AES 2008: M-Audio and Digidesign Debut Exciting New Products
AES 2008: M-Audio and Digidesign Debut Exciting New Products
Pro Tools 8 draws massive attention at the 125th AES convention
Pro Tools 8 draws massive attention at the 125th AES convention
Live from the Moscone Center in San Francisco, M-Audio and Digidesign today announced several exciting new products—including the sleek and sophisticated new Pro Tools 8 software. If you can’t come check out the show in person, read on for the full story.
Pro Tools 8 Software
Pro Tools 8 is the most advanced audio creation and production software ever—featuring a gorgeous new interface, dozens of new plug-ins and virtual instruments, exciting new scoring and MIDI features, expanded editing and mixing capabilities, enhanced performance and more. With Pro Tools 8, you get the most comprehensive music and sound creation features available, plus the proven, dedicated platform for world-class audio production—all in a single application.
Pro Tools 8 is coming soon for Pro Tools M-Powered™, Pro Tools LE® and Pro Tools|HD® systems, so get ready—you’ll never work with audio the same way again.
Music Production Toolkit 2
Create massive music mixes and get an amazing collection of instruments and plug-ins at an unbelievable price. Digidesign Music Production Toolkit 2 expands the creative power of your Pro Tools M-Powered or Pro Tools LE system, providing over $1,600 worth of groundbreaking virtual instruments and tools (including Digidesign Eleven™ LE, Hybrid™, Smack!™, Structure® LE and TL Space™—Native Edition), and allowing you to create huge mixes with up to 64 mono or stereo audio tracks.*
Music Production Toolkit 2 is coming soon—stay tuned.
Learn more about Music Production Toolkit 2
*Pro Tools system running Pro Tools 8 software required to achieve up to 64 mono or stereo audio tracks at 48kHz, or up to 48 mono or stereo audio tracks at 96kHz (with 96 kHz-capable hardware interface).
iZotope Ozone 4
Ozone 4 builds on the program’s reputation for superior sound quality and industry-standard mastering tools with new innovations. iZotope has updated and expanded Ozone's processing algorithms, optimizing them for today's low-latency DAW environments. Ozone 4 features a new Intelligent Loudness Maximizer, Perfect Reconstruction analog crossover, mid/side processing for superior control over the sound stage, and True Envelope dynamics processing.
M-Audio Studiophile DSM Studio Monitors
The Studiophile® DSM studio monitors are engineered to provide superior monitoring to discerning audio professionals. The design results from collaboration between two powerhouse companies in music technology: M-Audio, the top U.S. manufacturer of reference monitors, and Digidesign, the industry leader in DSP technology. The DSM monitors feature DSP-based crossover management, an assortment of onboard digital EQ controls, proprietary high-grade driver designs, and analog and digital inputs for high-resolution audio up to 24-bit/192kHz. With stunning accuracy, clarity and dynamic range, the Studiophile DSM monitors make world-class reference technology accessible to a broad array of creative and professional environments.
