Create, edit, and mix professional-quality music and audio at home or on the road

Bring the power of Pro Tools to your M-Audio interface or peripheral with Pro Tools M-Powered, a standalone version of Pro Tools software. Pro Tools M-Powered works exclusively with supported M-Audio hardware peripherals, enabling you to create, edit, and mix professional-quality music at home or on the road. A wide assortment of highly portable recording interfaces and devices let you take advantage of the recording industry’s most popular audio/MIDI production software. Additionally, you can work with up to 48 simultaneous stereo audio tracks (more with Toolkit options), compose and mix up to 32 simultaneous Instrument tracks, work with a fully integrated 256-track MIDI sequencer, and enjoy up to 96 kHz resolution with certain M-Audio interfaces. You can also access additional products from Digidesign and Pro Tools Development Partners designed specifically for Pro Tools, including the Command|8 control surface. What's more, sessions you create with Pro Tools M-Powered software will open on Pro Tools|HD and LE systems, giving you instant compatibility with countless Pro Tools–equipped project and professional studios around the world.

• Award-winning Pro Tools® recording, editing, and mixing
• Jump-start your creativity with over 70 groundbreaking virtual instruments, effects, and utility plug-ins, and over 8 GB of audio loops
• Create larger, more complex mixes while working with up to 48 simultaneous stereo audio tracks (expandable with Toolkit options)
• Professional MIDI sequencing with dedicated MIDI Editor window
• View, edit, arrange, and print MIDI data as music notation, using the integrated Score Editor based on award-winning Sibelius notation software. Compose music using the notation tools or transcribe MIDI data in real time
• Easily adjust timing and pitch on your tracks with Elastic Time and Elastic Pitch
• Get the groove you’re looking for with the unique Beat Detective™ LE automatic groove analysis and correction tool
• ReWire support for streaming your favorite applications right into Pro Tools
• Capturing a flawless performance in a single take is often a rarity; with new track compositing workflows, you can craft the perfect performance from multiple takes faster and easier than ever
• Support for the Digidesign Command|8® control surface
• Huge selection of compatible third-party plug-ins and software options
• Works on Windows and Mac computers

• Platform: Digidesign-qualified computers running Windows Vista (32-bit), Windows XP SP2, or Mac OS X 10.5.5 or higher (PowerPC- or Intel-based Mac)
• Hardware/Software: Supported M-Audio hardware peripheral, for example M-Audio FireWire 1814, M-Audio Firewire 410, M-Audio Delta 44, Delta 66, and many more Pro Tools M-Powered 8 compatible M-Audio devices and drivers. Please click here to check specific product compatibility for Windows or Mac
• System Memory: 1 GB minimum, 2 GB or more recommended for best performance
• Drive: DVD-ROM or equivalent optical drive for software installation
• Available USB port for iLok USB Smart Key (included)

• Beautiful, redesigned interface with new enhancements and customizability
• Five new groundbreaking virtual instruments for music creation
• Comprehensive collection of professional sound-processing plug-ins, plus 20 new effects
• Expands Pro Tools LE and M-Powered systems to support up to 48 mono or stereo audio tracks
• Score Editor and MIDI Editor windows offer comprehensive composing tools
• Transpose audio regions in real time with Elastic Pitch
• Create a flawless performance using new track compositing features
• Automation and Controller lanes provide easy editing access
• Check for Updates feature keeps Pro Tools and plug-ins up to date
• QuickTime HD support on Mac OS X-based systems
• Use more plug-ins without bussing, with access to 10 inserts per channel
• Lock regions to the timeline to prevent them from being moved or edited
• Supports files up to 4 GB, allowing for sessions with longer files and higher sample rates

VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS

Boom drum machine and sequencer, DB-33 tonewheel organ emulator with rotating speaker simulation, Mini Grand acoustic grand piano, Vacuum monophonic vacuum tube synthesizer, Xpand!2 multitimbral synth and sample workstation, Structure Free sample player, FXpansion BFD Lite acoustic drum module

EFFECTS, SOUND-PROCESSING, 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, 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

Most current plug-ins that are compatible with 7.4 are also compatible with version 8. Please check the plug-in compatibility grid