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Tuesday, Oct 07, 2008 9:30am
Pro Tools 8 to host new int... |
The Avid-owned firm Digidesign has revealed some of the details of Pro Tools 8, the next version of its music production suite. The major focus of the software will be its interface, which is firstly being given a more cosmetically "modern" look, but also adjustments to windows and options. The Edit window toolbar can now be configured, for instance, and Editor windows are dockable, including new MIDI and Score Editor tools.Feature enhancements include an Elastic Pitch option, said to let people transpose music in real-time through the Edit window, and support for 10 inserts per channel, as well 48 simultaneous audio tracks in Pro Tools LE 8 and M-Powered 8; this is expanded to 64 tracks through Music Production Toolkit 2 or DV Toolkit 2, and 128 tracks with 7.1-channel surround in the Complete Production Toolkit. |