1 Pro Tools systems

 

1.1 The audio interface: M-Powered, LE, and HD

All Pro Tools systems require some kind of hardware audio interface. When working with a video reference, there also must be some system to play back the video and maintain accurate sync with the Pro Tools session. Some of these interfaces are very simple, some are rather complex, but all serve the same functions.

The audio hardware interface must be matched to the version of software being used. Digidesign currently offers three versions of their software, M-Powered, LE, and HD.

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Figure 1.1 Pro Tools M-Powered.

The M-Powered software is used with the line of M-Audio interface ...

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