Overview:

Avid Pro Tools|HD Native takes full advantage of today's high-power computers by offering you all of the top features of Pro Tools HD (minus the DSP acceleration) at an incredible low price. Pro Tools|HD Native gives you blazing fast I/O, near-zero latency, automatic delay compensation, and full integration with Avid's HD line of interfaces, leaving your CPU to handle plug-ins and mixing. If you're budget minded but still demand results from your DAW, have one of these high-power computers, and prefer to track with outboard signal processors (rather than plug-ins), then Pro Tools|HD Native is perfect for you.

The Pro Tools HD Native with HD OMNI Interface Bundle from Avid is a music and post-production core 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 Native Core PCIe Interface Card:

  • Compatible with Avid Pro Tools HD DAW software
  • Supports Core Audio and ASIO applications
  • 2 x DigiLink Mini ports interface with Avid HD interfaces including HD I/O, HD Omni I/O, HD MADI I/O, 192 I/O, and 96 I/O
  • Serial port interfaces with SYNC HD
  • Provides 64 channels of I/O with under 1.7ms latency
  • Includes Pro Tools|HD DAW and bundled plug-in software
  • Supports full HD feature set including:
  • Compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 and Windows 7 or later
  • 192 audio tracks, 128 busses
  • Auto delay compensation on hardware and software inserts
  • VCA Mixing
  • Solo Bus AFL/PFL
  • Input Monitoring
  • Destructive/TrackPunch
  • Machine Control support (requires Machine Control option)
  • ICON Support
  • Advanced audio and video editing

The HD OMNI digital audio interface features two microphone preamps and can be used to record high-quality instrument and vocal performances, while providing dedicated cue mixes for artists, and monitoring their performance through a discrete mix. No need for multiple interfaces. Everything can be done within the single-space rack HD OMNI.

Avid HD OMNI Audio Interface:

  • 8-in/8-out project audio interface
  • 2 x digitally controlled Mic/Line/DI preamps
  • 2 x additional line inputs
  • Flexible analog and digital I/O
  • Same flagship converters as HD I/O
  • Persistent surround monitoring
  • Fold-down to any monitor format
  • 14x26 channel mixer
  • New Curv analog soft knee limiter
  • Pristine audio clarity and ultra low latency through state-of-the-art A/D and D/A conversion
  • High-quality, low-noise analog I/O: 2 premium, digitally-controlled mic/DI preamps, 4 line inputs, 8 line outputs, with true analog gain
  • Versatile digital I/O, with sample rate conversion on all inputs: 8 channels of ADAT I/O (supports S/MUX II and IV), 2x8 channels of AES/EBU I/O, 2 channels of S/PDIF I/O
  • Route audio independently from Pro Tools with the persistent 14 x 26 pass-through mixer
  • Completely integrates with Pro Tools|HD Native for full routing, mixing, and monitoring control
  • Track hotter signals and smooth out sounds with Curv, a new built-in soft-knee limiter
  • Hear your mixes in however many channels you need, from stereo to 7.1 surround
  • Improve communication while tracking with dedicated cue path
  • Keep things in sync with dedicated Word Clock and Loop Sync I/O
  • Compact 1U rack-mountable chassis