The Pro Tools HD Native Thunderbolt Interface from Avid is a part of a music and post-production system that allows the professional to create complex, high-quality audio productions, using the full capabilities of Pro Tools HD software in a lower-cost, native solution. Pro Tools HD and HDX systems deliver both card-based and computer-based DSP but with an incremental increase in cost. With this Pro Tools HD Native system, a single PCI card that handles mixing and routing duties is housed in a Thunderbolt equipped chassis. By using the computers DSP for plug-in processing, the system provides for enhanced portability when paired with a Thunderbolt-equipped laptop computer.
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Pro Tools HD software not included. Also requires an Avid or third-party I/O interface.
Thunderbolt Native System
- Harness the power of your desktop or laptop computer with a Thunderbolt interface
- Low-latency and high-performance native digital audio workstation
- Capture and play back audio with pristine clarity using a Pro Tools HD Series or third-party interface
- Work with industry-standard Pro Tools HD software in a lower-cost solution for projects that don't require the DSP acceleration of Pro Tools HDX
- Create bigger sessions with up to 256 audio tracks and up to 64 channels of I/O
- Get the ideal tracking experience and set-and-forget direct monitoring with an integrated low-latency monitor mode
- Boost your capabilities with advanced automation, surround mixing, input monitoring, AFL/PFL solo, destructive punch, and other professional features
- Conveniently monitor every detail with the audiophile-grade headphone out, which provides enough gain to drive high-impedance headphones
- Use AAX Native and RTAS plug-ins, plus Automatic Delay Compensation on hardware and software inserts
- Share sessions with Pro Tools HDX and Pro Tools HD users without any loss of data
- Synchronize to Timecode and video reference, with frame-edge accuracy, when using SYNC HD (sold separately)
- Get total flexibility–work with Mac or Windows, Pro Tools HD or third-party software, and more