I am not certain what the track limit is with M Powered, but I bet it is 32 tracks. When Avid bought M-Audio, they came up with the concept of being able to choose among different M-Audio interfaces and run the M Powered version of PT with that interface. M Powered PT was created for the folks who bitched about LE being proprietary.
Most of that software is a tease to get you to buy the real versions.
PTLE and the accompanying hardware comes bundled with stock plugins like reverb and compression and usually with a "special offer" of additional free "Ignition Pack" software mine came with Melodyne Essential, some amp simulators, a basic version of Ableton Live. I can connect either my Mbox or my Digi002 to my ibook, but I HAVE to connect one of them to open a session recorded with PTLE. The main thing about LE systems is that although you get the PT software, which is either a great thing or a bad thing, depending on what you like, you are absolutely locked into using the Digidesign hardware with it. The preamps are not great, but they are usable, a good starting point for someone tinkering around with recording and not trying to make a living being an audio engineer. The LE systems are marketed toward folks like me, who need an all in one system that has at least one mic preamp and DI for bass or guitar. The amount of effects you can add to a session is limited by the processing power of your computer, unlike the HD systems.
The current limit on the number of tracks is 32 I think, unless you upgrade to some package that lets you add more tracks, $$$$$$. PT LE is the purposely crippled semi-pro version of PT. Specifically designed to work with select Avid’s M-Audio audio interfaces, Pro Tools MP 9 delivers a professional, stable platform intended for personal studio and mobile music creation.Correct to a point, but do some research and you will find that there are certain limitations to LE, which can be achieved in MP, and vice versa.some of these issues (which i haven't experienced them all first hand) may be user errors, but i have found some people who have, and this is what one person in particular said. Avid’s Pro Tools MP 9 software will be offered standalone for use with select M-Audio interfaces, as well as in all-new, value-packed bundles with the M-Audio MobilePre, Fast Track Pro or Fast Track Ultra interfaces, providing the essential tools that customers need to create professional-quality music. New Pro Tools MP 9 features include Automatic Delay Compensation for great-sounding, phase-accurate mixes and MP3 export capability, which enables users to easily share their creations with the world.
Pro Tools MP 9 leverages the same core functionality found in Avid’s Pro Tools software, the top choice for music and audio professionals. Avid also announced all-new bundles that combine Pro Tools MP 9 software with select M-Audio interfaces to deliver industry-leading music creation solutions at an extraordinary value. BUY NOW BUY NOW BUY NOW.Īnywho, the redheaded step child of Avid, M-Audio gets it’s own version of Pro Tools now and hopefully it works in conjunction with it’s hardware better than 9 does with it’s own.Īvid today announced the availability of Pro Tools MP 9, the latest version of the award-winning Pro Tools software, which enables M-Audio hardware enthusiasts to harness professional-quality recording, editing, and mixing features in their home or project studios. Seriously folks, don’t buy a 003, Unless that 003 is the one I have for sale on craigslist right now.
The sad part is that Pro Tools runs better on my internal sound card of my MacBook Pro better than it does on a piece of hardware AVID BUILT FOR PRO TOOLS.
I’m not too happy with Avid right now due to how crappy my Pro Tools 9 works on my Mac Pro and my Laptop setup.