Pro Tools Studio: the industry standard

EDUCATIONAL VERSION

Avid Pro Tools Studio makes music creation easy and fun for beginners and seasoned professionals alike — it's the same DAW software used by leading recording studios and broadcast-grade video post-production houses, but scaled down for music production. This Pro Tools Studio subscription gives you everything you need to design, edit, and mix music, including rich, immersive audio formats like Dolby Atmos and Ambisonics. You get powerful real-time MIDI tools, plus a large cache of instruments, effects, and sounds. Your projects will benefit from a 32-bit audio engine, producing unparalleled depth, dimension, and dynamic range. You also get full integration with Avid audio interfaces and surfaces that offer DSP acceleration for near-zero latency and unparalleled hands-on control. Additionally, a Pro Tools Studio subscription comes with the complete Avid suite, plus a full year of software updates and standard support. When you need to sound better, nothing delivers like Pro Tools Studio.

Industry-leading recording, editing and mixing

There's a reason why Pro Tools is the go-to DAW for countless recording studios and editing suites around the world: it's powerful and it just works. That's why we choose Pro Tools for our own studios. With Pro Tools Studio, you can quickly and easily create, record, edit, and mix Grammy-level productions through an ultra-simplified 2-window user interface. All your vital controls and commands are at your fingertips, and the most advanced functions are just an additional click away. What's more, Pro Tools Studio employs a 32-bit audio engine that delivers incredible depth, dimension, and dynamic range for unparalleled sound quality.

Tailor-made for music production

With its ability to handle up to 512 audio tracks, Avid Pro Tools Studio is tailor-made for music production. You also get 128 aux tracks, 512 instrument tracks, and 1,024 MIDI tracks. Pro Tools Studio supports a video track for small-scale video productions. You also get 128 routing folders and support for 64 native I/O channels.

Provides broad hardware compatibility

With Pro Tools Studio, you'll enjoy compatibility with a wide range of hardware, including Carbon interfaces and S6L control surfaces. You'll be able to track and mix massive productions with near-zero latency. Plus, you can power your entire studio with fully integrated audio interfaces and surfaces, generating industry-leading DSP acceleration and unparalleled hands-on control.

Minimize downtime with standard support

For audio professionals, time is money — downtime is not an option. That's why your Avid Pro Tools Studio subscription includes standard support. This entitles you to unlimited support for billing and administration cases, with a 1-day response time. You also get one troubleshooting call per month with a 4-hour response time, unlimited web/email troubleshooting with a 1-day response time, and immediate access to the Avid video library, Knowledge Base, forums and a lot more.

Native Surround/Dolby Atmos/Ambisonics mixing

Whether you're working with Surround Sound, Dolby Atmos, or Ambisonics content, Pro Tools Studio delivers the industry-proven, streamlined workflows professionals trust. Thanks to native support for multichannel audio, Pro Tools Studio can handle video game design, VR audio and more completely out of the box — no console required.

Comes with the full suite of Avid plug-ins

The Avid Complete Plug-in Bundle is included with your Pro Tools Studio subscription. This bundle features every audio plug-in Avid has to offer, including classic compressors and EQs, studio effects, stompboxes, reverbs, guitar amps, and more. If you work out of the box, you need a top-shelf collection of plugins. And with the Avid Complete Plug-in Bundle, you'll have all the tools you need. They are mandatory for Pro Tools users.

Characteristics

• Industry-standard digital audio workstation (DAW) software with cutting-edge 32-bit audio engine;
• Interact and make updates to tracks and timeline selections during seamless playback;
• Supports Ambisonics full-sphere surround sound — perfect for video game design and VR audio;
• Supports up to 64 I/O channels, 512 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 blending 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;
• The Name field in the New Track dialog box 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;
• Full integration with Dolby Atmos for object-based audio mixing;
• Track Commit and Track Freeze free up system resources during intense sessions;
• Layered editing prevents you from losing overlapping clips during editing;
• Real-time fade manipulation to create fast crossfades;
• Send fully overlapping clips to an existing or playlist during editing and/or recording;
• The Grid Toggle function makes it easy to switch between Grid and Slip modes;
• Tandem Trimming allows you to trim the beginning and end of two adjacent clips simultaneously;
• The clip replacement indicator alerts you when you move an audio clip so that it completely overlaps a smaller off-screen clip;
• Soundbase uses tags to make audio files and loops easier to find;
• Jumping to disk faster than real-time simplifies 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 lightning-fast and incredibly simple;
• Simple keyboard commands let you quickly disable and enable uploads and insertions;
• Capture automation during audio recording;
• Automatic delay compensation provides accurate mixing with minimal phase issues;
• Multitrack Beat Detective and Elastic Audio allow you to correct tempo across all your tracks;
• Score Editor and MIDI Editor provide comprehensive composition capabilities;
• Mix multiple audio file types and formats in a single session without format conversion;
• Create perfect performances using simple track composition functions;
• Clip Gain provides dynamic volume flexibility and increases integration with Media Composer;
• Visual Mute and Solo and Bus Interrogation indicators provide a clear view of signal flow;
• Compatible with carbon interfaces along with S6L control surfaces;
• Low-latency monitoring with Core Audio and ASIO hardware delivers smoother tracking;
• Read/write flash drives, RAID systems, network-attached drives, and server storage;
• Functions like Export selected tracks as session make collaboration easier;
• OMF/AAF/MXF exchange support included;
• Export support for MP3, iTunes and SoundCloud files also included;
• Full-time code support with foot rulers and frames and 24-hour timeline support;
• Automatic delay compensation in sidechains;
• Works with H.265/HEVC video;
• Avid Cloud Collaboration and Avid Marketplace let you connect and collaborate;
• Switch between Dark and Classic UI themes;
• Avid HEAT adds harmonic complexity to your mixes;
• The Avid Complete Bundle provides you with every audio plug-in Avid has to offer;
• 1 year of software updates and standard support.

Specifications

• Software type: Pro Tools Studio DAW software;
• Platform: Mac, PC;
• Upgrade/Full: renewal, 1-year updates and support plan ;
• Download/Boxed: download;
• Academic version: yes (institutions);
• Bit depth: 64 bits;
• 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 Core i7 processor or higher, 16GB RAM (32GB recommended), 15GB disk space;
• System requirements (Mac): macOS 10.14.6 to 12.3;
• System requirements (PC): Windows 10 or later.