Meeting Topic: Digidesign ProTools Version 8
Moderator Name: Sy Potma
Speaker Name: Jeff Komar, Digidesign
Meeting Location: Deluxe Postproduction (Sound by Deluxe), Toronto ON
The presentation was centered around the new features of the Pro Tools version 8 release.
A demonstration employed a Pro Tools HD3 Accel audio system on a Mac Pro synchronized with a Mac PowerBook running Pro Tools LE to display QuickTime HD video using the new Video Satellite LE software option. As well, a Pro Tools HD was locked up with an Avid Media Composer Nitris DX system using the new Video Satellite software option to view Avid HD or SD video in sync with the Pro Tools session, using a separate Windows-based computer.
New features of the Pro Tools version 8 software were demonstrated, relating to the operation of the D-Control and D-Command ICON consoles.
There are a number of other new features that were addressed. New interface, plug-ins, virtual instruments, scoring, track compositing, midi features, and editing & mixing capabilities.
Lastly, as a bonus, attendees viewed a preview of the video interview footage shot at the Toronto AES Seminar 2008. Entitled The Roots of Our Toronto Sound: Recollections and Reflections on the 40th Anniversary of the Toronto Section of the Audio Engineering Society, the DVD features interviews with the 28 panelists and guests of the seminar.
