Overview:
The Pro Tools HD Native Thunderbolt Interface and HD I/O 8x8x8 Analog Audio 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 2U rack-mountable HD I/O 8x8x8 Analog interface provides eight analog inputs and outputs, with an additional 8 channels of AES/EBU I/O, or 8 channels of TDIF I/O, or 8 channels of ADAT Lightpipe. Only one digital format can be used at a time. Sample rate conversion is available on the digital card and a single card slot is available for further expansion. Together, the Native Thunderbolt Interface and audio interface provide all the benefits of the company's HD and HDX systems, without the upfront cost and the need for multiple PCI slot computers.
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 I/O 8x8x8 Analog Interface
- 8 input / 8 output analog audio interface with full Pro Tools HD integration for complete input, output and routing control
- 8 channels of AES/EBU I/O in addition to the 2 fixed channels of AES/EBU available on the chassis
- Stereo AES/EBU, stereo S/PDIF and 8 channels of ADAT digital I/O with built-in sample rate conversion
- Pristine audio clarity and ultra low latency through state-of-the-art analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversion, premium analog circuitry, and meticulous attention to design
- Open card slot for additional customization
- Track hotter signals and smooth out sounds with Curv, a built-in soft-knee limiter
- Dedicated Wordclock and Loop Sync I/O
- Thirty-two, 4-segment metering LEDs for accurate level monitoring
- Robust 2U rack-mountable chassis
- Connects to Pro Tools HD through a DigiLink Mini connection (cable and adaptor included)
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
- Tri
- Vari-Fi speed shifter
Specifications:
- Converters......................24-bit
Sample Rates
- 44.1 kHz
- 48 kHz
- 88.2 kHz
- 96 kHz
- 176.4 kHz
- 192 kHz
Analog In..........................2 x 25-pin D-Sub (16 inputs)
Analog Outputs................1 x 25-pin D-Sub (16 outputs)
Digital Input Connectors
- 1 x 25-pin D-Sub AES/EBU 8 channels shared with output (supports AES Single-Wire 192 kHz)
- 1 x 25-pin D-Sub TDIF 8 channels shared with output
- 1 x Lightpipe ADAT optical
- 1 x XLR AES/EBU (2 channels)
- 1 x Lightpipe 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 shared with input (supports AES Single-Wire 192 kHz)
- 1 x 25-pin D-Sub TDIF 8 channels shared with input
- 1 x Lightpipe ADAT optical
- 1 x XLR AES/EBU (2 channels)
- 1 x Lightpipe 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
Headphone Output........................No
THD + N
- ADC:......................... -114 dB (0.0002%)
- DAC: ...............................-110 dB (0.00032%)
- Dynamic Range ADC: ..........-122 dB
- DAC:................................ -125 dB
Frequency Response
- ADC:............. 20 Hz to 20 kHz, +/-0.03 dB
- DAC:................. 20 Hz to 20 kHz, +/-0.15 dB
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)..................2U rack-mountable chassis
Weight ................................24 lb (10.89 kg)
Specialties
- Curv and Soft Clip processing
- Single expansion bay available