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Product OverviewPowered by the same technology behind many of today’s greatest hits, Avid® Recording Studio instantly transforms your Mac or PC into a full-featured studio. Capture guitars, instruments, and vocals in pristine, 24-bit/48 kHz quality with the included Pro Tools® SE recording software and M-Audio® Fast Track® audio interface. Then fatten your guitar sound, deepen the groove, and get clean, pristine tones with Pro Tools SE. You can also add backing tracks with loops from the huge included library, then polish your songs and share them with the world. Avid Recording Studio makes it easy to create stunning audio projects—even if you’ve never recorded before.
Make music in minutes
With integrated learning and creation tools, Pro Tools® SE makes it easy to start creating all styles of music—from hip-hop and electronic, to pop, funk, jazz, rock, and blues. There’s a wide array of music creation templates and a huge (3 GB!) audio loop library so you can play along with drum grooves or add your own percussion, bass and instrument lines
Record Guitar, Vocals, and more
The included Fast Track® audio interface delivers the same M-Audio® technology used by the pros, giving you far better sound than most standard-issue PC audio cards. Just plug it into your computer’s USB port, connect speakers or headphones, and start making music. You can connect a microphone and guitar to record both simultaneously, and much more. Go ahead—free your inner rock star.
Over 100 virtual instruments
After you record your own tracks, you can use the included “virtual” instruments to add even more depth and variety to your music. Pro Tools SE features over 100 studio-quality virtual instruments—from piano, organ, and synth, to guitars, bass, strings, and percussion—so you can create complete songs without a band.
Effects galore
Pro Tools SE turns your computer into a full-featured recording studio, complete with powerful effects to mix your tracks together. Make professional-sounding mixes by applying reverb, delay, EQ, compression, chorus, flanger, and many others. Pro Tools SE also delivers classic guitar amp and distortion effects to create great guitar sounds—without a noisy amplifier.
Ready for the future
If you want even more tracks, effects, virtual instruments, and loops in the future, the Producer USB microphone is also compatible with Pro Tools® M-Powered™ software—the same recording software used by studio professionals around the world.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
I bought this item predominantly for the USB interface, rather than the included ProTools software. I can only say that I'm over the moon with both.
I needed the interface as the 3.5mm input on my laptop was not of a sufficient quality to record anything. The 24-bit output from this output is clear and easy to control; many people have complained that the lack of volume levels on the device itself can be a problem, but these are present in the ProTools sofware, and the box does have a clip LED by both inputs so you can turn down the gain to retain quality of sound. The box itself looks and feels great - the device is robust and all the vol/gain knobs rotate smoothly and securely.
If you are a hobbyist, you may not own a pair of headphones with a 6.5mm jack. To use the Direct audio monitor (which you can't really do without), you will need either 6.5mm jack headphones (from £15 ish) or a 6.5mm to 3.5 mm converter (from 60p).
The included software 'Protools SE 8' is easy to use and is great for MIDI conversion, loops and whatnot. Of course, the limitation of up to two recording tracks and 18 tracks altogether in ProTools is slightly restrictive, but this is most likely to be sufficient for a hobbyist, although the restrictions on MIDI channels can be a slight problem for heavily scored music. There is, however, plenty of cheap software which is excellent for working with such files, such as PistonSoft's Direct MIDI to MP3 converter. If the track restrictions do bother you, you can still use software such as Audacity and Mixcraft to record with the same outstanding quality. The only other problem I'm experiencing with the SE of ProTools is that it won't let you export as an mp3 unless you pay then £10 for an add-in that enables this, even though it's the most basic of functions in modern audio software, so don't be fooled. Of course, you can convert a wav (which is the only option unless you're willing to cash in on the add-in/full version) with any file converter.
Many reviews on the web also mention an error message that pops up saying "The data is invalid". On Avid's website, they say that this is a hardware-based error which used to affect 5% of units, preventing them from functioning at all which they have supposedly rectified. I can assure you that it is not a error with the hardware as the box first appeared at the end of the anti-piracy software installation, before I'd plugged the device in. I'm on Windows 7 64-bit and the message now appears whenever I boot up my computer, suggesting that it's more a bug in the driver. This is a little annoying, but affects neither the function of my laptop or the device in any way.
I needed the interface as the 3.5mm input on my laptop was not of a sufficient quality to record anything. The 24-bit output from this output is clear and easy to control; many people have complained that the lack of volume levels on the device itself can be a problem, but these are present in the ProTools sofware, and the box does have a clip LED by both inputs so you can turn down the gain to retain quality of sound. The box itself looks and feels great - the device is robust and all the vol/gain knobs rotate smoothly and securely.
If you are a hobbyist, you may not own a pair of headphones with a 6.5mm jack. To use the Direct audio monitor (which you can't really do without), you will need either 6.5mm jack headphones (from £15 ish) or a 6.5mm to 3.5 mm converter (from 60p).
The included software 'Protools SE 8' is easy to use and is great for MIDI conversion, loops and whatnot. Of course, the limitation of up to two recording tracks and 18 tracks altogether in ProTools is slightly restrictive, but this is most likely to be sufficient for a hobbyist, although the restrictions on MIDI channels can be a slight problem for heavily scored music. There is, however, plenty of cheap software which is excellent for working with such files, such as PistonSoft's Direct MIDI to MP3 converter. If the track restrictions do bother you, you can still use software such as Audacity and Mixcraft to record with the same outstanding quality. The only other problem I'm experiencing with the SE of ProTools is that it won't let you export as an mp3 unless you pay then £10 for an add-in that enables this, even though it's the most basic of functions in modern audio software, so don't be fooled. Of course, you can convert a wav (which is the only option unless you're willing to cash in on the add-in/full version) with any file converter.
Many reviews on the web also mention an error message that pops up saying "The data is invalid". On Avid's website, they say that this is a hardware-based error which used to affect 5% of units, preventing them from functioning at all which they have supposedly rectified. I can assure you that it is not a error with the hardware as the box first appeared at the end of the anti-piracy software installation, before I'd plugged the device in. I'm on Windows 7 64-bit and the message now appears whenever I boot up my computer, suggesting that it's more a bug in the driver. This is a little annoying, but affects neither the function of my laptop or the device in any way.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
This item was much more expensive in the Apple store so I am glad I found it on Amazon. I ordered it to use with GarageBand and now Logic, and so far I am happy with it (I have not tried the software that came with it at all). I do find the guitar a wee bit crackly through it but adjusting the gain level largely addressed this problem. One thing to note is that when using it with a Mac, you need to ensure that your Mac automatically assigns it in your systems settings as the current In/Out device for audio, and you also need to manually select the channel you wish to use it with in your software before it'll actually start working. Instructions for these are a Google search away, useful as they're not included in the manual that came with the device!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
****GR8 VALUE FOR MONEY****
EASY TO USE.
WARNING:
Look at the specification of your laptop or pc before buying as older models may not be fast enough to run the free recording program.
My laptop was a few years old so did not meet the criterion on the speed.
Please pass me a tissue...or a new laptop wil do nicely!
As a sound generator for virtual instruments its excellent and when used on laptops though a PA Live it's EXCELLENT!
JUST REMEMBER TO REMOVE THE PC POWER SUPPLY TO PREVENT HUMMING on the PA.)
AS USED BY ROKAFELLAUK
Neil Watts - Keyboard Player in the above group
EASY TO USE.
WARNING:
Look at the specification of your laptop or pc before buying as older models may not be fast enough to run the free recording program.
My laptop was a few years old so did not meet the criterion on the speed.
Please pass me a tissue...or a new laptop wil do nicely!
As a sound generator for virtual instruments its excellent and when used on laptops though a PA Live it's EXCELLENT!
JUST REMEMBER TO REMOVE THE PC POWER SUPPLY TO PREVENT HUMMING on the PA.)
AS USED BY ROKAFELLAUK
Neil Watts - Keyboard Player in the above group
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Great (guitar) recorder - "so-so" software.
I've recorded my own music for many years (I'm now in my 60s) and have used many methods over those years. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Aremess
WHITE NOISE PROBLEMS
Anybody got any problems with white noise and random clicks/distortion using the SE. I'm using Windows XP. just got it the other day. trying to find a solution. Driving me nuts. Read more
Published 9 months ago by TAM MUNNI
Check your OS
Technical spec says Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP3 or later
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Published 10 months ago by Rob
disappointing software
Avid recording unit works a dream for an interface unit shame about the software, Unfortunately will not work on my windows xp apparently the processor is not supported so using... Read more
Published 14 months ago by guitarman
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