Create Pro Tools LE software offers an unparalleled breadth of creative options when developing ideas. Easily import audio and MIDI files and loops. Take advantage of an unmatched range of unique, non-destructive audio editing tools like Beat Detective LE, enabling you to automatically correct timing on individual tracks. Develop MIDI compositions with Pro Tools' integrated, easy-to-use MIDI sequencer. Choose among a wide-range of instrument and effects plug-ins to develop the sounds you're after, or integrate your favorite ReWire-compatible applications right into your mixes.
- Audio manipulation with world-class editing tools
- Import MIDI, REX, ACID, WAV, AIFF, AAC, MP3, and CD audio files
- Built-in DigiBase file management tool
- Beat Detective LE automatic groove analys ... more
What's new in this version
Elastic Audio for Real-Time and Rendered Time Compression and Expansion - Elastic audio tracks:
Real-time
Rendered
- Optimized analysis and Time Compression and Expansion (TCE) algorithms for polyphonic, monophonic, and rhythmic material
- Varispeed resampling algorithm to link time and pitch changes
- Ability to automatically conform imported audio (AIFF, WAV, BWF, REX, and ACID files) from DigiBase or from the Desktop to local session tempo
- Ability to automatically conform audio to tempo changes on tick-based Elastic Audio tracks
- New Track Views:
Warp track view for detailed Elastic Audio editing
Analysis track view for advanced Elastic Audio analysis editing
- Elastic Properties window for audio regions on Elastic Audio-enabled tracks
- DigiBase support of Elastic Audio:
Ability to preview files in DigiBase browsers at the session tempo
Ability to preview audio in DigiBase browsers in tandem with session playback
Elastic Audio plug-in selector for preview and import
Create Elastic Audio Analysis command for batch analyzing files in DigiBase
Clear Elastic Audio Analysis command
- Ability to quantize audio
Miscellaneous Pro Tools Features and
Enhancements - Playback Engine enhancements for Elastic Audio and sampler instrument plug-ins (such as Structure):
DAE Playback Buffer Size now includes values in milliseconds
Cache Size for determining amount of memory DAE allocates to pre-buffer audio for playback and looping when using Elastic Audio
Plug-in Streaming Buffer Size for determining amount of memory DAE allocates for sample playback with sampler plug-ins
"Optimize for Streaming Content" option for improved playback of sampler plug-in samples located on your audio drive
- Separate CPU (RTAS) and CPU (Elastic) meters in System Usage window
- New Editing preferences:
Changes to Fades Editing preference
New Warp/Notes Track View in Zoom Toggle section
- New Processing preferences:
Import REX Files as Region Groups preference and Automatically Create Fades option
Drag and Drop From Desktop Conforms to Session Tempo preferences
Elastic Audio options
- General session, track, and plug-in features:
Click menu command renamed to Click/Countoff
Event Menu commands renamed
Time Shift field (in Time Shift plug-in) renamed to Speed
Waveform height for new and imported tracks follows default waveform height setting
Save Session Copy In dialog updated with options to Limit Character Set and to not copy Elastic Audio Rendered Files
Missing Files dialog updated with option to Regenerate Missing Rendered Files Without Searching
- Miscellaneous DigiBase features:
Ability to toggle between Loop Preview and Normal Preview during file preview
Preview button Right-click menu for previewing files
Ability to preview one or both channels of
a split stereo file
Volume control for previewed files
Meter display and clip indicators for previewed files
Look Ahead typing for DigiBase searches
- Language compatibility features and enhancements:
Entry and display of any language characters supported in Unicode
Ability to search across multiple languages in DigiBase
New Display preference sets language for Pro Tools application, making it possible to run one language version on a different localized version of Windows
New "Default Auto-Naming to English (ASCII)" preference
New Text Encoding menu in Import Session Data dialog, for identifying language encoding of legacy sessions
Ability to choose language encoding used when saving session materials
Database information for all languages now stored in a single Unicode folder
- Editing improvements:
Beat Detective Enhanced Resolution general analysis algorithm (Pro Tools LE with Music Production Toolkit only)
Improved transient detection for Tab to Transients and Separate Region at Transients
Tab to Transients command keyboard shortcut
- MIDI improvements:
MIDI In to Pro Tools over ReWire
- LE interface enhancements:
On/off footswitch support (003, 003 Rack, Digi 002, Digi 002 Rack, and Mbox 2 Pro only)
Ability to punch in and out with footswitch added to Mbox 2 Pro
Miscellaneous Video Enhancements and Features
Avid Mojo SDI Support for Pro Tools LE with 003 or Mbox 2:
- Support for Avid Video
- Support for video features previously only supported by Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools LE with DV Toolkit 2:
Multiple video tracks in the Timeline
Multiple QuickTime movies on a single video track
- Multiple playlists for video tracks
- Multiple codecs on an individual video track
- Avid and QuickTime video track icons
- Ability to drag video files from the Region List to the Timeline
- Gaps Between Regions video import option, for indicating time between each imported video clip in a video track
- General video editing
- Video region groups
General Video-Related Improvements:
- Expanded video resolution support for Pro Tools with Avid Mojo, including all video resolutions previously supported by Pro Tools with Avid Mojo SDI and AVoption|V10
- Support for co-installation of Avid Xpress Pro 5.7.x with all versions of Pro Tools 7.4
- DigiTranslator support on Pro Tools M-Powered
systems
- Support for Windows Media video created using the VC-1 Advanced Profile codec (Windows Vista only):
Import, playback, and general editing commands
Windows Media (VC-1 AP) track type icons on video tracks
Bounce to Windows Media (VC-1 AP) movie
Support for Windows Media (VC-1 AP) playback on dual monitors and/or to client monitor via DirectShow devices
Ever since version 7.4, MIDI timing is completely messed up. All MIDI notes do NOT hit where they're supposed to and has become consistently randomized. This was not the case with 7.3, and I hope they fix it QUICK! Until then, I'll be fine running Ableton Live 7.
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