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This means that the price of the cheapest available bundle, consisting of Thunderbolt interface, Pro Tools 10 software and compatible HD OMNI audio interface, comes out at a whopping $4999USD (around £3300GBP). As it is, you can only buy them as part of a bundle – the new ‘interfaces’ do not have any audio in or out connections themselves, they’re just bridging devices, a means of utilising the speed of the data throughput of the Thunderbolt port on current computers, in preference to latency-prone USB and FireWire ports. Pro Tools 10.3 is available for registered users to download from here.Īvid, creators of the legendary Pro Tools audio recording, editing and mixing system, last week furthered their quest to eliminate the inherent latency of typical USB and FireWire audio interfaces by announcing a pair of new Pro Tools HD Native interfaces that take advantage of the ultra high-speed Thunderbolt connection standard found on the current crop of computers.ĭon’t get too excited though, because even if you were able to purchase one of the new Thunderbolt interfaces, which come in either desktop box or PCIe core card format, as a single item, you’d still need to purchase an additional Pro Tools HD I/O audio interface to hook it up to.

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In other words, if your Mac Pro dates from earlier than March 2009, you’re outta luck.Īnother caveat is that Pro Tools non-HD device drivers (such as drivers for M-Audio FireWire interfaces, Mbox 2, Mbox 2 Micro, Mbox 2 Mini, Mbox 2 Pro, & Pro Tools Mbox Mini) are not yet officially supported with Mountain Lion.

The website also mentions that, although this version of Pro Tools is now qualified for Mountain Lion, if you own a Mac Pro, it’s only officially supported on computers with Nehalem processors onwards.

MBOX MINI PRO TOOLS RECORDING PACKAGE MAC OS X

Pro Tools|HD Accel systems on Mac OS X 10.6.7 – 10.8 or Windows 7 SP1 Pro Tools|HD Native Thunderbolt systems on Mac OS X 10.7.4 – 10.8 or Windows 7 SP1

Pro Tools|HD Native systems on Mac OS X 10.6.7 – 10.8 or Windows 7 SP1 Pro Tools|HDX systems on Mac OS X 10.7 – 10.8 or Windows 7 SP1

Pro Tools systems on Mac OS X 10.6.7 – 10.8 or Windows 7 SP1 Pro Tools Version 10.3 is an officially qualified and recommended installer for: Avid have officially released Pro Tools version 10.3, which adds support both for OS X Mountain Lion and the newly-announced HD Native Thunderbolt interfaces, discussed in the earlier post below.

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