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Pro Tools LE 7.4cs2 Update for Windows
 
Pro Tools LE 7.4cs2 Update for Windows

December 20, 2007 — Read Me Document (Included with Download)

For 003 Factory, 003 Rack, Digi 002, Digi 002 Rack, Mbox 2 Pro, Mbox 2, Mbox 2 Mini, Mbox 2 Micro, and Mbox Systems with Pro Tools LE 7.4 Only
  • Single installer for Windows XP and Vista
  • This update requires previous installation of Pro Tools LE 7.4

Who Should Use Pro Tools LE 7.4cs2?



Pro Tools LE 7.4cs2 contains fixes in the following areas:
  • User Interface
  • RTAS processing on AMD-based computers
  • Dynamics III
  • Elastic Time
  • Using Soundminer
  • MIDI
  • Avid Video Peripherals (Windows XP)
  • Digidesign Control Surfaces:
    • Command|8
    • C|24
    • Control|24
    • 003 Factory (console)
    • Digi 002 (console)
Pro Tools LE 7.4cs2 is provided as an interim "customer support (CS)" release to address the issues described. While our testing has not shown these changes to introduce other problems, this version has not been fully qualified by Digidesign.

What's Fixed in Pro Tools LE 7.4cs2?



Fixed: Track Color Coding Saturation Was Not Adjustable (Item #94474)
  • Functionality is now the same as in Pro Tools 7.3.x
Fixed: RTAS Processor Selection in Playback Engine Dialog Was Greyed Out With Multi-Processor AMD-based Computers (Item #99545)
  • Note that this condition should only occur when HyperThreading is enabled on Intel-based computers
Fixed: Opening a Session with an RTAS Version of Dynamics III Could Result in a Burst of Noise (Item #99562)
  • This problem was intermittent
Fixed: Quantizing Grouped Elastic Audio Tracks Produces Some Inaccurate Transient Placement (Item #100013)
  • Transients could be placed either before or after grid lines
Fixed: User Can Only Promote the Confidence of an Event Marker by Moving it (Item #100378)
  • Clicking on any Event marker will now raise its internal confidence rating to 100%, thus preventing the marker from being removed when the Event Sensitivity setting is lowered within the Elastic Properties window
Fixed: Using Render or Commit With "Rhythmic" Algorithm Can Produce Artifacts at End of Files (Item #100420)
  • This would usually occur when using extreme amounts of stretching
Fixed: Elastic Time Warp Markers Could Move After Quantizing (Item #100423)
  • Quantizing a selected area could cause markers outside that selection to move
Fixed: Errors Resulting From Importing Certain Files Using Soundminer (Item #100028)
  • File names using an ellipsis (...) would cause the error, "Unable to create a new audio file on drive "xxx" for track "xxx" because I/O error (-36)."
Fixed: Pro Tools May Crash While Setting Up MIDI When Administrator Account Name Contains a Non-English OS and/or a Non-ASCII Character (Item #100142)
  • Known to have occurred with Norwegian, Czech, Japanese and Korean Operating Systems
Fixed: QuickTime Movies Would Cease to Play out Avid Video Peripherals After File Import (Item #100299)
  • This would occur after importing audio files from the Workspace Browser

Fixes Included from Pro Tools LE 7.4cs1



Fixed: Pro Tools quits unexpectedly when moving a plug-in window while closing it from a control surface [More]
Downloads    
Pro Tools LE 7.4cs2 Read Me for Windows
0.08 MB
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Pro Tools LE 7.4cs2 Update (Windows XP - Vista)
42.22 MB
Download
 
Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4cs2 Update for Windows
 
Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4cs2 Update for Windows

December 20, 2007 — Read Me Document (Included with Download)

For M-Audio Systems with Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4 Only
  • Single installer for Windows XP and Vista
  • This update requires previous installation of Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4

Who Should Use Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4cs2?



Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4cs2 contains fixes in the following areas:
  • User Interface
  • RTAS processing on AMD-based computers
  • Dynamics III
  • Elastic Time
  • Using Soundminer
  • MIDI
  • Control Surfaces
Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4cs2 is provided as an interim "customer support (CS)" release to address the issues described. While our testing has not shown these changes to introduce other problems, this version has not been fully qualified by Digidesign.

What's Fixed in Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4cs2?



Fixed: Track Color Coding Saturation Was Not Adjustable (Item #94474)
  • Functionality is now the same as in Pro Tools 7.3.x
Fixed: RTAS Processor Selection in Playback Engine Dialog Was Greyed Out With Multi-Processor AMD-based Computers (Item #99545)
  • Note that this condition should only occur when HyperThreading is enabled on Intel-based computers
Fixed: Opening a Session with an RTAS Version of Dynamics III Could Result in a Burst of Noise (Item #99562)
  • This problem was intermittent
Fixed: Quantizing Grouped Elastic Audio Tracks Produces Some Inaccurate Transient Placement (Item #100013)
  • Transients could be placed either before or after grid lines
Fixed: User Can Only Promote the Confidence of an Event Marker by Moving it (Item #100378)
  • Clicking on any Event marker will now raise its internal confidence rating to 100%, thus preventing the marker from being removed when the Event Sensitivity setting is lowered within the Elastic Properties window
Fixed: Using Render or Commit With "Rhythmic" Algorithm Can Produce Artifacts at End of Files (Item #100420)
  • This would usually occur when using extreme amounts of stretching
Fixed: Elastic Time Warp Markers Could Move After Quantizing (Item #100423)
  • Quantizing a selected area could cause markers outside that selection to move
Fixed: Errors Resulting From Importing Certain Files Using Soundminer (Item #100028)
  • File names using an ellipsis (...) would cause the error, "Unable to create a new audio file on drive "xxx" for track "xxx" because I/O error (-36)."
Fixed: Pro Tools May Crash While Setting Up MIDI When Administrator Account Name Contains a Non-English OS and/or a Non-ASCII Character (Item #100142)
  • Known to have occurred with Norwegian, Czech, Japanese and Korean Operating Systems

Fixes Included from Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4cs1



Fixed: Pro Tools quits unexpectedly when moving a plug-in window while closing it from a control surface (Item #99442)
  • If a plug-in window was closed from a control surface while the plug-in window was being dragged across the screen, Pro Tools would quit unexpectedly.

Installation Instructions



To update to Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4cs2:

1. Verify Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4 is installed on your system.
2. Quit the Pro Tools application if it is open.
3. Locate the Pro [More]
Downloads    
Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4cs2 Read Me for Windows
0.08 MB
Download
Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4cs2 Update (Windows XP - Vista)
42.23 MB
Download
 
Pro Tools HD 7.4cs2 Update for Windows XP
 
Pro Tools HD 7.4cs2 Update for Windows XP

December 20, 2007 — Read Me Document (Included with Download)

For Pro Tools|HD Systems with Pro Tools HD 7.4 for Windows XP Only
  • This update requires previous installation of Pro Tools HD 7.4 for Pro Tools|HD systems on Windows XP
  • Pro Tools HD 7.4cs2 for Windows XP is qualified on Windows XP Professional and Home
  • Pro Tools HD 7.4 and 7.4cs2 are not supported on Windows Vista.

Who Should Use Pro Tools HD 7.4cs2?



Pro Tools HD 7.4cs2 contains fixes and changes in the following areas:
  • User Interface
  • Dynamics III
  • Using Soundminer
  • Avid Video Peripherals
  • Locking to Time Code
  • Elastic Time
  • MIDI
  • RTAS processing on AMD-based computers
  • MachineControl
  • Control surfaces
This update is recommended for all Pro Tools HD 7.4 users using Digidesign Control Surfaces:
  • Command|8
  • C|24
  • Control|24
  • ProControl
  • ICON Systems
    • D-Control
    • D-Control ES
    • D-Command
Pro Tools HD 7.4cs2 is provided as an interim "customer support (CS)" release to address the issues described. While our testing has not shown these changes to introduce other problems, the fixes described have not been fully qualified by Digidesign.


What’s Fixed in Pro Tools HD 7.4cs2 for Windows XP?



Fixed: Track Color Coding Saturation Was Not Adjustable (Item #94474)
  • Functionality is now the same as in Pro Tools 7.3.x
Fixed: RTAS Processor Selection in Playback Engine Dialog Was Greyed Out With Multi-Processor AMD-based Computers (Item #99545)
  • Note that this condition should only occur when HyperThreading is enabled on Intel-based computers
Fixed: Opening a Session with an RTAS Version of Dynamics III Could Result in a Burst of Noise (Item #99562)
  • This problem was intermittent, and would not occur when using TDM versions of Dynamics III
Fixed: Errors Resulting From Importing Certain Files Using Soundminer (Item #100028)
  • File names using an ellipsis (...) would cause the error, "Unable to create a new audio file on drive "xxx" for track "xxx" because I/O error (-36)."
Fixed: Pro Tools May Crash While Setting Up MIDI When Administrator Account Name Contains a Non-English OS and/or a Non-ASCII Character (Item #100142)
  • Known to have occurred with Norwegian, Czech, Japanese and Korean Operating Systems
Fixed: QuickTime Movies Would Cease to Play out Avid Video Peripherals After File Import (Item #100299)
  • This would occur after importing audio files from the Workspace Browser
Fixed: Time Code Chasing Not Possible After Time Code Reaches ~ 11 hours, 25 minutes, regardless of session start time (Item #99605)
  • This would occur with a session start time anywhere between 01 to 11 hours
Fixed: Quantizing Grouped Elastic Audio Tracks Produces Some Inaccurate Transient Placement (Item #100013)
  • Transients could be placed either before or after grid lines
Fixed: User Can Only Promote the Confidence of an Event Marker by Moving it (Item #100378)
  • Clicking on any Event marker will now raise its internal confidence rating to 100%, thus preventing the marker from being removed when the Event Sensitivity setting is lowered within the Elastic Properties window
Fixed: [More]
Downloads    
D-Control Addendum v7.4-7.4cs1 (PDF)
1.16 MB
Download
Pro Tools HD 7.4cs2 Read Me for Windows XP
0.09 MB
Download
Pro Tools HD 7.4cs2 Update (Windows XP)
48.39 MB
Download
 
Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4cs2 Update for Mac OS X
 
Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4cs2 Update for Mac OS X

December 20, 2007 — Read Me Document (Included with Download)

For M-Audio Systems with Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4 Only
  • Universal installer for PowerPC and Intel-based Macs
  • This update requires previous installation of Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4

Who Should Use Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4cs2?



Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4cs2 contains fixes in the following areas:
  • User Interface
  • Dynamics III
  • Using Soundminer
  • Elastic Time
  • Control Surfaces
Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4cs2 is provided as an interim "customer support (CS)" release to address the issues described. While our testing has not shown these changes to introduce other problems, this version has not been fully qualified by Digidesign.

What's Fixed in Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4cs2?



Fixed: Track Color Coding Saturation Was Not Adjustable (Item #94474)
  • Functionality is now the same as in Pro Tools 7.3.x
Fixed: Opening a Session with an RTAS Version of Dynamics III Could Result in a Burst of Noise (Item #99562)
  • This problem was intermittent
Fixed: Errors Resulting From Importing Certain Files Using Soundminer (Item #100028)
  • File names using an ellipsis (...) would cause the error, "Unable to create a new audio file on drive "xxx" for track "xxx" because I/O error (-36)."
Fixed: Quantizing Grouped Elastic Audio Tracks Produces Some Inaccurate Transient Placement (Item #100013)
  • Transients could be placed either before or after grid lines
Fixed: User Can Only Promote the Confidence of an Event Marker by Moving it (Item #100378)
  • Clicking on any Event marker will now raise its internal confidence rating to 100%, thus preventing the marker from being removed when the Event Sensitivity setting is lowered within the Elastic Properties window
Fixed: Using Render or Commit With "Rhythmic" Algorithm Can Produce Artifacts at End of Files (Item #100420)
  • This would usually occur when using extreme amounts of stretching
Fixed: Elastic Time Warp Markers Could Move After Quantizing (Item #100423)
  • Quantizing a selected area could cause markers outside that selection to move

Fixes Included from Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4cs1



Fixed: Pro Tools quits unexpectedly when moving a plug-in window while closing it from a control surface (Item #99442)
  • If a plug-in window was closed from a control surface while the plug-in window was being dragged across the screen, Pro Tools would quit unexpectedly.

Installation Instructions



To update to Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4cs2:

1. Verify Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4 is installed on your system.
2. Quit the Pro Tools application if it is open.
3. Locate the Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4cs2 installer and launch it.
4. Follow the onscreen instructions to install Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4cs2.
5. When installation is complete, restart your computer.

The Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4cs2 updater for Mac OS X will update the following files:
  • Pro Tools M-Powered.app (v7.4cs2)
  • Dynamics III.dpm (v7.4cs2)
  • FFmt.framework (v7.4cs2)


Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4cs2 Read Me for Mac OS X — December 20, 2007

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Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4cs2 Read Me for Mac OS X
0.08 MB
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Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4cs2 Update (Mac OS X)
81.79 MB
Download
 
Command|8 Driver Installer for Windows Vista
 
Command|8 Driver Installer for Windows Vista

Special Driver Information for Windows Vista
Digidesign’s standard Command|8 driver does not function properly on Vista machines. Users running Pro Tools 7.4 with a Command|8 on a Vista operating system must use a special Command|8 Vista installer. This installer is available for download below or on the Pro Tools 7.4 for Windows DVDs in the directory "Additional Files\Unsupported Software\Command8 Vista Installer".

To install the drivers for the Command|8 correctly on Vista, please follow these steps:
  • Install Pro Tools and restart your computer.
  • Find the correct Vista installer from your 7.4 installation DVD or the download below, then run the installer.
  • Restart your computer and begin using Pro Tools.
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Command|8 Read Me for Windows Vista & XP (PDF)
0.04 MB
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Command|8 Installer for Windows Vista
5.79 MB
Download
 
Command|8 Drivers & Firmware Updates
 
Command|8 Drivers & Firmware Updates


For Pro Tools HD, Pro Tools LE, and Pro Tools M-Powered Systems on Mac OS X and Windows XP

Command|8 Control Surface Installation with Pro Tools 7



The drivers for the Command|8 control surface are installed during Pro Tools installation, either from the Pro Tools 7 Web Installer or the Pro Tools 7 CD:

1. Run the Pro Tools 7 HD, LE, or M-Powered installer application:
  • On Windows XP, put a check mark in the box next to "Command 8 Controller and Driver"
  • On Mac OS X, the Command|8 software is installed by default when installing the Pro Tools application software
2. Follow the prompts in the installer application

Windows XP Installation Additional Details

In addition to Pro Tools 7.0, Windows XP users must also select the Command|8 Controller and Driver option when installing their software to ensure that the proper Windows components are included. First, connect and turn on your Command|8. When the ‘Found New Hardware’ dialog appears, do not cancel it. Continue by launching the Pro Tools Setup executable and checking the appropriate components, including Command|8. When complete, you will be prompted to restart your computer and then you may begin using Pro Tools with Command|8.

The Command|8 software installer is also available separately on the Pro Tools 7 CD in the following location:
  • \Controllers\Command8 Installer\Command8 Setup.exe
Current Command|8 Firmware
  • Firmware App V02.01.02.srec - October 2004
Windows XP
Installing the Command|8 software also installs the following files to your \Program Files\Digidesign\Command8 directory:
  • C8FirmwareUpdater.exe
  • App V02.01.02.srec
Mac OS X
The Mac OS X Firmware Updater with firmware App V02.01.02.srec can be found in the Additional Files folder on the Pro Tools 7 Mac OS X CD, or download from the link below.

Downloads



Command|8 Drivers & Firmware v02.01.02 for Windows XP
From the Pro Tools 6.9 CD. Includes Firmware:
  • App V02.01.02.srec
Installs Command|8 Firmware Updater & drivers, Command|8 Guide and Read Me documents.

Download Contents:
  • Command8 Setup.exe
  • Command8 Read Me.pdf (with installation and firmware update instructions)

Command|8 Firmware v02.01.02 - Upgrader for Mac OS X
From the Pro Tools 6.7, 6.9.x, and 7.x CDs.

Download Contents:
  • C8FirmwareUpdater
  • Firmware App V02.01.02.srec
  • Command8 Read Me.pdf (with firmware update instructions)
  • Command8 Guide.pdf
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Command|8 Read Me for Pro Tools 7 (PDF)
0.03 MB
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Command|8 Read Me for Pro Tools 6 (PDF)
0.03 MB
Download
Command|8 Guide v7.4 (PDF)
1.92 MB
Download
Command|8 Drivers & Firmware v02.01.02 for Windows XP
2.87 MB
Download
Command|8 Firmware v02.01.02 - Upgrader for Mac OS X
1.52 MB
Download
 

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