Avid Releases New Pro Tools Update

Avid has announced the release of a new software update for Avid Pro Tools. It is available to customers with Avid All Access plans, and continues to provide audio and music professionals with more creative freedom, and more efficient workflows.

The update is focused around improved editing, fades and effects rendering workflows, and enables users to more easily prepare projects for mixing or collaborating with others.

The Pro Tools update includes:

• Track Commit. This provides users with a flexible solution for quickly creating flattened/rendered tracks to reduce CPU overhead on complex sessions, and facilitates collaboration between users who don't have the same plug-ins, or for archiving mixes while keeping automation virtual.

• Clip Transparency. This enables users to see the waveform while moving clips, editing, or adding fades.

• Improved Fades. This gives users more flexibility and control in managing batch fade operations for large edits with choices for fade in, our and crossfade types. The improvement automates repetitive tasks and also provides quickly recallable presets from keyboard shortcuts and Eucon Commands.

The Pro Tools 12.3 update is available from early November and is free of charge to Pro Tools 12 customers with current Avid All Access upgrade plans. New Pro Tools 12 perpetual licenses include a renewable one-year All Access plan that allows customers access to the latest upgrades, as well as a new bundle of creative plug-ins for the whole year. All Access plans also come with subscription licenses and are available for the term of the subscription.

Existing customers with older versions of Pro Tools can purchase an All Access annual upgrade plan starting at $99 each between now and December 31, 2015. Starting in January, prices of All Access plans for customers with Pro Tools 11 or earlier versions will start at $299.

The Annual Upgrade Plan for Pro Tools | HD systems costs $599 for the first year and includes upgrades, access to the HD plug-in bundle and standard support for one year. All new Pro Tools | HDX and HD Native systems come bundled with this plan, which can be renewed for $399 each year thereafter. Starting in 2016, plans that lapse can be reinstated for $999.

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