07/04/03

Unified, Cross-platform Feature Set, Avid Interoperability, ReWire Support, and More!

Pro Tools® 6.1 software offers increased productivity with the industry-standard digital audio production platform. Boasting a unified feature set across Windows XP- and Mac OS X-based Pro Tools systems, enhanced Avid interoperability and post production feature support, and new compatibility options, Pro Tools 6.1 software is the most powerful, feature-rich version of Pro Tools software to date.

New Post Option for Pro Tools LE Looking for an audio application to complement your favorite desktop video production solution, such as Avid Xpress DV? Look no further! The new DV Toolkit option is a software bundle that adds powerful desktop post production functionality to Pro Tools LE systems. With DV Toolkit, you have exactly what you need to add the realism your desktop video productions deserve. The DV Toolkit option includes special Pro Tools LE software featuring an assortment of powerful desktop video production tools, the DigiTranslator 2.0 option for full AAF/OMF file import/export, Digidesign's DINR noise reduction AudioSuite plug-in, and Synchro Arts' VocALign Project plug-in for dialog replacement. [more]

Pro Tools users running Windows XP can now benefit from many of the new features added in Pro Tools 6.0 software for Mac OS X systems, such as a streamlined new look for the Mix, Edit, and Transport windows, the powerful DigiBase file management utility, and enhanced MIDI and Beat Detective features, to name just a few. In addition, both Windows XP and Mac OS X users now enjoy a host of powerful new features above and beyond the Pro Tools 6.0 feature set.

Regardless of your platform preference, Pro Tools 6.1 software offers a new level of efficiency and flexibility in your audio production tasks for professional music, post production, broadcast, and new media.

Post Production and
Avid Interoperability
Whether you want to exchange files directly with Avid picture workstations or simply finish any project quickly, Pro Tools' industry-leading feature set for post production helps you get the job done. Pro Tools 6.1 includes support for AVoption|XL, providing record and playback of JFIF video resolutions up to 1:1 uncompressed. In addition, the FilmFrame option is now included as standard functionality with AVoption|XL, enabling playback of 24P and 25P JFIF video recorded with Avid workstations without the need for separate authorization.

Pro Tools TDM 6.1 software also provides recording, playback, and seamless interchange of audio and video files via Avid Unity MediaNetwork shared storage systems (Pro Tools|HD only)*. And with the DigiTranslator 2.0 option, Pro Tools 6.1 software features support for the Advanced Authoring Format (AAF), the new industry-standard interchange file format for media sequence import/export.

More Compatibility and Flexibility
Pro Tools 6.1 introduces support for Propellerhead Software's ReWire technology, allowing for audio signals from your favorite compatible software synthesizers, samplers, and other host-based instruments to be directly routed into Pro Tools for further mixing and processing possibilities.

Speaking of compatibility, Pro Tools 6.1 software supports both ASIO drivers for Windows XP and Core Audio drivers for Mac OS X systems†, enabling third party audio programs supporting the ASIO or Core Audio standards to utilize supported Digidesign hardware for multi-channel recording and playback.

Pro Tools 6.1 also expands the number of Undo levels from 16 to 32, allowing even more creative freedom with the assurance of easily going back and undoing previous operations.

Click here for more information about the Pro Tools 6.0 features added in Pro Tools 6.1 for Windows XP...

* Windows only; support for Unity on Mac OS X expected Q3 2003.

† Availability of Core Audio drivers for Digi 002/Digi 002 Rack expected Q3 2003.