Key features

• Multitrack recording up to 32-bit/192 kHz
• Powerful and creative MIDI sequencing of software and hardware instruments
• Advanced warping and real-time time-stretching
• Nondestructive editing with unlimited undo
• Supports AIFF, WAV, MP3, Ogg Vorbis and FLAC files
• Full ReWire support; runs as Slave or Master
• Top-grade content package with loops and beats from premium sound designers
• 500 built-in Instrument Racks and Drum Racks plus Simpler (a sampler) and Impulse (a virtual drum machine)
• 200 built-in audio and MIDI effects
• New groove engine; apply and extract grooves in real time
• VST and AU support; automatic plug-in delay compensation
• Simple MIDI mapping plus instant mapping for selected hardware
• Single-screen user interface for simple, creativity-focused operation
• Multicore and multiprocessor support

Also includes

• 7 GB of loops, instruments and beats (boxed version)
• 1 GB selection of loops, instruments and beats (download version — a selection of content from the boxed version)
• Printed Getting Started Guide in English, French, German or Japanese (boxed version only)
• Built-in interactive lessons
• Practical "Construction Kits"
• Localized software menus, tutorials and PDF reference manuals in English, Spanish, French, German and Japanese

System requirements

Mac: 1.8 GHz G4/G5 or faster (Intel® Mac recommended), 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended, if supported by your computer), Mac OS X 10.4.11 (10.5 or later recommended), DVD-ROM drive

Windows: 2 GHz Pentium® 4 or Celeron® compatible CPU or faster (multicore CPU recommended), 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended on Windows Vista and Windows 7), Windows XP (home or Pro), Windows Vista or Windows 7, sound card (ASIO driver support recommended), DVD-ROM drive, QuickTime recommended