Pro Tools M-Powered

- Fixed: Pro Tools Automation Thinning Could Sometimes Remove Non-Redundant Breakpoints (Item #100794)
The thinning algorithm could mistakenly classify a breakpoint as redundant

Fixed: Cannot Launch Pro Tools M-Powered with M-Audio ProFire 2626 or Fast Track Ultra on Non-English Windows Vista or Windows XP OS (Item #103928)
Attempting to launch would result in a "0 Length String" error message

Requirements
Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4

- Fixed: The following error is generated when selecting a 256 + comment in the Workspace: "The value contained too many characters; previous value substituted". (Item# 100604)

- Fixed: WAV Files Containing Non-English Characters Are Not Visible In Pro Tools 7.4, and Can Be Corrupted if Edited (Item #100502)
Although the file comments are invisible in the DigiBase comments field, clicking in that field will delete all of the comments
This only affects non-BWF WAV files
This CS version restores the visibility of WAV file comments, as long as the field wasn't clicked in using earlier versions of Pro Tools 7.4

- Fixed: Only the First 16 MIDI Inputs Are Available In The MIDI Input Enable Window (Item #76712)
Window cannot be resized, scroll bar doesn't access other MIDI inputs

Requirements
Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4

- Fixed: Pro Tools Automation Thinning Could Sometimes Remove Non-Redundant Breakpoints (Item #100794)
The thinning algorithm could mistakenly classify a breakpoint as redundant

- Fixed: Certain Third Party Products Could Cause Pro Tools to crash (Item #100661)
Celemony Melodyne and AudioEase Snapper would cause a crash with tick-based regions (introduced in Pro Tools 7.4)

Requirements
Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4

- Fixed: Pro Tools quits unexpectedly when moving a plug-in window while closing it from a control surface (Item #99442)
If a plug-in window was closed from a control surface while the plug-in window was being dragged across the screen, Pro Tools would quit unexpectedly.

- Fixed: Opening a Session with an RTAS Version of Dynamics III Could Result in a Burst of Noise (Item #99562)
This problem was intermittent.

- Fixed: Track Color Coding Saturation Was Not Adjustable (Item #94474)
Functionality is now the same as in Pro Tools 7.3.x

- Fixed: RTAS Processor Selection in Playback Engine Dialog Was Greyed Out With Multi-Processor AMD-based Computers (Item #99545)
Note that this condition should only occur when HyperThreading is enabled on Intel-based computers

- Fixed: Opening a Session with an RTAS Version of Dynamics III Could Result in a Burst of Noise (Item #99562)
This problem was intermittent

- Fixed: Quantizing Grouped Elastic Audio Tracks Produces Some Inaccurate Transient Placement (Item #100013)
Transients could be placed either before or after grid lines

- Fixed: User Can Only Promote the Confidence of an Event Marker by Moving it (Item #100378)
Clicking on any Event marker will now raise its internal confidence rating to 100%, thus preventing the marker from being removed when the Event Sensitivity setting is lowered within the Elastic Properties window

- Fixed: Using Render or Commit With "Rhythmic" Algorithm Can Produce Artifacts at End of Files (Item #100420)
This would usually occur when using extreme amounts of stretching

- Fixed: Elastic Time Warp Markers Could Move After Quantizing (Item #100423)
Quantizing a selected area could cause markers outside that selection to move

- Fixed: Errors Resulting From Importing Certain Files Using Soundminer (Item #100028)
File names using an ellipsis (...) would cause the error, "Unable to create a new audio file on drive "xxx" for track "xxx" because I/O error (-36)."

- Fixed: Pro Tools May Crash While Setting Up MIDI When Administrator Account Name Contains a Non-English OS and/or a Non-ASCII Character (Item #100142)
Known to have occurred with Norwegian, Czech, Japanese and Korean Operating Systems

Requirements
Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4

Fixed: Pro Tools quits unexpectedly when moving a plug-in window while closing it from a control surface (Item #99442)
If a plug-in window was closed from a control surface while the plug-in window was being dragged across the screen, Pro Tools would quit unexpectedly.

Requirements
Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4

Elastic Audio for Real-Time and Rendered Time Compression and Expansion
- Elastic audio tracks:
Real-time
Rendered

- Optimized analysis and Time Compression and Expansion (TCE) algorithms for polyphonic, monophonic, and rhythmic material

- Varispeed resampling algorithm to link time and pitch changes

- Ability to automatically conform imported audio (AIFF, WAV, BWF, REX, and ACID files) from DigiBase or from the Desktop to local session tempo

- Ability to automatically conform audio to tempo changes on tick-based Elastic Audio tracks

- New Track Views:
Warp track view for detailed Elastic Audio editing
Analysis track view for advanced Elastic Audio analysis editing

- Elastic Properties window for audio regions on Elastic Audio-enabled tracks

- DigiBase support of Elastic Audio:
Ability to preview files in DigiBase browsers at the session tempo
Ability to preview audio in DigiBase browsers in tandem with session playback
Elastic Audio plug-in selector for preview and import
Create Elastic Audio Analysis command for batch analyzing files in DigiBase
Clear Elastic Audio Analysis command

- Ability to quantize audio

Miscellaneous Pro Tools Features and
Enhancements
- Playback Engine enhancements for Elastic Audio and sampler instrument plug-ins (such as Structure):
DAE Playback Buffer Size now includes values in milliseconds
Cache Size for determining amount of memory DAE allocates to pre-buffer audio for playback and looping when using Elastic Audio
Plug-in Streaming Buffer Size for determining amount of memory DAE allocates for sample playback with sampler plug-ins
"Optimize for Streaming Content" option for improved playback of sampler plug-in samples located on your audio drive

- Separate CPU (RTAS) and CPU (Elastic) meters in System Usage window

- New Editing preferences:
Changes to Fades Editing preference
New Warp/Notes Track View in Zoom Toggle section

- New Processing preferences:
Import REX Files as Region Groups preference and Automatically Create Fades option
Drag and Drop From Desktop Conforms to Session Tempo preferences
Elastic Audio options

- General session, track, and plug-in features:
Click menu command renamed to Click/Countoff
Event Menu commands renamed
Time Shift field (in Time Shift plug-in) renamed to Speed
Waveform height for new and imported tracks follows default waveform height setting
Save Session Copy In dialog updated with options to Limit Character Set and to not copy Elastic Audio Rendered Files
Missing Files dialog updated with option to Regenerate Missing Rendered Files Without Searching

- Miscellaneous DigiBase features:
Ability to toggle between Loop Preview and Normal Preview during file preview
Preview button Right-click menu for previewing files
Ability to preview one or both channels of
a split stereo file
Volume control for previewed files
Meter display and clip indicators for previewed files
Look Ahead typing for DigiBase searches

- Language compatibility features and enhancements:
Entry and display of any language characters supported in Unicode
Ability to search across multiple languages in DigiBase
New Display preference sets language for Pro Tools application, making it possible to run one language version on a different localized version of Windows
New "Default Auto-Naming to English (ASCII)" preference
New Text Encoding menu in Import Session Data dialog, for identifying language encoding of legacy sessions
Ability to choose language encoding used when saving session materials
Database information for all languages now stored in a single Unicode folder

- Editing improvements:
Beat Detective Enhanced Resolution general analysis algorithm (Pro Tools LE with Music Production Toolkit only)
Improved transient detection for Tab to Transients and Separate Region at Transients
Tab to Transients command keyboard shortcut

- MIDI improvements:
MIDI In to Pro Tools over ReWire

- LE interface enhancements:
On/off footswitch support (003, 003 Rack, Digi 002, Digi 002 Rack, and Mbox 2 Pro only)
Ability to punch in and out with footswitch added to Mbox 2 Pro

Miscellaneous Video Enhancements and Features

Avid Mojo SDI Support for Pro Tools LE with 003 or Mbox 2:

- Support for Avid Video

- Support for video features previously only supported by Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools LE with DV Toolkit 2:
Multiple video tracks in the Timeline
Multiple QuickTime movies on a single video track
- Multiple playlists for video tracks
- Multiple codecs on an individual video track
- Avid and QuickTime video track icons
- Ability to drag video files from the Region List to the Timeline
- Gaps Between Regions video import option, for indicating time between each imported video clip in a video track
- General video editing
- Video region groups


General Video-Related Improvements:

- Expanded video resolution support for Pro Tools with Avid Mojo, including all video resolutions previously supported by Pro Tools with Avid Mojo SDI and AVoption|V10

- Support for co-installation of Avid Xpress Pro 5.7.x with all versions of Pro Tools 7.4

- DigiTranslator support on Pro Tools M-Powered systems

- Support for Windows Media video created using the VC-1 Advanced Profile codec (Windows Vista only):
Import, playback, and general editing commands
Windows Media (VC-1 AP) track type icons on video tracks
Bounce to Windows Media (VC-1 AP) movie
Support for Windows Media (VC-1 AP) playback on dual monitors and/or to client monitor via DirectShow devices

- Fixed: In Some Circumstances, a Trim Edit Could Not Be Constrained (Item #94425)
The "constrain" command (Control+Trimmer) would not work under certain editing situations involving overlap/underlap.

- Fixed: Intermittent Corruption After Saving. Closing, and Then Reopening a Session, Regions Were Missing or in the Wrong Location on the Timeline (Item #85755)

- Fixed: Bouncing to QuickTime Movie Could Produce a File Where Audio and Video Were Out of Sync (Item #85906)

- Fixed: Performing "Undo Add Memory Location" or "Undo Edit Memory Location" Would Cause a Crash (Item #84814)

- Fixed: Intermittent Corruption After Saving. Closing, and Then Reopening a Session, Regions Were Missing or in the Wrong Location on the Timeline (Item #85755)

- Fixed: Bouncing to QuickTime Movie Could Produce a File Where Audio and Video Were Out of Sync (Item #85906)

- Fixed: Performing "Undo Add Memory Location" or "Undo Edit Memory Location" Would Cause a Crash (Item #84814)

Music Creation
- Dynamic Transport mode allows playback to
operate independently of the current selection
- Loop playback automatically updates to the
selection without manually stopping and starting
the transport
- Loop Trim tool allows you to easily turn audio or
MIDI regions into loops
- Create Click Track command and preference
- Key Signature ruler enables key signature
changes and transposition
- RTAS Engine error suppression options
- New DigiBase Loop Preview and Auto Preview
options

Editing & Mixing
- Add and reorder tracks; create, move, or copy
inserts and sends; and adjust I/O routing on the fl y
- Time Shift DigiRack plug-in delivers improved
time compression/expansion
- Drag and drop plug-in settings from the
DigiBase browser onto empty insert slots or
active plug-ins for instant plug-in opening and
setting recall
- Wide range of right-click contextual menus offers
fast access to commonly accessed parameters
- Real-time automation graphics
- Default EQ and dynamics plug-ins allow for
immediate access to commonly used plug-ins
- New preference automatically enables plug-ins
for automation when added to a track

Customization & Grouping
- Up to 99 Window Confi gurations to instantly recall
custom view arrangements
- Customizable Zoom Toggle lets you defi ne track
view and height when zooming
- Continuously variable track height allows tracks
to be instantly resized to any height
- Hide All Open Floating Windows command
- Easily insert and renumber memory locations
- Now 104 groups available
(4 banks of 26 group IDs)

Video
- Work with multiple QuickTime video clips,
tracks, and playlists*
- Edit QuickTime video as easily as audio*
- Create and group video regions*
- Support for additional HD QuickTime video
formats, including H.264, HDV, and DVCPRO 100
- Export of AAF sequences at HD frame rates*
- Import monophonic and polyphonic audio fi les
recorded by a fi eld recorder

- Fixed: Importing Files By Drag and Drop Could Prevent The Session From Being Saved (Item #80417)
MP3, MP4, WAV and AIFF were affected
A subsequent Save, Save As, Save A Copy or Auto-Backup would result in an assertion error
Note: this problem was inadvertently introduced in Pro Tools LE 7.1cs9

- Fixed - Standard Type 1 MIDI files, exported from Pro Tools 7.x, could not be read by some applications (item #71254)

- Fixed: Relink Problems When Using Mtools, Soundminer, or NetMix to import files (Item #81138)
Using "Automatically Copy on Import" created a duplicate file only when using Soundminer. Only the Pro Tools-created file (with an appended "2") was assigned a Unique ID.
No Unique ID was being added to files imported by Mtools or Netmix
The relink problems would occur when reopening the session

Requirements
Windows XP Professional or Home Edition

Not Supported:
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
- Windows XP Media Center Edition

Pro Tools M-Powered 7 is qualified with Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP1 not tested)

Pro Tools M-Powered 7 software can't be installed or used on systems running Windows 98, Me, 2000, NT, 95, or 3.1

compatible M-Audio Interface

- Additional M-Audio Interface Support
The following M-Audio interfaces are newly supported in Pro Tools M-Powered 7.1:
Fast Track Pro
JamLab

- Default Track Timebase when Creating New Tracks
When creating tracks with the New Track command, the Track Timebase (samples or ticks) will default to the timebase that was last used for the track type in the New Track dialog.
In addition, when creating new audio tracks with the Import > Audio to Track command or by dragging audio files into the timeline, the Track Timebase (samples or ticks) will default to the New Track dialog's last used timebase for audio tracks. Exceptions are tick-based file formats (such as ACID and REX files), which will default to ticks.

- Support for Co-Installation of Pro Tools LE and M-Powered on the Same Computer
Pro Tools LE 7.1 and Pro Tools M-Powered 7.1 can be installed on the same Digidesign-qualified computer.
Co-installation is only supported when Pro Tools LE and M-Powered have the exact same version number.

Requirements
Windows XP Professional or Home Edition

Not Supported:
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
- Windows XP Media Center Edition

Pro Tools M-Powered 7 is qualified with Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP1 not tested)

Pro Tools M-Powered 7 software can't be installed or used on systems running Windows 98, Me, 2000, NT, 95, or 3.1

compatible M-Audio Interface