Avid Pro Tools 10 Upgrade from Express Details

If you own Pro Tools Express, this is your chance to upgrade to the full version of Pro Tools 10! Your dedication deserves the best tools available. Get everything you need to compose, record, edit, and mix—in the highest quality—with Avid Pro Tools 10 Recording Software. Whether you work in a professional facility, home studio, or on the road, nothing gives you the quality, performance, reliability, and ease to create like Pro Tools, the most widely used digital audio workstation in the industry.

With Pro Tools 10, you can mix multiple audio file formats and bit depths within the same session—including interleaved—without any file duplication to cause project bloat. Plus, with support for 32-bit floating-point file formats, you’ll get higher resolution sound when recording or importing, with more headroom to preserve the integrity of your audio from beginning to end.

Pro Tools 10 is designed with the professional in mind, offering powerful yet easy-to-use tools and streamlined workflows that boost your efficiency. Gain better recording and playback performance when working on a laptop, with an external hard drive, or network-attached storage device. Speed up editing and mixing with Smart Tools, Clip Gain, and new AudioSuite workflows. And handle the biggest plug-in heavy mixes with 16k of Automatic Delay Compensation (ADC).

Get the sound you want using a wide variety of Pro Tools plug-ins from Avid and their partners, some of the best audio designers in the industry. Pro Tools comes with over 75 virtual instruments, effects, sound processing, and utility plug-ins—some of which emulate the sounds of classic hardware processors, amps, and instruments, as well as the renowned EQ and dynamics of the System 5, one of the most sought-after consoles used to create some of the greatest mixes ever produced. Add more to expand your sonic palette even further.

Record, edit, and mix music and sound for picture your way. Pair Pro Tools with your favorite Avid or third-party audio interface to record and monitor vocal and instrument performances. Capture virtual instrument performances using a MIDI keyboard controller. Or record and create with just your computer and the software alone for ultimate portability.

Create even larger sessions and get many of the same features of Pro Tools|HD systems with the Complete Production Toolkit, a powerful expansion option for Pro Tools 10 software. Have the flexibility to work on studio-created sessions anywhere using just your computer or Pro Tools mobile rig. Get the same high Pro Tools|HD track counts, full session compatibility, and support for all track types, including VCA groups. And enhance your production with 7.1 surround mixing, advanced editing and automation tools, and more.

Avid Pro Tools 10 Upgrade from Express Features

• Unleash your creativity with the award-winning toolset
• Get unrivaled sound quality, now with even higher resolution
• Work the way you want—with an interface or without
• Create bigger mixes, with up to 96 audio tracks
• Compose with virtual instruments and MIDI and Score Editors
• Speed up mixing with industry-trusted automation tools
• Speed up editing and mixing with Clip Gain, and easily adjust and match gain levels, pre-mixer
• Work faster with real-time fades, ADC, and more
• Use multiple audio formats in a session—including interleave—without file conversion or duplication
• Record and master higher resolution sound with more headroom in 32-bit floating-point format
• Get great responsiveness on slower hard drives with the enhanced disk handler
• Record in low-latency mode, with direct monitoring when using third-party audio interfaces
• Polish mixes with over 75 plug-ins, including the new Channel Strip
• Get the sound of System 5 console EQ and dynamics with the Avid Channel Strip plug-in
• Get access to over 500 additional Pro Tools commands when using EUCON controllers (watch the video)
• Work more easily with AudioSuite-rendered clips with reverse processing, handles, and more (watch the video)
• Create extra long-format projects for sequential versioning with the extended 24-hour timeline
• Open fade-heavy sessions faster and get better responsiveness with real-time fades
• Export mixes directly to SoundCloud to share and promote your music to the world
• Plug-In Support: AAX Native, RTAS, AudioSuite

Avid Pro Tools 10 Upgrade from Express Specifications

• Avid-qualified Mac or PC (details)
• Mac OS X 10.6.8, Mac OS X Lion, or Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate (32- or 64-bit)
• 4 GB of RAM
• Minimum 15 GB free hard disk space for installation
• USB port (for iLok)
• iLok USB Smart Key (for software authorization)

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