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There is no sidegrade from Pro Tools LE software to Pro Tools M-Powered software. The Pro Tools LE software license is a "single use" license tied to the individual Digidesign hardware unit.

For instance, if you have 2 Digidesign Mbox units, and both have Pro Tools LE 6.x software, you would need to purchase 2 upgrades to go to Pro Tools LE 7 if you wanted to use PTLE 7 with both at the same time. One Pro Tools LE license per Digidesign LE hardware unit. You can use that license on multiple computers, but only with the hardware that license was purchased for. Any other use is a violation of the Pro Tools license agreement.

Pro Tools M-Powered is different, in that it is a single sofware license that can be used with any of the supported M-Audio interfaces. Since it can only be used with one interface at a time, the license agreement allows it to be used with more than one interface. M-Audio owners are buying the Pro Tools M-Powered software for that hardware for the first time, not upgrading an existing Pro Tools license for that hardware, since one did not exist before.

Pro Tools M-Powered is more like a separate software program in that way, similar to purchasing Logic or Digital Performer to use with M-Audio hardware.

OK, so... how about if he sends back the old PTLE hardware (AMIII card) and software for a PT m-powered software credit?