Optional Digidesign Software — Pro Tools M-Powered 6.8 for Windows XP

The following Digidesign software is compatible with Pro Tools M-Powered 6.8:

For more information, see the Digidesign Plug-Ins Guide in the Technical Document Library and the Plug-In Info section in the Developers section of the website.

Pro Tools M-Powered Authorization

  • A cross-platform (Mac/Win) red iLok USB hardware key is included with all Pro Tools M-Powered software purchases, which includes the authorization for Pro Tools M-Powered software. It does not include authorizations for optional plug-ins.

Optional Plug-In Authorization

  • New purchases of all plug-ins and software above include an iLok License Card, or in many cases the iLok license can be purchased and transferred online from the DigiStore. An iLok USB Hardware Key is required for plug-in authorization

Notes:

  • Updates for existing owners of all of the above software are included on the Pro Tools M-Powered 6.8 CD or from the Plug-In Info section in the Developers section of the website.
  • An iLok USB Hardware Key may be required for some software authorizations.
  • For more information on iLok see the iLok Information Page in the Support section of the Digidesign website.

MP3 Option

MP3 Option is an optional software purchase available from the DigiStore. Information on MP3 Option, installation instructions, and free updates for existing owners of MP3 Export or MP3 Option can be found here:

Not Compatible with Pro Tools M-Powered Software

  • DigiTranslator
  • DV Toolkit for Pro Tools LE

For a list of plug-ins from Digidesign & Digidesign Development Partners, see the Pro Tools M-Powered Plug-In Finder in the Products section of the website.

Software Included with Pro Tools M-Powered Software Purchase

As listed in the Pro Tools M-Powered Product Section

Free Bomb Factory Plug-Ins

  • Bomb Factory BF76 Compressor
  • BF Essential Clip Remover
  • BF Essential Correlation Meter
  • BF Essential Meter Bridge
  • BF Essential Noise Meter
  • BF Essential Tuner
  • Funk Logic Mastererizer

Included on the Pro Tools M-Powered CD, or download:

Ableton Live

Included with Pro Tools M-Powered purchase:

  • Ableton Live Lite 4 Digidesign Edition
  • Currently a post card is included in the Pro Tools M-Powered software box which includes a serial number and a URL to download Ableton Live Lite 4 Digidesign Edition.

Note: Although Ableton Live Digidesign Edition software is included, the following third-party software bundled with new purchases of Pro Tools TDM and LE hardware systems is NOT INCLUDED with Pro Tools M-Powered purchase: Propellerhead Software Reason Adapted, and IK Multimedia SampleTank SE, AmpliTube LE, and T-RackS EQ.

DigiRack Plug-Ins

The following free DigiRack Plug-In is currently available as a download:

The following free DigiRack Plug-Ins are included with Pro Tools M-Powered:

  • Chorus
  • Click
  • D-Verb
  • D-Verb-AS
  • DigiReWire
  • Dither
  • Dynamics II (Compressor, Limiter, Gate, Expander/Gate and DeEsser)
  • EQ II
  • Flanger
  • Invert/Duplicate
  • Mod Delay II
  • Multi-Tap Delay
  • Normalize-Gain Change
  • Ping-Pong Delay
  • Reverse-DC Removal
  • Signal Generator
  • Time Comp-Exp-Pitch Shift
  • Trim

DigiRack Plug-ins are automatically installed during the Pro Tools installation and require no authorization.

For more information on DigiRack Plug-Ins, see the DigiRack Plug-Ins Guide in the Technical Document Library and installed in your Documentation folder during Pro Tools installation.

ReWire

For information on how to use the DigiReWire plug-in, see the DigiRack Plug-Ins Guide: Using Digi ReWire

Plug-In Formats

Pro Tools M-Powered software supports RTAS and AudioSuite plug-in formats:

Real-Time AudioSuite (RTAS)

Real-Time AudioSuite Plug-Ins are host-based processors, using the computer's processing power to do their job. Functionally, RTAS Plug-Ins offer many of the real-time benefits of TDM Plug-Ins. They are fully automatable, their parameters can change in real time, and their effects are not permanently written to the audio file. Since they are host-based, RTAS Plug-Ins require trade-offs between track and plug-in count, edit density and amount of mix automation in a session.

AudioSuite

AudioSuite Plug-Ins provide file-based processing, meaning they process or alter the sound file and create a new file with the processed sound. The resulting effect is applied to the entire file. AudioSuite Plug-Ins are great for conserving DSP power and certain types of processing where there is no real-time benefit or application, such as normalization and noise reduction.

FXpansion VST to RTAS Adapter

The use of VST plug-ins and VST Instruments requires the optional purchase of the FXpansion VST to RTAS Adapter. The adapter enables VST effects plug-ins and VST Instruments to be used as RTAS plug-ins in Pro Tools sessions.