DISC Avid Pro Tools 12.1 with FREE Fast Track Solo Audio Interface

Full Description

This exclusive deal gives you:

• Avid Fast Track Solo with Pro Tools Express
• Crossgrade Activation Card giving you Pro Tools 12 Full Version
• iLok Key
• USB/iOS Cables

Installation

This bundle is made up from 2 parts. The first part is the interface which includes Pro Tools Express (in the same box) and the second part is the Crossgrade activation card. To install the full version of Pro Tools you first need to go to the Pro Tools website and register your Express license. After registering Express you then need to register your Crossgrade, which activates the full version on Pro Tools. You can now download the latest version and install.

Please note that this bundle contains Pro Tools 10 and Pro Tools 12. Please be aware that Pro Tools 12 runs on a 64 bit audio engine and requires a 64 bit operating system. If you are running a 32 bit operating system please use version 10.

Avid Fast Track Solo Audio Interface

Fast Track audio interfaces are one of the top sellers amongst their class and now the next generation has arrived. Fast Track Solo delivers higher quality and greater versatility and comes with Pro Tools Express for a complete audio solution. It is packaged here with a crossgrade to the full version of Pro Tools 10, which also includes a free upgrade to Pro Tools 12 on release when you register with Avid. This portable, studio-grade USB audio interface provides everything you need to compose and record music on your Mac, PC, or iPad.

Sound Your Best

With the Fast Track Solo you can create professional sounding mixes using the included Pro Tools Express, with the bundled crossgrade to the full version of Pro Tools, and amazing effects and virtual instruments. Capture great sounding performances through high quality inputs and change tempo and perfect pitch with Elastic Time and Elastic Pitch.

The Fast Track Solo allows you to create music with Pro Tools or another favourite DAW on a Mac or PC. You can also capture audio using any iOS audio app for iPad. Its compact, rugged and portable design means you can get great sound and reliability with studio-grade converters in a robust industrial design you can use at home, in the studio or on the go easily.

The Fast Track Solo has a high quality mic preamp and instrument input giving incredible sound quality that Avid I/O interfaces are known for. You can record two sources together at the same time to capture more natural performances and record and monitor without and distracting latency.

Pro Tools 12

64 Bit Architecture and new Avid Audio Engine

The all new Avid Audio Engine provides multiple times the processing power of Pro Tools 10. You can add epic numbers of virtual instruments and effects to your music and experience performance like never before. The extra memory gives you more scope to go even bigger and handle huge sessions with ease. The software gives ultra low latency with dedicated input and playback buffers on native systems without sacrificing plug-in performance. Dynamic host processing reallocates resources as needed and lets you maximize plug-in counts. Time stamped plug-in automation gives you more accurate missing and processing.

Avid Video Engine

Satellite Link

Control multiple Pro Tools/HD Systems from one with Satellite Link. (HD 11 only)

Advanced Metering

Pro Tools 12 features a broad range of built in metering standards to maintain adherence to regional broadcast requirements. There are 17 metering standards and types built in displayed in a higher resolution and 30 taller. There's a gain reduction meter in channel for total dynamics processing feedback (HD 11 only) and Master Tracks can display separate meter type than other tracks. Greater visual feedback means you can deliver the best mixes with an extended selection of built in metering standards. Mini dynamics metering, mini sends view and expanded sends view are all amongst the new features (HD 11 only).

Automate While Recording

Pro Tools 12 has simplified workflows for live sound, re-recording VCA Masters and Dolby ATMOS. You can automate while input or recording audio and automation can be touched up after the pass is recorded - instead of starting from scratch.

Co-Install Pro Tools 10 and Pro Tools 12

Press Reviews

"Pro Tools 12 now delivers all you should expect of the true industry standard pro DAW." - Awarded 4.5/5 stars by MusicRadar

Features/Specifications

Pro Tools 12

• 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
• Work faster with Clip Gain, real-time fades, ADC, and more
• Add multiple audio formats to a session, without conversion
• Polish mixes with over 75 plug-ins, including the new Channel Strip
• Speed up mixing with industry-trusted automation tools

What's Included:

• Virtual instruments:
• Boom: Drum machine and sequencer
• DB-33: Tonewheel organ with rotating speaker
• Mini Grand: Acoustic grand piano
• Structure Free: Sample player
• Vacuum: Monophonic tube synth
• Xpand! 2: Synth and sample workstation
• Big Fish Audio 8 GB sound library
• Over 70 effects, sound processing, and utility plug-ins, including:
  • AIR effects: High-quality reverb, delay, flange, and other effects
  • Avid Channel Strip: System 5 EQ and compression modeler
  • BF 76: 1176 compressor emulation
  • D-Verb: Professional-grade reverb and ambience processing
  • Eleven Free: Guitar amp and effects emulator
  • EQ III and Dynamics III: High-quality EQ and compressors/limiters
  • Maxim: Peak limiter and mastering

System Requirements:

• Mac OS X Mountain Lion, or Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate (64-bit)
• 4 GB of RAM (8 GB minimum required for Pro Tools HD)
• Minimum 15 GB free hard disk space for full installation
• USB port for iLok (plus, Internet connection for software download)
• iLok USB Smart Key (for software authorization)

Please Note: Pro Tools Express is not compatible with Mac OS X Yosemite. Pro Tools Express must be installed before user can crossgrade to Pro Tools 12 full version.

Supported Languages

English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, French, German, Spanish

Languages can be selected in Setup > Preferences > Basics. The language selected will be inderpendent of the host computer and Pro Tools will need to be relaunched for language change to take effect.

FREE 1 Year Avid Support Contract

Free with this bundle, get a year long support contract with Avid worth �156. During this time you'll enjoy automatic updates to your Pro Tools software ensuring you're kept fully up to date. Also included is one phone call a month direct to Avid for help, tips and advice. This no subscription service won't automatically renew but can be continued at the end of the year if you wish. The service will be activated upon software registration with Avid.