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Review Summary
What is Pro Tools
Pro Tools redefined the music, film and TV industry, providing everything you need to compose, record, edit and mix music and audio. Create without bounds and work at the speed of your creativity, so you can take on the most demanding sessions and deliver the best sounding mixes possible.
With Pro Tools 12, you get access to more frequent feature releases-including upcoming Avid Cloud Collaboration and the Avid Marketplace-plus flexible licensing options, so you can access the industry standard in more affordable ways than ever. Create with a low-cost subscription. Own the software or a complete system outright. Or get started with Pro Tools, First, a free version of Pro Tools.
Go Bigger and Get Advanced Features-Just Added
Rehearse and record more easily with track input monitoring. Dial in cue mixes in a snap by copying fader settings to sends. Create bigger mixes with support for up to 128 simultaneous audio tracks. Expand your musical creativity further with support for up to 512 instrument tracks.
Add Heat to Your Mix
Got Pro Tools, HD Native? Now you can get the warmth and sonic characteristics of an analog console "in the box." Heat add-on option can now be run natively in Pro Tools, HD, enabling you to achieve the unmistakable sound of prized vintage gear in your mixes-without the expense or upkeep.
Take Control of Your Session with an iPad
With support for Their free new Pro Tools, Control iOS app, you can wirelessly control Pro Tools and other EUCON-enabled audio and video software, freeing you from being tethered to your workstation.
Collaborate in The Cloud Coming Soon
Avid Cloud Collaboration for Pro Tools - a groundbreaking new set of features will enable you to compose, record, edit and mix sessions collaboratively with other Pro Tools users as if you're all working together in the same studio. Simply invite any of your available connections to collaborate using built-in chat or find new collaborators through the online Artist Community, part of the Avid Marketplace.
Connect in the Avid Marketplace Coming Soon
With the Artist Community, part of the upcoming Avid Marketplace, you'll be able to publish session files, multichannel stems and stereo mixdowns directly from Pro Tools for license in the public marketplace. The Avid Marketplace is designed to help you forge more meaningful connections with the audio community, enabling you to connect with other media professionals to share, collaborate, promote and sell your work-publicly or privately.
Access Your Work Anywhere-Coming Soon
With the upcoming audio archival service, you'll be able to store content and track it, whether you store a session locally or in the cloud.
Get Early Access to Avid Cloud Collaboration for Pro Tools-Sign Up Now
Help them make Cloud Collaboration, the Avid Marketplace and other upcoming Pro Tools features the best they can be. Sign up for an opportunity to start using these features before they're available to the public
Subscribe or Buy-the Choice is Yours
Pro Tools is now more affordable to access than ever. In addition to the software being available to purchase and own as before (a perpetual license), you can now subscribe to Pro Tools software on a low-cost monthly or annual basis, enabling you to pay only for the software when you need it. Or purchase a complete Pro Tools audio interface or Pro Tools, HD system with the software bundled in.
Stay Current, Stay Ahead
All Pro Tools purchases, upgrades and subscriptions now come with an Avid upgrade and support plan that ensures you always have the latest features at your fingertips. This means that you'll get all future software updates and upgrades (as long as your plan is active).
Record and Compose
Get Top-Quality Sound and Performance with Avid Hardware
Whether you're tracking vocals, guitars or an orchestra, you'll get the best possible sound and optimized performance when you pair Pro Tools with an Avid audio interface. Record high-resolution audio up to 32-bit/192 kHz and experience exceptionally low latency to capture your best performances easily.
Experience More Power and Performance
With the redesigned Avid Audio Engine and 64-bit performance, you get multiple times the processing power Avid Audio Engine of previous versions of Pro Tools on the same hardware configurations.
No instrument? No problem
Easily create parts for practically any musical instrument using great-sounding virtual instruments, a MIDI keyboard/controller or your mouse and the built-in Pro Tools MIDI Editor. Get started fast with the included virtual instruments and audio loops and expand your arsenal with AAX virtual instruments from Avid and third-party audio designers.
Compose with Full MIDI and Notation Tools
Take your songwriting from sketchpad to final production. Create and edit virtual instrument and MIDI performances with the MIDI Editor. Or compose music using notation tools in the built-in Sibelius Score Editor.
Freely experiment without the time or effort investment. With Elastic Time, you can change the tempo or timing of any clip or an entire composition on the fly. And with Elastic Pitch, you can fix wrong notes, create harmonies and transpose clips in real time without altering the tempo
Edit With Precision
Create a flawless performance by comping together tracks. Speed up editing and mixing Clip Gain with the Smart Tool. And smooth transitions with crossfades. Everything you need to perfect your tracks is available right from within a single Edit window.
Snoop Out Grooves with Multitrack Beat Detective
With the versatile Beat Detective tool, you can quickly fix timing issues across multiple tracks or change up the feel of a beat to get a different groove.
Play HD Video with the Avid Video Engine
With the built-in Avid Video Engine-the same core engine as in Media Composer, Software-you can add and play a variety of HD video formats and Avid DNxHD sequences directly in the Pro Tools timeline-without transcoding. Plus, you can monitor the picture playback using video interfaces from Avid, AJA and Blackmagic Design.
Mix
Get the Sound You Want
Polish mixes with over 60 included effects, sound-processing and utility plug-ins. From high-quality reverbs, EQs and compressors, to guitar amp emulators, surround sound fold-down and channel strip dynamics, you have everything you need to create professional mixes.
Collaborate, Store and Share Mixes
With direct SoundCloud support, you can share files privately with other collaborators or share finished projects with the world. And bounce mixes to your iTunes library to share with others on your network.
Achieve the Best Mixes Possible Automatically
Get great sounding, phase-accurate mixes with Automatic Delay Compensation-with 4x the samples (16,383) to handle the largest mixes no matter how many plug-ins you use.
Speed Up Delivery with Offline Bounce
Wait no longer with faster-than-real-time offline bounce, you can speed up your final mix or stem deliveries at up to 150x faster and get the high-quality results you'd expect only from Pro Tools, thanks to time-stamped automation.
Pro Tools HD Software
Get all of the same benefits of Pro Tools software along with these additional features and workflows.
Mix in Stereo or Surround
With Pro Tools HD, you can mix in everything from mono up to 7.1 surround sound or Dolby Atmos. Build up your sonic landscape and add movement to your mix with the built-in surround panner.
Experience Maximum Performance
With the extended disk cache, which loads entire sessions into RAM, you'll experience smooth performance and highly responsive recording and playback no matter how monster-sized the session.
Record and Edit with Advanced Audio Tools
Work more efficiently when punching performances with TrackPunch and Destructive Punch. Enhance and speed up editing tasks with Continuous Scrolling, Scrub Trim tool, Replace Clip command, Time Compression and Expansion Edit to Timeline Selection command, field recorder workflows and more.
Mix with Confidence Using Extended Metering
You have 17 metering options built right into the interface, enabling you to optimize your mix while adhering to regional broadcast audio regulations. What's more, you also get gain reduction metering on every channel to gauge dynamics.
Accelerate Mixing with Advanced Automation
With advanced automation tools, you can create the best sounding mixes possible quickly. From VCA masters to Preview mode, Capture mode and more, you have the tools you need to automate mixes and audition, compare and apply changes in a variety of ways to tackle even the largest, most complex sessions with ease.
Get More Control
With Pro Tools, HD, you've got unprecedented control at your fingertips. Handle the largest audio post mixes with the built-in Satellite Link, which enables you to connect up to 12 Pro Tools, HD-based systems and control them from one. And get the highest level of hands-on control by adding a Pro Tools, S6 surface to your setup.
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