Avid

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Bring the power of HDX to your studio rack with the Avid Pro Tools | HDX Thunderbolt 3 Desktop Chassis, built in partnership with Sonnet. The chassis can house a single HDX PCIe card, as well as a Mac mini, providing portability and easy connection to today’s Thunderbolt 3-equipped computers.

Avid Pro Tools | HDX takes the performance and the power of the industry leading Pro Tools | HD system and adds even more power, higher audio quality and easier workflows for recording, editing, and mixing some of the most demanding productions. With Pro Tools | HDX, you get more tracks, more headroom, and up to 5x more dedicated DSP power to tackle massive post-production projects with the confidence that comes with guaranteed performance. There's a reason that Pro Tools is the standard in most professional studio environments, and with Pro Tools | HDX there's even more.

Mix Bigger, Better Projects

With Pro Tools | HDX, you get up to 5x more power per card than Pro Tools | HD Accel, so you can focus on your mix—not your mixer”and do much more with less.
• Create bigger, more complex mixes with 4x more tracks (up to 768 voices)
• Double your ins and outs with up to 64 channels of I/O per card (up to 192 total)
• Handle large plug-in-heavy mixes easily with 4x more Automatic Delay Compensation

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/192kHz 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 Workflows—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
• 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 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

It's All About the Sound

There's a reason why more professionals trust the sound of Pro Tools than with any other DAW. Now you can get even higher fidelity audio with Pro Tools | HDX.
• Get better audio clarity and detail than ever before combining Pro Tools | HDX with any Pro Tools HD Series audio interface
• Compose music and polish mixes with over 75 high-quality virtual instruments, effects and sound processing plug-ins
• Get the renowned sound of the coveted Avid System 5 console with the Avid Channel Strip plug-in

The Versatility You Need—Now and in the Future

As your needs or business grows, you can easily scale Pro Tools | HDX to handle whatever comes your way, and take advantage of unique features and workflows.
• Gain more tracks and power by simply adding another Pro Tools | HDX card to your system
• Mix and match Pro Tools HD Series interfaces to meet your needs, or use Pro Tools HD software standalone for on-the-go mixing
• Collaborate with Media Composer editors through AAF sharing or Satellite technology options
Avid Pro Tools | HDX Thunderbolt 3 Desktop Chassis

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  • Get up to 5x more power per card than Pro Tools | HD Accel
  • Bigger, more complex mixes with 4x more tracks (up to 768 voices)
  • Up to 64 channels of I/O per card (up to 192 total)
  • Handle plug-in-heavy mixes with 4x more Automatic Delay Compensation
  • Floating-point calculations for plug-in processing and mixing
  • Record and mix in higher resolution (up to 32-bit, 192kHz audio)
  • Tightly integrates with Pro Tools HD software and your Mac or PC

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System Requirements
  • Mac
  • OS: X
  • Computer: Apple Mac Pro (Nehalem/Westmere models only)
  • OS: (32 or 64-bit) Mac OS X Lion
  • Memory: 4GB of RAM (8GB or more recommended)
  • Minimum 15GB free hard disk space for installation
  • USB port for iLok authorization (iLok included)
  • Windows
  • Computer: HP Z800 series computer
  • OS: (32 or 64-bit) Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional or Ultimate (with Service Pack 1)
  • Memory: 4GB of RAM (8GB or more recommended)
  • Minimum 15GB free hard disk space for installation
  • USB port for iLok authorization (iLok 2 key included)
In The Box
  • Registration Card

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