Avid Announces Pro Tools 12

Avid has announced the availability of Pro Tools 12, offering flexible licensing options including subscription for a minimum of $24.99 per month.

"These new options make it easy for users to stay current with future software upgrades and innovations as they are released at no additional charge," a statement from Avid said. "Pro Tools 12 delivers on Avid’s commitment to deliver more choice to customers for accessing and deploying their tools, a key element of Avid Everywhere."



Users also receive access to forthcoming Avid Cloud Collaboration, Avid Marketplace and Avid Artist Community solutions, designed to provide a more collaborative and profitable connection between artists, media professionals and audiences.

Avid Cloud Collaboration is an integrated set of collaboration workflows that aims to make it easier for groups of artists and audio professionals to work together on the same project.

Avid Marketplace and Avid Artist Community delivers an in-app purchase option to Pro Tools for plug-ins and apps from Avid Connectivity partners, and a community for connecting talent with collaborators, for buying and selling content, and for storing their work.

With the Avid App Store, users can download the latest plug-ins and applications from Avid Connectivity Partners directly from within their creative tools.

The Avid Content Marketplace provides a new channel for artists to monetise content by sharing it with a network of potential purchasers – with all licensing and rights agreements worked out through automatic templates.

Avid cloud storage enables audio professionals to post sessions to their own cloud storage space and invite others to collaborate on projects. Seventeen additional plug-ins and nine new plug-in bundles are now available in the Avid Marketplace and as in-app purchases in Pro Tools.

The new version of Pro Tools 12 is available as of March 23 2015.

• Pro Tools software monthly subscription (one-month license subscription with updates and support) starts at $29.99/month
• Pro Tools software annual upgrade plan (12 months of updates and support) starts at $199
• Pro Tools software annual subscription (12-month license subscription with updates and support) starts at $299
• Perpetual licenses for Pro Tools software (includes 12 months of updates and support) start at $899

www.avid.com

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