Checking for software updates, Music production toolkit 2 – M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio User Manual

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Music Production Toolkit 2

(Pro Tools LE and Pro Tools M-Powered Only)

Pro Tools Features

Music Production Toolkit 2 enables the follow-
ing features in Pro Tools LE and M-Powered:

• Session and track features:

• Up to 64 audio tracks of simultaneous play-

back or recording, mono or stereo

• Ability to use QuickPunch simultaneously

on up to 32 tracks at 48 kHz and up to 24
tracks at 96 kHz

• MP3 export option (for bounce recording

or exporting a region as an MP3 file)

• Beat Detective features:

• Ability to apply Beat Detective across mul-

tiple tracks

• Collection Mode

Additional Software

Music Production Toolkit 2 includes additional
software for working with Pro Tools:

Eleven LE Plug-in

For use as a guitar amp and

speaker emulation.

Hybrid Synthesizer Plug-in

For use as a virtual in-

strument in your Pro Tools sessions.

Smack! LE Compressor Plug-in

For applying

compression to your audio.

Structure LE Plug-in

For use as a virtual instru-

ment in your Pro Tools sessions.

TL Space Native Convolution Reverb Plug-in

For

applying convolution reverb to your audio.

Checking For Software
Updates

Pro Tools can check for Pro Tools application
and Digidesign plug-in updates, either automat-
ically or manually. An internet connection is re-
quired to be able to check for updates. Approxi-
mately every two weeks, Pro Tools checks online
for any available application and plug-in up-
dates.

If updates are available for Pro Tools or any
plug-ins, Pro Tools reports what updates (if any)
are available and how important the updates are
for your system. You can visit the Digidesign
website to locate, download, and install the
appropriate updates for your Pro Tools system.

To manually check for updates:

1

Ensure that your internet connection is func-

tioning properly.

2

Launch Pro Tools.

3

Choose Help > Check For Updates, and a

progress dialog appears.

4

Depending on whether or not any updates are

available, do one of the following:

• If no updates are available, click OK.

– or –

• If updates are available, do one of the follow-

ing:

• Click Details to launch your web browser

and see what updates are available for
download.

• Click Not Now if you do not want to review

or download updates until later.

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