Avid Pro Tools Ultimate Annual Upgrade Plan

Pro Tools Ultimate Recording Software

For existing perpetual licence holders who want to get updated support for a year while still retaining the existing perpetual licence.

Pro Tools is the most used audio production software that artists, music producers, and sound professionals rely on to create the world’s most loved music, movies, and TV shows. Get inspired and start creating music easily with a massive collection of plugins, instruments, and sounds. All versions of Pro Tools enable you to easily create, record and mix music and audio in pristine sound quality using the same workflows. Start with the version that meets your needs now to achieve your creative vision, then move up as your projects and opportunities grow.

Pro Tools Ultimate
Get full track and I/O counts, Pro Tools | HDX workflows, immersive/spatial audio mixing tools, and advanced features to take on the biggest music and audio post productions. Pro Tools Ultimate includes the advanced workflows you need at its core, plus a massive collection of plugins, content, and capabilities to maximize your creative possibilities and speed.

Main features:

Industry-standard digital audio workstation (DAW) software with cutting-edge 32-bit audio engine

Interact with and make updates to tracks and timeline selections during playback without interruption

Supports Ambisonics full-sphere surround sound — perfect for video game design and VR Audio

Supports up to 64 non-HDX channels and 192 HDX channels of I/O, 2,048 mono/stereo audio tracks, and 1,024 MIDI tracks

MIDI Input Display shows notes and chords as you play them on a MIDI controller

MIDI merge enhancements include seamless merging of newly performed and existing MIDI CC automation

MIDI clips turn red during recording, blurring the distinction between MIDI and audio

Use the left and right arrow keys to move to the next or previous MIDI note for super-fast MIDI editing

Name field in the New Track dialogue makes naming tracks faster than ever

Scroll to Track allows you to identify a track by name and scroll to it

Batch Rename command for Tracks and Clips

Powerful audio engine provides superior memory management

Complete Dolby Atmos integration for mixing object-based audio

Apply non-destructive EQ, filtering, and dynamics processing with clip-based effects

Use Pro Tools HDX in any punch mode, and it will calibrate and time-align your stems

Track Commit and Track Freeze free up system resources during intense sessions

Layered Editing prevents you from losing overlapped clips while editing

Real-time fade manipulation for creating quick crossfades

Send fully overlapped clips to an existing playlist while editing or recording

Grid Toggle function makes flipping between Grid and Slip modes easy

Tandem Trimming enables trimming the start and end of two adjacent clips simultaneously

Clip Overwrite Indicator alerts you when you move an audio clip so that it fully overlaps a smaller off-screen clip

Soundbase uses tags to make locating audio files and loops easy

Faster-than-real-time bounce to disk streamlines your workflow and frees up resources

Unified Media Engine natively supports multiple HD video formats

Smooth collaboration with Avid Media Composer and other media-production workflows

Workspace Browser makes project navigation extremely fast and incredibly simple

Simple keyboard commands let you quickly disable and enable sends and inserts

Capture automation while recording audio

Automatic delay compensation provides tight mixing with minimal phase issues

Multitrack Beat Detective and Elastic Audio let you correct timing across all your tracks

Score Editor and MIDI Editor provide comprehensive composing capabilities

Mix various audio file types and formats in a single session without format conversion

Create flawless performances using simple track compositing functions

Clip Gain provides dynamic volume flexibility and increases integration with Media Composer

Mute and Solo visual indicators and Bus Interrogation provide a clear view of signal flow

Compatible with Carbon, HDX, and HD Native interfaces, along with S6L control surfaces

Low-latency monitoring with Core Audio and ASIO hardware delivers smoother tracking

Read/record from flash drives, RAID systems, network-attached drives, and server storage

Functions such as Export Selected Tracks as Session make collaboration easy

OMF/AAF/MXF interchange support included

Export support for MP3 files, iTunes, and SoundCloud also included

Full-time code support with feet and frames rulers and 24-hour timeline support

Automatic Delay Compensation on sidechains

Works with H.265/HEVC video

Avid Cloud Collaboration and the Avid Marketplace let you connect and collaborate

Switch between Dark and Classic UI themes

Comes with UVI's Falcon hybrid software sampler

1 year of software updates and ExpertPlus support

Tech Specs:

• Software Type: Pro Tools Ultimate DAW Software
• Platform: Mac, PC
• Upgrade/Full: Upgrade, reinstates updates & support for 1-year
• Download/Boxed: Download
• Bit Depth: 64-bit
• Format: AAX
• Authorization Type: iLok 2/3 or iLok Cloud (continuous internet connection)
• Hardware Requirements - Mac: Intel Core i7 processor or higher, 16GB RAM (32GB recommended), 15GB disk space
• Hardware Requirements - PC: Intel Xeon / Core i9 processor or higher, 16GB RAM (32GB recommended), 15GB disk space
• OS Requirements - Mac: macOS 10.14.6 to 12.3
• OS Requirements - PC: Windows 10 or later
• Discover more about Avid Pro Tools [Pro Tools Ultimate]: https://www.avid.com/pro-tools/whats-included-ultimate