New Loop Features

The new Dynamic Transport mode allows you to start playback anywhere in the timeline without affecting the current selection by simply placing a Play Start marker. You can also edit and move loop selections independently of the Play Start marker, all without manually stopping the transport. Loop playback also automatically updates to the selection without having to manually stop and start the transport. With the new Loop Trim tool, you can instantly turn any audio or MIDI region into a loop. And auditioning audio files is easier than ever: The new Loop Preview mode lets you quickly audition a selected REX or ACID file in the DigiBase™ browser, while Auto Preview mode allows you to audition single or multiple files automatically when selected.

Compose Music Easier

Creating music in Pro Tools M-Powered ™ software has never been easier or more efficient, letting you concentrate on what matters most—your music.

New Music Tools

The new Create Click Track command quickly creates an auxiliary click track with the DigiRack™ Click plug-in already inserted with its own volume control. You can also set a preference to create a click track whenever you create a new session. The new Send to Sibelius command bridges Pro Tools and Sibelius notation software (sold separately), allowing you to export Pro Tools MIDI and Instrument tracks — complete with key changes—to Sibelius. And the new Key Signature ruler allows you to easily add, edit, move and delete key signatures in your sessions. Add a key signature to define the key of a composition; edit it to change sessions or passages to another key. You can specify the mode (major or minor), transpose MIDI pitches diatonically or chromatically and even constrain pitches to a key.

Improved MIDI Recording

Pro Tools M-Powered 7.3 software introduces several new functions and improvements to enhance your MIDI-recording process. MIDI regions are now always created on bar boundaries to help with looping and arrangement. And you can now click on the keyboard in MIDI and Instrument tracks to quickly select all of the same-pitched notes of your performance. What's more, with the new RTAS® Engine error suppression options, you can be sure that Pro Tools will keep moving along with your creativity—even when your system approaches its processing limits.

Edit and Mix Faster

Pro Tools M-Powered 7.3 software comes packed with plenty of new tools and enhancements that'll have you working smarter and faster than ever.

Dynamic Mixing

Forget about having to manually stop and start the transport to make changes to your mix configuration—you can now make many common changes on the fly. Go ahead, add or remove tracks; add, remove or copy inserts and sends; change a track's I/O routing; re-order tracks; and make other changes without having to manually stop playback.

Faster Workflow

New right-click functionality allows you to quickly perform common tasks by simply choosing a command from a shortcut menu. The Open Recent menu enables you to quickly open any of your last ten sessions—there's also a direct shortcut to your most recently opened session for even more convenience. You can also set your favorite EQ and dynamics processor as defaults, giving you fast access to these commonly used tools. The DigiBase browser now displays plug-in settings, enabling you to search them by name or manufacturer. You can also drag and drop plug-in settings from the browser onto empty inserts to add the corresponding plug-in or drop a plug-in settings file onto a plug-in to load the setting. Pro Tools M-Powered 7.3 software even lets you to easily insert and renumber memory locations.

Field Recorder Support

You can now import monophonic and polyphonic WAV files and metadata recorded by a field recorder into Pro Tools M-Powered and view its multi-channel metadata in new columns in the DigiBase browser, including the bit-depth, clip name, number of channels, duration, format and more.

Automation Enhancements

Automation data now displays in real time while it's being written, letting you actually see how you're affecting a track. The way in which Pro Tools M-Powered indicates a track's automation writing status has also been improved, allowing you to clearly see which parameter is being written, along with which parameters are write-enabled or not. You can also set Pro Tools M-Powered to automatically enable all parameters of a plug-in for automation when you add the plug-in to your mix.

New Time Shift Plug-in

When you need to edit your work to fit an exact timeframe, the new DigiRack Time Shift plug-in employs some of the best-sounding algorithms in the industry for powerful time stretching and pitch shifting. Excellent for resizing loops in music production, Time Shift also offers presets for common pull-up and pull-down operations, making it an essential, easy-to-use tool in post-production applications.

Work the Way You Want

With new user-customizable features and enhancements, Pro Tools M-Powered 7.3 software lets you work the way you want to work with the utmost efficiency.

Save Your Views

Save up to 99 of your favorite window views with the new Window Configurations feature (aka “screen sets”), which allows you to have all of the right windows—in your chosen size, location and order—at your fingertips for the project at hand. Save a set of open windows to handle just your recording needs. Create another that allows you to mix audio unencumbered. Have all of the necessary windows ready for your post production projects. Or even tailor Window Configurations on a per-project basis. And if you want to temporarily hide all floating windows and then bring them back exactly as they were, the new Hide All Open Floating Windows command will do just that.

New Group Features

With Pro Tools M-Powered 7.3 software, you now have a total of 104 Mix and Edit groups available at your disposal. In addition, a new group dialog and commands allow you to create, modify, duplicate and delete groups quickly and easily.

Customize Zoom Toggle and Track Heights

With the new Zoom Toggle preference, you can specify the track height, track view and Edit grid resolution when zooming. Track height is now continuously variable, allowing you to quickly adjust a track's height by simply clicking and dragging. In addition, the Track Height pop-up menu includes two new options: Micro lets you see more tracks simultaneously, while the Fit to Window option expands the track to fill your entire screen so you can better view and edit a selection.

Work with Video

Pro Tools M-Powered 7.3 software adds a variety of features for working with video projects, including support for HD QuickTime formats such as H.264, HDV and DVCPRO 100. A Video Engine Rate indicator now displays video frame rates, and DigiBase browsers let you search and sort video clips by compression type and other useful metadata.