Avid has announced that its audio production software Pro Tools is now available with three subscription-only offerings starting at $9.99/month: Pro Tools Artist for aspiring music creators, Pro Tools Studio for serious audio engineers and music producers, and Pro Tools Flex, a subscription bundle for professional audio post and music facilities. Includes Pro Tools Artist for aspiring music creators, Pro Tools Studio for serious audio engineers and music producers and Pro Tools Flex for professional audio post and music facilities.
These products build on the current Pro Tools product lineup with new capabilities and content, including new virtual instruments and strategic partner platforms. All current Pro Tools and Pro Tools Ultimate customers with active plans will benefit from the software enhancements introduced with these new products.
Pro Tools Artist ($99 annual or $9.99 monthly subscription) is designed to include everything needed to make beats, write, record, and mix studio-quality music. It offers thousands of instrument sounds and loops as well as over 100 included plugins joined by MIDI tools and editing and mixing workflows.
Pro Tools Studio ($299 annual or $39.99 monthly subscription) builds on the current Pro Tools offering with numerous enhancements like increased track counts, surround and support for Dolby Atmos mixing, automation features (both previously only available in Pro Tools Ultimate), and more. Current Pro Tools subscribers and perpetual license customers with active plans will automatically transition to Pro Tools Studio and receive all of the software enhancements.
Pro Tools Flex ($999 annual or $99.99 monthly subscription) is a subscription bundle that includes an enhanced version of Pro Tools Ultimate software plus additional content and third-party software. Active Pro Tools Ultimate subscribers will receive the full Pro Tools Flex subscription bundle, including the latest version of Pro Tools Ultimate, while Pro Tools Ultimate perpetual license customers with active plans will receive the Pro Tools Ultimate software enhancements.
“Pro Tools is one of the world’s most widely-used and awarded audio-production software tools and Avid’s goal is to make it more accessible to a broader community of music creators,” says Francois Quereuil, vice president, product management for audio and music solutions, Avid. “The new pricing for Pro Tools gives creators at every level, whether they’re working in music creation or audio post production, the ability to deliver their best possible sound no matter where they’re at in their career.”
Along with the three new Pro Tools software offerings, Avid also announces two new virtual instruments, Pro Tools | GrooveCell and Pro Tools | SynthCell, as well including bundled content from strategic partner SoundFlow, to enhance workflows ranging from beat and music creation to advanced editing workflows and spatial mixing and monitoring.
Pro Tools | GrooveCell is a virtual drum machine and sequencer for Pro Tools designed to make it easier to create intricate beats and drum patterns, while Pro Tools | SynthCell is a virtual synth that delivers dynamic polyphonic synthesis. Both virtual instruments come bundled with all three Pro Tools offerings (both subscription and perpetual) which—along with the existing collection of included virtual instruments, sounds, and loops—provide music creators with a more comprehensive sonic palette.
Further, SoundFlow is a new workflow automation platform designed to enable Pro Tools users to reduce complex, many-step tasks to single keystrokes or presses on a touch surface. SoundFlow Cloud Avid Edition is included with all annual Pro Tools Flex subscriptions, providing access to more than 1,600 pre-built macros and commands for Pro Tools that can be custom assigned and triggered by keyboard shortcuts, MIDI controllers, and HID devices.
All customers on active subscriptions or perpetual maintenance plans will automatically migrate to the new offerings, including the applicable software enhancements and content:
• Pro Tools customers (subscription and perpetual) will receive Pro Tools Studio
• Pro Tools Ultimate subscription customers will receive Pro Tools Flex subscription bundle
• Pro Tools Ultimate perpetual customers on an active update + support plan will receive Pro Tools Ultimate software
For more information on Pro Tools Artist, Pro Tools Studio and Pro Tools Flex go here and or register for an upcoming webinar here.
