This release offers more DSP per card, additional headroom, increased track counts and I/O over Pro Tools|HD Accel. Pro Tools|HD Native offers the workflow and sound quality of Pro Tools HD, while the flagship DSP-accelerated Pro Tools|HDX system targets large and complex productions.
Pro Tools HD 10 features:
- Up to 5x the processing power of previous generation cards
- Larger productions with fewer cards, with up to 4x the playable track counts
- Up to 64 channels of I/O per card, enabling larger configurations with fewer cards
- Dramatically improve recording and mixing audio quality with additional headroom and higher resolution
- Capture, monitor and output audio i with a choice of Pro Tools HD Series interfaces
- Pro Tools HD 10 introduces the AAX (Avid Audio eXtension) plug-in format, enabling better workflows and sound parity when sharing sessions between DSP-accelerated and native-based Pro Tools systems
- Two formats available – AAX DSP and AAX Native
Pro Tools HD 10 software:
- Record and play up to 256 audio tracks per card (or up to 768 tracks with three cards)
- Extended disk cache can load entire sessions into RAM, and ensures maximum track counts from networked-attached storage, such as Avid Unity ISIS and slower local drives
- Control up to 12 Pro Tools|HD systems from one using the Satellite Link option
- Mix audio from up to two Pro Tools|HD systems with a D-Command control surface through Multi-mode
Pro Tools 10 software adds tools such as Clip Gain, which separates pre-mix levels from Pro Tools software’s mixing automation, speeding and improving the workflow between sound editors and mixers.
‘Today’s audio post and music professionals are faced with evolving challenges and much more demanding productions that require more power, extended capabilities and better sound quality than ever before,’ says Chris Gahagan, Avid Senior VP of Products & Polutions. ‘Pro Tools|HDX and Pro Tools 10 software mark an enormous leap forward in sound quality and efficiency, enabling our top professional customers to deliver their best sounding, most creative work in less time.’
Complete Pro Tools|HDX systems, which include the Pro Tools|HDX PCIe card, Pro Tools HD 10 software and a choice of Pro Tools HD Series interface, will be available worldwide on 18 November. P
UK pricing:
New Pro Tools|HDX systems start at £6,299
Pro Tools|HD 1 owners can crossgrade to Pro Tools|HDX starting at £4,999
Pro Tools|HD 2 owners can crossgrade to Pro Tools|HDX starting at £4,399
Pro Tools|HD 3 owners can crossgrade to Pro Tools|HDX starting at £3,799
Pro Tools|HD Native owners can crossgrade to Pro Tools|HDX for £4,699
Pro Tools 10 software full version £499 (HD 10 software bundled with Pro Tools|HD family systems only)
Pro Tools 9 owners can upgrade to Pro Tools 10 for £199
Pro Tools HD software owners can upgrade to Pro Tools HD 10 starting at £629
Crossgrade pricing is also available for owners of Pro Tools LE, Pro Tools M-Powered and Complete Production Toolkit.
More: www.avid.com/protools
