Specifications

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Mixdown and Mastering
◆ In addition to providing an ideal recording, editing, and mixing
environment,you are able to add the finishing touches to your
projects through mastering.
◆ Editing capabilities and plug-ins used in conjunction with the Pro
To ols software interface enable you to make the necessary fine
adjustments to your final mix to achieve the perfect combination
of warmth,presence, and balance.
◆ The real-time “bounce to disk”feature reads all automation
information, allows incorporation of various outboard gear, and
provides you with mono, stereo, or surround output of your final
mix, which can then be handed over to your mastering expert of
choice in a variety of digital audio file formats.
◆ Digidesign’s MasterList CD, a software application specifically
designed for mastering tasks, can be used to master a single piece
or a collection of work with professional results.
◆ An integrated MIDI environment,with
support for up to 128 MIDI tracks gives
you full control over the MIDI
components of your projects.
◆ Full support for Mac OS X’s Core MIDI
Services.
◆ MIDI Time Stamping (MTS) support
provides sample-accurate MIDI with Pro
To ols-compatible software synths and
samplers, eliminating the possibility of
compromised sync and drift issues.
◆ Up to sub-millisecond-accurate MIDI with
Digidesign's MIDI I/O and other
supported MTS-capable interfaces,rivals
dedicated hardware sequencers.
◆ Import and export Standard MIDI Files
◆ A range of precision editing tools are
provided for creating and editing MIDI
notes and controller events within the
ProTools Edit window including: the Pencil
tool which can be used for inseting notes at
specific pitches as well as adjusting a note’s
velocity and duration; as well as the
Tr immer and Grabber tools for changing
the start and end points of MIDI notes as
well as their position along the timeline.
◆ There are also a number of “MIDI
Operations”windows that allow you to
transform groups of MIDI notes including:
Quantize for correcting timing; Transpose,
Change Velocity for making notes louder
and softer; and Change Duration.
MIDI Functions and Editing
The Groove Quantize feature incorporates intelligent Bar|Beat adjustment
as well as support for the new 960 ppq DigiGroove templates.
MIDI events and sequences can be edited and manipulated right along side audio.
◆ Dithering is used to reduce quantization noise when mixing or
fading low-level audio signals during word size reduction to
16-, 18-, or 20-bits.
◆ The POW-r Dither plug-in is an advanced type of dither that
provides optimized word length reduction.It is designed for
final-stage critical mixdown and mastering tasks where the
highest possible fidelity is desired when reducing bit depth.
POW-r Dithering
◆ The Restore Performance function
allows you to return to the original
state of a MIDI-based performance at
any time.The Flatten Performance
feature solidifies your edits and gives
you a new, permanent basis from
which to proceed.
◆ The MIDI Event List editor displays a detailed
list of all Note and Controller events for a single
MIDI track including each events start position,
the event type and the event’s duration. Events
can be inserted, copied and pasted,selected,or
deleted.A View Filter allows you to hide certain
events for easier editing.