Avid Academic Pro Tools HDX MADI System EDU
Avid Academic Pro Tools HDX MADI System EDU
*This is part of AVID’s Educational Series. Proof of eligibility required before purchase. Eligibility limited to Educational Institutions, Eligible Instructors, Students (When Eligible), Home Schools (When Eligible).
Mix Bigger, Better Projects Faster
As a dedicated professional, you’re looking for faster, higher quality, and easier ways to record, edit, and mix the most demanding productions. Meet the more powerful, new generation of Pro Tools|HD Pro Tools|HDX. Get more tracks, more headroom, and up to 5x more dedicated DSP power to tackle even the most massive music and post-production projects with the confidence that comes with guaranteed performance.
Features:
- Unleash your creativity with up to 5x more power per card than Pro Tools|HD Accel
- Mix bigger, better mixes faster with 256 tracks (up to 768) and double the I/O per card, plus 4x more ADC
- Get higher resolution sound and more headroom with the floating-point architecture
- Compose, record, edit, and mix with the award-winning Pro Tools HD software toolset
- Capture and reproduce audio with pristine clarity using Pro Tools HD Series interfaces
- Increase your power and track counts by simply adding additional cards
- Supports the AAX plug-in format for better workflow and sound parity with native systems
Get more headroom, less headaches
Pro Tools|HDX uses floating-point calculations for plug-in processing and mixing, enabling you to achieve the best sound quality possible, with the least effort.
- Record and mix in higher resolution (up to 32-bit, 192 kHz audio) and significantly greater dynamic range
- Let your mixes breathe with increased headroom, and eliminate clipping and obsessive gain staging
- Improve workflow and sonic parity between DSP-accelerated and native-based Pro Tools systems with the new AAX plug-in platform
The fastest workflow is yours
Pro Tools|HDX tightly integrates with Pro Tools HD software and your Mac or PC, giving you optimized performance from creation to completion.
- Get a highly responsive feel even in your most complex projects with RAM-cached record/playback and real-time fades (watch the video A and video B)
- Keep the channel routing in complex sessions in check easily with bus interrogation
- Work faster with pro-level tools, including Clip Gain, advanced audio editing and automation, surround sound, and more
- Accelerate your recording, editing, and mixing with Avid Pro Mixing Series consoles, which offer unprecedented hands-on control
- Share even more with Media Composer and other AAF-compatible software with support for multichannel tracks, Clip Gain, and a 24-hour timeline
What’s included:
- 2 x Pro Tools|HDX PCIe card
- Pro Tools HD activation card (all software requires download) covers:
- Pro Tools HD software
- Bundled virtual instruments, sound processing, and utility plug-ins
- Big Fish Audio sound loops library (8 GB)
- User guides
- iLok USB Smart Key (for software authorization)
- Registration card
- 12-foot DigiLink Mini cable for Pro Tools HD Series interface connection
- HD MADI – All-digital HD MADI Pro Tools Interface
HD MADI – Overview
Expand your Pro Tools|HD workflow to integrate with MADI-equipped devices including routers and digital mixing consoles with the all-digital HD MADI interface. The perfect solution for integrating Pro Tools|HD into post-production and broadcast environments, HD MADI gives you great connection flexibility, fuss-free use through built-in sample rate conversion, and the ability to send andreceive up to 64 channels of audio between your Pro Tools setup and MADI devices up to 2 km (1.24 miles) away all with a single rack unit interface.
Key Features
Send and receive up to 64 audio streams between Pro Tools|HD and other MADI devices Maintain maximum audio fidelity, with up to 24-bit, 192 kHz sample rate support Gain connection and routing flexibility through optical and coaxial connections:
- 2 MADI inputs (optical and coaxial)
- 2 MADI outputs (simultaneous optical and coaxial)
- Forget having to match sample rates, thanks to built-in SRC on all I/O channels
- Sync to an external clock through dedicated BNC Word Clock and XLR AES/EBU connections when using SRC on output
- Completely integrates with Pro Tools|HD for full input, output, and routing control
- Compact 1U rack-mountable design overcomes space limitations
