Tips on using the DUC and announcements from Digidesign of general interest. For the latest news and information, please see the News section of the Digidesign website: www.digidesign.com/news

Late-breaking technical issues, software updates, and technical support tips and tools. To subscribe to RSS updates to the Technical Alerts forum, add the following to your RSS reader:

Link to the Product News section of Digidesign.com

Link to the Special Offers section of Digidesign.com; with news about limited time offers on hardware exchange upgrades and software specials.

Troubleshooting with TDM systems on Mac OS — Including Pro Tools|HD systems & discontinued Pro Tools|24 MIX systems

Troubleshooting with TDM systems on Windows — Including Pro Tools|HD systems & discontinued Pro Tools|24 MIX systems

Tips & Techniques using Pro Tools TDM systems

For Mac & Windows Post & Surround Users. Tips, Techniques, and Troubleshooting with Pro Tools TDM 5.1 and higher Surround, Pro Tools TDM Systems for Post-Production, Satellite options, DigiTranslator, OMF, AAF, MXF; as well as Pro Tools LE Systems with Complete Production Toolkit (for surround & video) and DV Toolkit 2 (for video)

Live sound tips, techniques, and troubleshooting for all VENUE systems, including VENUE D-Show, VENUE Profile, VENUE Mix Rack and VENUE SC48. VENUE Product Information

Mac OS X user forum for Pro Tools M-Powered Essential software — bundled with Pro Tools KeyStudio, Pro Tools Recording Studio, and Pro Tools Vocal Studio home recording products. Product Information

Windows user forum for Pro Tools M-Powered Essential software — bundled with Pro Tools KeyStudio, Pro Tools Recording Studio, and Pro Tools Vocal Studio home recording products. Product Information

User forum for M-Audio hardware systems with Pro Tools M-Powered & Pro Tools Academic software for Mac OS X

User forum for M-Audio hardware systems with Pro Tools M-Powered & Pro Tools Academic software for Windows

Troubleshooting with Pro Tools LE for 003 Family, Digi 002 Family, Mbox Family, Digi 001, and AudioMedia III systems running on Mac OS

Troubleshooting with Pro Tools LE for 003 Family, Digi 002 Family, Mbox Family, Digi 001, and AudioMedia III systems running on Windows

User shared tips & techniques for using Pro Tools LE, Pro Tools M-Powered, Pro Tools M-Powered Essential, 003 Family, Digi 002 Family, Mbox Family, Digi 001, and AudioMedia III systems on Windows or Mac OS. No "Mac vs. PC" platform wars allowed on the DUC.

Tips, Techniques, and Troubleshooting with Digidesign's ICON integrated console environment featuring D-Control and D-Command tactile worksurfaces, Pro Tools|HD Accel as its core DSP engine, and modular HD audio interfaces for analog and digital I/O. ICON Product Information

Tips, Techniques, and Troubleshooting with the new Digidesign C|24 and discontinued Digidesign/Focusrite Control|24. Both control surfaces are compatible with Pro Tools TDM and LE Systems on Mac and Windows. C|24 Product Information

Tips, Techniques, and Troubleshooting with Digidesign's Command|8 control surface on Windows XP and Mac OS X with Pro Tools TDM, LE, and M-Powered Systems. Command|8 Product Information

Tips, Techniques, and Troubleshooting with Digidesign ProControl & Edit Pack on Mac and Windows Pro Tools TDM systems

A forum for users of virtual instruments with Pro Tools systems, including Hybrid, Strike, Structure, Velvet, Transfuser, and Xpand! software from the Digidesign Advanced Instrument Research group — dedicated to creating powerful virtual instruments purpose built for the Pro Tools environment. More about A.I.R. Virtual Instruments

A forum for discussion of guitar recording techniques, including the new Eleven Rack guitar recording and effects processing system, and the Eleven guitar amp emulation plug-in.

A forum for discussion of drums, including recording techniques, other percussion instruments, and virtual instrument drums such as Strike.

A forum to discuss MIDI issues in general that are not necessarily specific to other forums on the DUC, and hardware keyboards and synths.

For issues regarding Mac and Windows hard disks, SCSI, disk utilities, etc.

Tips, Techniques, and Troubleshooting with the DigiDelivery secure global file transfer system. DigiDelivery Product Section Archive

General Audio discussions about Digidesign Products. No commercial posts, no flamewars, no trolling.

Give us feedback, comments, and suggestions about our User Guides and Product Documentation

No commercial posts or advertising! Commercial posts and advertising of goods or services other than the sale of pre-owned products by individuals are not allowed per the DUC Terms of Use, and will be removed.

The purpose of the Employment forum is to provide a place for Pro Tools operators looking for positions, and facilities offerring positions. It is not intended to provide advertising for any commercial product or service. Commercial posts and advertising are not allowed per the DUC Terms of Use, and will be removed. Please limit your posts to positions primarily involved with Digidesign Products or Digi-related products.

Bienvenidos al nuevo foro de Digidesign en Español

This forum is for discussion of the Pro Tools 8.0.3 Windows 7 Public Beta with other users, and to post bug reports about Pro Tools 8.0.3 on Windows 7. Pro Tools 8.0.3 — Download & Details

This forum was for discussion of the Pro Tools 8.0.3pr Snow Leopard Prerelease. With the official release of Pro Tools 8.0.3 for Snow Leopard, the prerelease version is no longer available. Pro Tools 8.0.3 — Download & Details

Link to the Community section of Digidesign.com; with DigidesignTV, Articles & User Stories, DigiZine, Tips & Tricks, and Webinars

Link to blog with tips and tutorials for Audio Recording, Mixing, and Post Production; hosted by Digidesign's Brent Heber

Link to The Official M-Audio User Forums

Link to the Community section at Sibelius.com with SibeliusMusic and SibeliusEducation forums

Link to the Community section at Avid.com with user forums, groups, tips, and tutorials

Older discontinued products such as MasterlList CD, SampleCell, Session 8 Windows, Session, Project II, Pro Tools Project, and Sound Designer.

Read Only Archive — Pro Tools Free on Macintosh systems with Mac OS 9 & 8.6. Pro Tools Free will NOT work on Mac OS X or in Classic mode on OS X.

Read Only Archive — Pro Tools Free on Windows 98SE and Windows Me systems. Pro Tools Free will NOT work on any other Windows operating system, such as Windows 2000, NT or XP.