Download DigiDesign DigiRack Plug-ins Specifications

chapter 1
Introduction
Plug-ins are special-purpose software components that provide additional signal processing
and other functionality to Pro Tools®.
The DigiRack™ plug-ins included with
Pro Tools provide a comprehensive suite of digital signal processing effects that include EQ, dynamics, delay, and other essential functions.
References to Pro Tools LE™ in this guide
are usually interchangeable with Pro Tools
M-Powered™ or Pro Tools Academic™, except as noted in the Pro Tools M-Powered
and Academic Getting Started Guides.
Plug-in Formats
There are four plug-in formats used in Pro Tools:
• TDM plug-ins (real-time, DSP-based)
TDM Plug-ins
(Pro Tools HD Only)
TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) plug-ins
function as track inserts, are applied to audio
during playback, and process audio non-destructively in real time. TDM plug-ins are designed for use with Pro Tools HD software on
Pro Tools|HD® systems, and rely on the processing power of Digidesign DSP cards.
The number and variety of TDM plug-ins that
you can use simultaneously in a session are limited only by the amount of DSP available. You
can increase available DSP by installing additional DSP cards (such as HD Core, HD Accel, or
HD Process cards) in your computer. This
power-on-demand aspect is a significant advantage of Pro Tools|HD systems.
• RTAS® plug-ins (real-time, host-based)
• AudioSuite™ plug-ins (non-real-time, filebased processing)
• Elastic Audio plug-ins (both real-time and
non-real time, host-based Time Compression and Expansion)
Chapter 1: Introduction
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