Avid Pro Tools|HD Native

Overview

Create complex, high-quality audio productions using the full capabilities of Pro Tools HD software in a lower-cost native solution. For music and post-production professionals who want the absolute best performance possible on the host, Pro Tools|HD Native is a new generation of PCIe-based Pro Tools core system that harnesses the power of your computer to deliver the lowest latency and highest stability of any native system.

Easily compose, record, edit, and mix music or sound for picture with great speed and reliability. And with guaranteed high track counts, plus groundbreaking low latency, you can tackle bigger productions more confidently than ever before with a native workstation.

Key benefits

Create bigger sessions with up to 192 audio tracks and up to 64 channels of I/O using a single PCIe card
Record, edit, and mix with ease using Pro Tools HD software, the industry’s most trusted toolset
Attain the highest performance and lowest latency of any native digital audio workstation
Get the ideal tracking experience and set-and-forget direct monitoring with an integrated low-latency monitor mode
Achieve ultimate audio quality with a Pro Tools HD Series interface (sold separately)
Boost your capabilities with advanced automation, surround mixing, input monitoring, AFL/PFL solo, destructive punch, and other professional features
Get better sounding mixes with RTAS plug-ins and Automatic Delay Compensation on hardware and software inserts
Share sessions with Pro Tools|HD users without any loss of data
Synchronize to timecode and video reference, with frame-edge accuracy, when using SYNC HD (sold separately)
Get the ultimate hands-on control over your mixes using ICON or C|24 control surfaces
Total flexibility–work with Mac or Windows, Pro Tools HD or third-party software, and more

Features

Pro Tools Software

Achieve ultimate sound quality and performance with the complete system

Enjoy outstanding audio clarity and power by pairing the PCIe card and software with a supported Mac or PC and one or more Pro Tools HD Series interfaces to complete your Pro Tools|HD Native system. With interfaces that feature premium audio conversion for the most transparent sound, all-in-one functionality, high-quality mic preamps, full monitoring capabilities, and MADI connectivity, you gain better flexibility to meet your needs now and in the future.

Everything you need for professional music and audio production

With Pro Tools|HD Native, you gain the power and creative tools to compose, record, edit, sequence, and mix studio-quality audio–at up to 192 kHz resolution. Create complex compositions with the integrated Score Editor and MIDI production tools. Track sessions with extremely low latency. And gain inspiration and professional polish from over 70 included effects and virtual instruments.

Expand your creative palette

In addition to the huge treasure trove of plug-ins, virtual instruments, and audio loops you get with Pro Tools HD software, you also get a powerful collection of sound processing and utility plug-ins to help you track and achieve better-sounding mixes. What’s more, you can further expand your sonic palette with a wide range of RTAS/AudioSuite* plug-ins, virtual instruments, and software options available from Avid and other third-party audio designers.

Open up your workflow

Use the included Pro Tools HD software and you’ll maximize your productivity, efficiency, and creative potential, as well as gain unparalleled performance and control of Avid audio and video interfaces, consoles, control surfaces, and live sound systems. But you can also use your Pro Tools|HD Native hardware with other Core Audio- and ASIO-compatible DAW software such as Logic, Nuendo, Live, Cubase, Reason, and Fruity Loops–with support for 64 channels of I/O–opening up even more creative avenues.

* Please note that TDM plug-ins are not compatible with Pro Tools|HD Native systems

Bundled Plug-ins

Every Pro Tools|HD Native system includes the following RTAS/AudioSuite sound processors, effects, virtual instruments, utilities, and audio loops to help you jump-start ideas and create the best-sounding productions possible.

Virtual Instruments and Audio Content

Big Fish Audio loop library (8 GB)
Boom drum machine and sequencer
DB-33 tonewheel organ emulator with rotating speaker simulation
FXpansion BFD Lite acoustic drum module
Mini Grand acoustic grand piano
Vacuum monophonic vacuum tube synthesizer
Xpand!2 multitimbral synth and sample workstation

Effects, Sound-Processing , and Utility Plug-ins

1-Band EQ III
4-Band EQ III
7-Band EQ III
AIR Chorus
AIR Distortion
AIR Dynamic Delay
AIR Enhancer
AIR Ensemble
AIR Filter Gate
AIR Flanger
AIR Frequency Shifter
AIR FuzzWah
AIR KillEQ
AIR Lo-Fi
AIR MultiChorus
AIR Multi-Delay
AIR Nonlinear Reverb
AIR Phaser
AIR Reverb
AIR Spring Reverb
AIR StereoWidth
AIR Talkbox
AIR Vintage Filter
BF76 Compressor
BF Essential Clip Remover
BF Essential Correlation Meter
BF Essential Meter Bridge
BF Essential Noise Meter
Celemony Melodyne Essential
Chorus
Click
Compressor/Limiter
D-Verb
DC Offset Removal
De-Esser
Delay
DigiReWire
Dither
Duplicate
Eleven Free
Expander/Gate
Extra Long Delay II
Flanger
Gain
Invert
Lo-Fi
Long Delay II
Maxim
Medium Delay II
Multi-Tap Delay
Normalize
Ping-Pong Delay
Pitch
Pitch Shift
POWr Dither
Recti-Fi
Reverse
SansAmp
Sci-Fi
Signal Generator
Short Delay II
Slap Delay II
Time Compression Expansion
Time Shift
TL AutoPan
TL InTune
TL MasterMeter
TL Metro
Trim
Vari-Fi

Pro Tools|HD Native

Advanced Music and Post-Production Core System

What’s included

Pro Tools|HD Native PCIe card
DVD wallet, which includes:

Pro Tools HD software installation DVD (includes all bundled software)
Audio Loops DVD
Training Video DVD

User guides
iLok USB Smart Key (for software authorization)
Registration and software activation cards
12-foot DigiLink Mini cable for Pro Tools HD Series interface connection
DigiLink to DigiLink Mini Adapter for older Pro Tools interface connection

System requirements

Avid-qualified Mac OS X or Windows-based PCIe computer

Pro Tools|HD Native specifications

Supported Channels/Tracks

Maximum Channels of I/O

64

Maximum Audio Tracks @ 48 kHz / 96 kHz / 192 kHz

192 / 96 / 36

Maximum Stereo Audio Tracks @ 48 kHz / 96 kHz / 192 kHz

96 / 48 / 18

Simultaneous Record Tracks

192

Total Instrument Tracks

128

Total MIDI Tracks

256

Total Auxiliary Tracks

160

Total VCA Tracks

128

Total Master Tracks

64

General

Host Card

1 (PCIe)

Mixer Resolution

64-bit floating point

Processing Resolution

32-bit floating point

ASIO/Core Audio Streams

64

Supported Plug-in Formats

RTAS, AudioSuite

Surround Mixer

Yes

Automatic Delay Compensation

4k @ 48 kHz

Supported Interfaces

Avid

HD I/O
HD OMNI
HD MADI
MIDI I/O
PRE
SYNC HD
96 I/O
96i I/O
192 I/O
192 Digital I/O

Supported Consoles and Control Surfaces

Avid

C|24
ICON D-Command
ICON D-Control

Third-Party

Any analog or digital console or control surface that supports the HUI protocol

Extended Avid Workflows

Video/Media Integration

Interplay (Windows only)
Unity (Windows only)
Video Satellite
Video Satellite LE

Remote Control

MachineControl
Satellite Link

	Pro Tools LE	Pro Tools\|HD Native	Pro Tools\|HD Accel
Simultaneous Recording Channels	18	64	Up to 192
Total Audio Track Count	48 (64 with Toolkit)	192	192
Bus Count	32	128	128
Utilizes RTAS Plug-ins?	Yes	Yes	Yes
Utilizes TDM/HD Plug-ins?	No	No	Yes
DSP Mixing	No	No	Yes
Automatic Delay Compensation	No	Yes	Yes
Input Monitoring	No	Yes	Yes
SYNC HD Support?	No	Yes	Yes
	Pro Tools LE is perfect for anyone into home recording and has been used by semi-professional and even entry-level professional studios. Its modest track count and simultaneous recording channel count are more than sufficient for small projects. A lack of automatic delay compensation and limited I/O keep plug-in and outboard gear integration minimal, but the low price of Pro Tools LE makes it incredibly accessible.	If you have a powerful computer and have outgrown your LE rig, then Pro Tools\|HD Native is the logical next step for you. Automatic delay compensation as well as the low-latency I/O and high-quality conversion possible with Pro Tools\|HD Native are absolutely essential for semi-professional or professional production. And with up to 64 simultaneous tracks of I/O, integrating outboard gear into your rig is easy.	Designed to meet the standards of the world's top recording professionals, Pro Tools\|HD provides the DSP that is absolutely essential for full-scale audio and music production. The coprocessors found on HD Accel cards Not only provide the power needed to run intensely detailed TDM/HD plug-ins, but they also handle all mixing functions, allowing you to use these plug-ins during tracking, without experiencing any latency.