Avid Pro Tools Ultimate: Perpetual Electronic Code

DAW Software for Professionals

Pro Tools Ultimate is the industry-standard software for recording, editing, and mixing music and sound for picture. It offers advanced features for nonlinear workflow, surround sound, and mixing. Plus, you receive a full year of software updates and ExpertPlus support.

Avid Pro Tools Ultimate is designed for large, complex projects, with support for up to 2,048 audio tracks, 1,024 aux tracks, 512 instrument tracks, and 1,024 MIDI tracks. It also supports 64 video tracks, 1,024 routing folders, and 256 channels of native I/O.

Pro Tools Ultimate offers streamlined workflows for professionals working with Surround Sound, Dolby Atmos, or Ambisonics content, providing native support for multichannel audio and eliminating the need for a console.

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
• Sketch window provides a clip-based, nonlinear workflow for ultimate creativity
• 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 dialog 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 nondestructive 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 and/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
  

Included Software and Rewards

• Pro Tools Studio
• Celemony Melodyne 5 essential
• SoundFlow Cloud Avid Edition*
• Pro Tools | Inner Circle rewards*
• Pro Tools | Sonic Drop content**
• Pro Tools Sketch iPad app
• Avid Control mobile app

Dynamics and EQ

• 304C Compressor
• 304E Equalizer
• BF-2A
• BF-3A
• BF-76
• Channel Strip
• Dynamics III Com(more...)

Tech Specs

• Software Type: Pro Tools Ultimate DAW Software
• Platform: Mac, PC
• Upgrade/Full: Full, Perpetual License
• Download/Boxed: Download
• Bit Depth: 64-bit
• Format: AAX Native
• Authorization Type: iLok 2/3 or iLok Cloud (continuous internet connection)
• Hardware Requirements - Mac: Intel Dual Core i5 / M1 processor or higher (Apple Silicon support), 16GB RAM minimum (32GB recommended), 15GB disk space
• Hardware Requirements - PC: Intel Core i3 2GHz or higher, 16GB RAM or more recommended, 15GB disk space
• OS Requirements - Mac: macOS 12.7 to 14.5
• OS Requirements - PC: Windows 10 or later
  
• Discover Avid Pro Tools [Ultimate]: https://www.avid.com/pro-tools/whats-included-ultimate