Overview:
The Pro Tools HD Native Thunderbolt Interface and 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 and HDX systems deliver both card based and computer based DSP but with an incremental increase in cost. With the Pro Tools HD Native system, a single PCI card handles the mixing and routing duties, with the rest of the DSP processing handled by the computer. Now Avid has taken the card and housed it in a Thunderbolt equipped chassis for enhanced portability when paired with a Thunderbolt equipped laptop computer
- Pro Tools software has been the industry-standard digital audio production platform for years. Pro Tools HD 10 software tightly integrates the HD Native hardware and computer together as one, delivering performance and reliability, even with large mixes. It includes all the tools, advanced workflows, virtual instruments, and plug-ins needed to compose, record, edit, and mix music and/or sound for picture.
- The HD OMNI interface can be used to record instrument and vocal performances, while providing dedicated cue mixes for artists and monitoring their performance through a discrete mix. Overdub and Foley recording capabilities are available for post production, in addition to creating monitor mixes with up to 7.1 channels. 7.1 mixes can be folded down to almost any channel configuration subset required.
For those occasions when the Pro Tools software doesn't need to be launched, or the computer turned on, the interface features a built-in, customizable, 14-input monitor mixer, allowing for the continued monitoring of external sources, such as keyboards, drum machines, and digital music players.
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 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)
- Take hands-on control over your mixes using Artist Series or Avid Pro Mixing consoles and control surfaces
- Get total flexibility-work with Mac or Windows, Pro Tools HD or third-party software, and more
HD OMNI
- 24-bit analog-to-digital (A/D) and digital-to-analog (D/A) converters, with support for sample rates up to 192 kHz
- Two high-quality microphone/DI preamps
- Two XLR and 1/4-inch TRS front panel combo inputs for microphone and instrument level input
- Two XLR back panel microphone inputs
- Two 1/4" TRS Send and two 1/4" TRS Return jacks for hardware inserts on channels 1 and 2 (back-panel)
- Four analog 1/4" TRS line level back panel inputs (channels 1-4)
- Soft Clip and Curv limiting circuits to protect against clipping on analog input
- Eight channels of analog output using a DB-25 breakout cable (sold separately) with variable output gain
- Two channels of analog output using 1/4" TRS jacks (mirrors channels 1-2 or 7-8 on DB-25 connector)
- Front panel stereo 1/4" headphone jack
- Route audio independently from Pro Tools with the 14-input persistent monitor mixer
- Eight channels of AES/EBU output (up to 192 kHz Single Wire) using a DB-25 breakout cable (sold separately)
- Two channels of AES/EBU XLR input (up to 192kHz Single Wire)
- Two channels of S/PDIF RCA input and output (up to 192kHz)
- Eight channels of ADAT TOSLink input and output
- Support for ADAT S/MUX optical for sample rates of 88.2, 96, 176.4 and 192 kHz
- Support for two channels of S/PDIF optical with sample rates of up to 96 kHz
- Real-time sample rate conversion (SRC) on digital Inputs 1-2 of either AES/EBU, S/PDIF, or optical S/PDIF
- Additional stereo "CUE" output path in Pro Tools for headphone monitoring from the front panel headphone jack
- Front panel Control Room (MAIN/ALT) and headphone monitoring volume control
- Flexible monitoring with fold-down from all stereo and surround formats (up to 7.1 surround)
- Input mixer for low latency direct monitoring of a variety of incoming signals (configured in the Pro Tools Hardware Setup)
- Loop Sync input and output for connecting additional Pro Tools HD interfaces and peripherals
- External Clock input and output for synchronizing HD OMNI with external Wordclock devices
Pro Tools HD Software
- Virtual Instruments and Audio Content
- Big Fish Audio 8GB sound library
- Boom drum machine and sequencer
- DB-33 tonewheel organ emulator with rotating speaker simulation
- Mini Grand acoustic grand piano
- Vacuum monophonic vacuum tube synthesizer
- Xpand!2 multi-timbral synthesizer and sample workstation
Sound-Processing, Effects and Utility Plug-Ins
- 1-Band EQ III
- 4-Band EQ III
- 7-Band EQ III
- AIR Chorus
- AIR Distortion
- AIR Dynamic Delay
- AIR Enhancer
- AIR Ensemble
- AIR Filter Gate
- AIR Flanger
- AIR Frequency Shifter
- AIR FuzzWah
- AIR KillEQ
- AIR Lo-Fi
- AIR MultiChorus
- AIR Multi-Delay
- AIR Nonlinear Reverb
- AIR Phaser
- AIR Reverb
- AIR Spring Reverb
- AIR StereoWidth
- AIR Talkbox
- AIR Vintage Filter
- BF76 Compressor 1176 emulator
- BF Essential Clip Remover
- BF Essential Correlation Meter phase fixer
- BF Essential Meter Bridge VU metering
- BF Essential Noise Meter
- Chorus
- Click
- Compressor/Limiter
- D-Verb reverb and ambience
- DC Offset Removal
- De-Esser
- Delay
- DigiReWire
- Dither
- Down Mixer (5.1 to stereo fold down)
- Duplicate
- Eleven Free (guitar amplifier emulator based on Eleven)
- Expander/Gate
- Extra Long Delay II
- Flanger
- Gain
- Invert
- Lo-Fi retro processing
- Long Delay II
- Maxim sound maximizer
- Medium Delay II
- Mod Delay III
- Multi-Tap Delay
- Normalize
- Ping-Pong Delay
- Pitch
- Pitch Shift
- POWr Dither
- Recti-Fi harmonic synthesis
- Reverse
- SansAmp tube amp simulator
- Sci-Fi ring modulator
- Signal Generator
- Short Delay II
- Slap Delay II
- Time Compression Expansion
- Time Shift time/pitch stretching
- TL AutoPan panning effects
- TL InTune digital tuner
- TL MasterMeter oversampling meter
- TL Metro versatile metronome
- Trim
- Vari-Fi speed shifter
Specifications:
- Converters................24-bit
Sample Rates
- 44.1 kHz
- 48, 88.2 kHz
- 96 kHz
- 176.4 kHz
- 192 kHz
Analog In
- 2 x XLR/TRS combi Microphone/Line (front panel)
- 2 x XLR Microphone (rear panel)
- 4 x 1/4" TRS phone Line (rear panel)
- 2 x 1/4" TRS phone Return (rear panel)
Analog Outputs
- 1 x 25-pin D-Sub (outputs 1-8)
- 2 x 1/4" TRS phone AUX
- 2 x 1/4" TRS phone Send
- 1 x 1/4" TRS phone Headphone
Digital Input Connectors
- 1 x XLR AES/EBU (supports AES Single-Wire 192 kHz)
- 1 x TOSLink ADAT optical (also functions in 2-channel optical S/PDIF mode)
- 1 x RCA coaxial S/PDIF
Digital Output Connectors
- 1 x 25-pin D-Sub AES/EBU 8 channels (supports AES Single-Wire 192 kHz)
- 1 x TOSLink ADAT optical (also functions in 2-channel optical S/PDIF mode)
- 1 x RCA coaxial S/PDIF
Other Connectors
- 2 x BNC Wordclock I/O
- 2 x BNC Loop Sync I/O
- 2 x DigiLink Mini Ports
- 1 x 9-pin Expansion Port
MIDI In/Out...................No
Microphone Inputs
- Frequency Response.........: 20 Hz to 20 kHz (+/-0.05 dB)
- Gain Range:............. 65 dB
- EIN:..................... -128 dB
- THD+N:.................... -107 dB (0.00045%)
- CMRR:................. -93 dB
Line Inputs
- Frequency Response:............. 20 Hz to 20 kHz (+/-0.03 dB)
- Dynamic Range: ...........118 dB (A-weighted)
- THD+N:..................... -111 dB (0.00028%)
Line Outputs
- Frequency Response: 20 Hz to 20 kHz (+/-0.03 dB)
- Dynamic Range: 120 dB (A-weighted)
- THD+N: -108 dB (0.00039%)
- Line Output Level /Trim: +10 dBu or +24 dBu/-40 dB to + (0.1 dB steps)
Headphone Outputs
- Frequency Response: 20 Hz to 20 kHz(+/-0.03 dB)
- Dynamic Range: 118 dB (A-weighted)
- THD+N: -107 dB (0.00045%)
Power Requirements
- 100/240V
- 50/60 Hz
- internal power supply
Minimum System Requirements
Mac
- Thunderbolt equipped computer
- Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33 GHz processor or faster
- Mac OS X Lion 32- or 64-bit
- 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended)
- NVIDIA Quadro FX family (FX 560 or higher recommended) graphics card
- Minimum 80 GB 7200 RPM hard disk internal hard drive
- One or more hard disk drives dedicated for audio record and playback
- USB port for iLok authorization
PC
- Thunderbolt equipped computer
- Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33 GHz processor or faster
- Windows 7 Professional SP1 (64-bit)
- 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended)
- NVIDIA Quadro FX family (FX 560 or higher recommended) graphics card
- Minimum 80 GB 7200 RPM hard disk internal hard drive
- One or more hard disk drives dedicated for audio record and playback
- USB port for iLok authorization
Dimensions (WxDxH) ...............1U rack-mountable chassis
Weight ............................16 lb (7.26 kg)
Specialties
- Curv and Soft Clip processing
- 14 input channels to 2 multi-channel monitoring paths, each with its own fold-down configuration
- Monitoring Formats: 7.1, 7.0, 6.1, 6.0, 5.1, 5.0, QUAD, LCRS, LCR, 2.1, Stereo, Mono