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Pro Tools HD 7.2.1 is a free update to Digidesign's Pro Tools HD 7.2 software that provides specific support for Mac Pro. If you currently own Pro Tools HD 7.2 and want to migrate to a Mac Pro, download Pro Tools HD 7.2.1 for free. If you don't have broadband Internet access, you can purchase a Pro Tools HD 7.2.1 update CD for $9.95 from the DigiStore.

Note: Pro Tools HD 7.2.1 does not include support for Avid Mojo. Digidesign will add Avid Mojo support in a subsequent Pro Tools HD software release in 2007. If you wish to work with Avid Mojo on a Mac, use Pro Tools HD 7.2 software with a qualified PowerPC-based Mac configuration.

After years of research into lossless editing of the MP3 and AAC audio formats, Rogue Amoeba Software is thrilled to present Fission, a brand-new audio editor. Fission is the first and only editor on OS X to provide lossless editing of MP3, AAC, Apple Lossless, and AIFF audio files. With Fission, users can trim, split, and fade audio files, then save the result with absolutely no quality loss! With Fission, users can...

- losslessly edit MP3, AAC, Apple Lossless and AIFF files. No re-encoding or switching formats means perfect audio quality for your files!
- split long recordings into multiple files.
- archive audio for later listening, by removing unwanted audio such as commercials.
- fade audio in and out to create a pleasing listening experience.
- create MP3 and AAC ringtones for your cell phone.
- do all this and a whole lot more!

Fission's not just easy to understand, it's easy to afford. Aimed at the consumer market, Fission costs just $32.