Deck Feature Comparison Chart

General Features Deck Deck LE
OS 8.6 / OS 9.x compatible
OS X compatible
Audio Hardware support Built-in (via ASIO), ASIO, CoreAudio Built-in (via ASIO), ASIO, CoreAudio
Non-destructive editing
Supported Bit-Depth up to 16 up to 16
Supported Sample Rate up to 60 khz up to 60 khz
5.1 Surround mixing  
Virtual Mix  
Import CD Audio
Real-time DSP Effects
Master fader with stereo effects inserts  
Automated mixing  
MIDI Time Code Sync  
OMF import  
Standard MIDI File import & playback
# of included Effects 9 built-in plus over 20 VST effects 9 built-in
# of simultaneous Effects 4 per track + unlimited VST effects with included Vbox™ SE 4 per track
Advanced QuickTime movie & DV (digital video) clip support  
Loop Playback
Full duplex recording and monitoring
Maximum # of Playable tracks 64 + 999 "Virtual Tracks" 12
Bonus Software Vbox™ SE, BIAS Freq-4, Peak LE 6, Roxio Toast Lite, over 20 VST effects, over 250mb of audio samples Over 250mb of audio samples
 
Supported file formats Deck Deck LE
OMF Import  
Standard MIDI File Import Import
AIFF Import/Export Import/Export
SDII Import/Export Import/Export
WAV Import/Export Import/Export
QuickTime Import/Export Export
Split stereo files Import/Export Import/Export
.snd (Sound Resource) Import/Export Import/Export
 
Built-in Effects Deck Deck LE
Gain
EQ
Delay 1 & 2
Chorus
Hi-Shelf EQ
Lo-Shelf EQ
Graphic EQ
Multi-tap
EQ-4
 
Built-In DSP Deck Deck LE
Normalize
Group Normalize  
Reverse  
Invert  
Duplicate  
Fade In/Fade Out/X-Fade