Avid Technology Xpand!, Manual

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Chapter 1: Introduction 1
chapter 1
Introduction
Welcome to the Xpand!™ virtual workstation
plug-in.
Xpand! is a plug-in instrument that is developed
with the musician, arranger, composer and mu-
sic producer in mind—a sonic powerhouse,
which features a thousand high-quality factory
sounds, suitable for any music genre. Its intui-
tive interface allows users, no matter their level
of sound-designing skill, to quickly create or ad-
just sounds to their needs in virtually no time.
The Xpand! engine consists of a sample play-
back, FM, wavetable, and virtual analogue synth
architecture, capable of creating complex
sounds very efficiently, allowing for multiple si-
multaneous patches with integrated effects on
any Pro Tools system.
Features
Supported Formats
Xpand! is only available in RTAS ® format for
Windows XP and Mac OS X.
Supported Systems
Xpand! is supported on the following systems:
• Pro Tools|HD®
• Pro Tools LE™
• Pro Tools M-Powered™
Xpand! requires Pro Tools 7.0 or higher.
Sample Rate and Channel Format
Support
Xpand! supports 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz,
96 kHz, 176.4 kHz, and 192 kHz sample rates.
Xpand! works with mono and stereo formats
only.
Control Surface Support
Xpand! can be operated from the following con-
trol surfaces:
• Digidesign® Digi 002 ®
• Digidesign Command|8 ®
• Digidesign Control|24 ™
• Digidesign D-Command ™
• Digidesign D-Control ™
• Digidesign ProControl ®
• Mackie HUI-compatible controllers