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As it is in HD form, Pro Tools is one of the most common sights in modern professional studios. Yet its semi-professional version (LE) faces stiff competition from a number of equally or better specified audio/MIDI packages.Surprisingly, aside from a new splash screen, Pro Tools 7 looks a lot like the last version - 6. But with a new session up and running, the subtle changes are there to be seen. Firstly, the menu structure has gone through quite a rethink. I suspect this is long overdue, and although some of it remains the same, the new main categories (including view, track, region and event) certainly bear a closer resemblance to the way people use the application. The new track creation option lets you create all of your tracks in the order you want them to appear in one easy step.A deceptive upgrade for Pro Tools, which offers some very useful improvements.To complicate matters further, the M-Audio compatible version (M-Powered) has introduced another solution with very similar features to LE.