro Tools 9 software delivers everything that you could possibly want from a DAW, and more. And now that it can be used as a standalone software package with no need for a dedicated piece of hardware, it is certainly going to cause a massive stir in the DAW market. Check out Avid Pro Tools 9 today at Absolute Music, and make it the worthy centrepiece to your production workstation!
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