Digidesign's Pro Tools LE 7 continues to set the recording industry standard for professional low-cost, high-quality audio and MIDI production with software that produces projects fully compatible with Pro Tools HD studio systems. Combined with a variety of new hardware options from Digidesign like the 002, Mbox or compatible M-Audio devices, Pro Tools LE 7 (and Pro Tools M-Powered) is the ideal creative music production tool. This easy-to-use beginning guide to Pro Tools is designed to take you through a full, entry-level session showing you everything you need to know to take your song from start to finish using the hardware and software components of the system. You'll learn all the basic features for recording audio and MIDI, applying effects, editing automation and mixing down your tracks. You'll even learn how to open your projects up to the expansive world of VST plug-ins from third party developers that you can use right alongside your Pro Tools RTAS effects and instruments. 10