Pro Tools is an advanced audio and music production platform that can handle instrumentation, effects, recording, editing, mixing and even post production.

Active musicians who gets into computer based recording in this age probably ask the same question: "what is Pro Tools"? A simple response would be this: Pro Tools allows users to compose, record, sequence, edit, and mix audio the way the users prefer too. Pro Tools is for producers, artists and engineers that aim for big, clear and quality music productions.

If you are looking for a Pro Tools PC, You need not look further because Pro Tools is available for Windows users. It can now be used with third-party ASIO-compatible or Core Audio interface, with compatible Avid audio interface, or just by itself - as a standalone program in Windows. Users are now free to choose which computer, operating system and interface to use.

Far from being a regular recording application, Pro Tools allows for larger complicated projects, with maximum of 96 or 192 simultaneous audio tracks for recording voices, instruments and other audio. It has 512 MIDI tracks and 128 instrument tracks, fully compatible with the included 70 virtual instruments, effects and plugins that were included in the package. And it has 160 aux tracks and 256 internal busses for making sophisticated mixes.

Pro Tools is designed to help you with your arrangements and are packaged with a number of virtual instruments that you can use to instantly create your music. You can use the MIDI editor to create your arrangement or alternatively you can use the built-in Sibelius Score Editor for people that prefer using notations.

Additional features such as Automatic Delay Compensation, OMF/AAF/MXF interchange, DigiBase Pro, multitrack Beat Detective, and full Import Session Data dialog are now considered as standard and included in the software instead of being add-ons.

Last but not the least, Pro Tools works well with videos by using Time Code Ruler and the variable stereo pan depths can also do mixes in surround with the latest 7.1 surround panner.

Pro Tools is also featured in our roundup of the best Music Production Software

Changes in v10.3.3

• Hypercontrol support for M-Audio Axiom Air Controller
• Various Bugfixes and enhancements, read more at Avid

Changes in v10.3.1

• Fixes and update information are available from Avid

Changes in v10.3

• Bugfix and Compatibility update - Get complete details from Avid

Changes in v10.2

• Maintenance update - Complete detail available from Avid

Changes in v10.1.2

• Bugfix update - Complete detail available from Avid

New in v10.0.1

• A number of bugfix and adjustments
• Detailed information is available at Avid.

New in v10

• Clip Gain makes mixing and editing quicker, you can easily monitor and adjust gain levels of specific areas of your tracks
• More headroom is avialable via the 32-bit floating point format, you can now record and master sounds with higher resolution
• Low-latency recording is afforded via direct monitoring when using third party audio interface
• No more need to convert audio files because Pro Tools 10 supports multiple audio formats in one session which includes interleave
• Enhanced disk handler will give you better responsiveness when dealing with slower hard drives
• With the new Avid Channel Strip plug-in, you can get the sound of System 5 console EQ and dynamics
• SoundCloud and iTunes integration for quick sharing
• More 500 new Pro Tools commands via the EUCON controllers
• Extended the timeline to 24-hours, for your long-format projects
• Real-time fades offer better responsiveness and are quicker to load
• AudioSuite rendered clips are supported with handles, reverse processing and more

Here is a video that talks about some of the new features of Pro Tools 10:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpyeCHjdxSk

For further information visit: http://www.avid.com/US/products/Pro-Tools-Software

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