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Pro Tools Studio is the core of a complete music production system, providing you with a customizable, end-to-end environment for every stage of creation. From non-linear clip launching to world-class editing and mixing, tackle your most ambitious visions with advanced features that power you through the most demanding projects. Bring ideas to life with powerful real-time MIDI tools and a massive collection of instruments, effects and sounds.

Capture performances in pristine 32-bit audio for high dynamic range recording. And mix stereo and spatial audio projects with fully automated ease. When you need to sound your best, nothing delivers like Pro Tools. With Pro Tools Studio, you can create, record, edit, mix and master advanced music productions quickly using powerful yet easy-to-use tools. Plus, capture and play with ideas anywhere that inspiration strikes with Pro Tools Sketch, a non-linear, clip-based creation window in Pro Tools, also available as a free iPad app. Record performances with incredible depth, dimension and dynamic range with the 32-bit audio engine delivering unrivaled sound quality, and experiment, shape and fine-tune MIDI and audio performances on the fly without stopping playback.

Start creating right away with a massive collection of plugins, instruments, loops, and samples—plus, get new plug-ins and sound content every month with Inner Circle rewards and the Sonic Drop. Immerse your audience in sound with powerful spatial audio mixing tools to create Dolby Atmos music and work with Ambisonics. Elevate your recording and mixing experience with tightly integrated audio interfaces and surfaces that offer DSP acceleration for near-zero latency and unmatched hands-on control.

Introducing Pro Tools Sketch
Every great session starts with an idea. Capture and play with ideas anywhere inspiration strikes with Pro Tools Sketch, a new non-linear, clip-based creation tool in Pro Tools, and also available as a free iPad app. Pro Tools Sketch lets you invite ideas to happen—capture new ideas and experiment with arrangements to create something you love. Pro Tools Sketch is an expansion of the Pro Tools workflow: Start with non-linear, clip-based Sketches in which loops, MIDI and recordings can be freely organized and played and then exported to be shared with friends, or take ideas into the Pro Tools timeline for further editing and mixing. It creates a common language across audio: take your project from iPad to bedroom to any studio around the world and collaborate with artists everywhere

Pro Tools Sketch is a clip-based, non-linear environment, with 16 tracks and virtually unlimited scenes to launch samples/loops, record audio and capture MIDI performances. Available as an integrated window in Pro Tools as well as a free iPad app that mixes familiar workflows with new ways to experiment with musical ideas, it includes a massive library of free loops, virtual instruments and effects to inspire ideas and get you creating quickly. Edit and arrange MIDI and audio to fine-tune performances and loops, and then organize them into a linear arrangement. Share Sketches or refine in the Pro Tools timeline—you can easily export Sketches and share with friends or bring any/all parts of your Sketch into the Pro Tools timeline for further editing and mixing.

Included Plug-ins
Dynamics and EQ

304C Compressor
304E Equalizer
BF-2A
BF-3A
BF-76
Channel Strip
Dynamics III Compressor/Limiter
Dynamics III De-Esser
Dynamics III Expander/Gate
EQ III 1-Band
EQ III 7-Band
Fairchild 660
Fairchild 670
Focusrite d2
Focusrite d3
Graphic EQ
Impact
Maxim
Pro Compressor
Pro Expander
Pro Limiter
Pro Multiband Dynamics
Pultec EQH-2
Pultec EQP-1A
Pultec MEQ-5
Purple Audio MC-77
Smack!
Effects, Filters and Emulators
AIR Chorus
AIR Distortion
AIR Enhancer
AIR Ensemble
AIR Filter Gate
AIR Flanger
AIR Frequency Shifter
AIR Fuzz-Wah
AIR Kill EQ
AIR Lo-Fi
AIR MultiChorus
AIR Phaser
AIR Stereo Width
AIR Talkbox
AIR Vintage Filter
D-Fi Lo-Fi
D-Fi Recti-Fi
D-Fi Sci-Fi
D-Fi Vari-Fi (AudioSuite only)
Eleven Lite
Eleven MK II
HEAT
Moogerfooger 12-Stage Phaser
Moogerfooger Analog Delay
Moogerfooger Lowpass Filter
Moogerfooger Ring Modulator
Pro Subharmonic
Reel Tape Flanger
Reel Tape Saturation
SansAmp PSA-1
Sound Replacer
Voce Chorus/Vibrato
Voce Spin
Reverbs and Delays
AIR Dynamic Delay
AIR Multi-Delay
AIR Nonlinear Reverb
AIR Reverb
AIR Spring Reverb
D-Verb
Mod Delay III
Reel Tape Delay
Reverb One
ReVibe II
Space
Studio Reverb
Tape Echo
Tel-Ray Variable Delay
Stompbox Effects
BBD Delay
Black Op Distortion
Black Shiny Wah
Black Spring
C1 Chorus/Vibrato
DC Distortion
Flanger
Gray Compressor
Green JRC Overdrive
Orange Phaser
Roto Speaker
Tri-Knob Fuzz
Vibe Phaser
White Boost
Virtual Instruments and Loops
AIR Boom
AIR DB-33
AIR Mini Grand
AIR Structure Free
AIR Vacuum
AIR Xpand!2
Avid Loopmasters Sample Pack
Pro Tools | GrooveCell
Pro Tools | SynthCell
Pro Tools | PlayCell
Audio Tools
Click II
DC Offset Removal (AudioSuite only)
Dither
Down Mixer
Duplicate (AudioSuite only)
Gain (AudioSuite only)
InTune
Invert (AudioSuite only)
MasterMeter
Normalize (AudioSuite only)
Pitch II
Pitch Shift (AudioSuite only)
POW-r Dither
Reverse (AudioSuite only)
ReWire
Signal Generator
Time Adjuster
Time Compression/Expansion (AudioSuite only)
Time Shift (AudioSuite only)
Trim
X-Form
Avid Pro Tools Studio Perpetual License (Boxed)

collapse expand iconFeatures

  • A common language across audio: tried and proven by professionals and hobbyists alike for music, movies and TV production
  • Keep pace with any creative process: a customizable, end-to-end environment for every stage of creation, from non-linear clip launching to world-class editing and mixing workflows
  • The DAW that keeps on giving: beyond the massive collection of included plugins and sounds, your Pro Tools subscription also delivers quarterly feature updates, free new
  • plug-ins and sounds every month, and music distribution
  • Unrivaled creative freedom: quickly capture flawless performances and then shape, chop, cut, and tweak your audio and MIDI the way you want
  • Integrated hardware and software: interfaces and control surfaces at every price point offer the highest quality recording and monitoring, near-zero latency performance and unmatched hands-on control

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  • Audio tracks: 512
  • Instrument tracks: 512
  • MIDI tracks: 1,024
  • AUX tracks/routing folders: 128/128
  • VCA tracks: 128
  • Master tracks: 64
  • Video tracks: 1
  • Simultaneous recording inputs: 64
  • Pro Tools systems and interface support: Pro Tools | Carbon, VENUE | S6L
  • Third-party hardware support: Any Core Audio or ASIO-compatible interface
  • Multichannel mixing: Stereo, surround, Dolby Atmos, Ambisonics
  • Advanced automation: Yes
  • Advanced audio post toolset: No; available in Flex
  • Support: Standard

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