Pro Tools for Aspiring Music Creators

Avid Pro Tools Artist gives you everything you need to make beats, write songs, record vocals and instruments, and mix studio-quality music — it’s the same DAW software used by major recording studios and broadcast-grade video post houses, but scaled down for aspiring music creators, songwriters, and producers. This Pro Tools Artist subscription arms you with everything you need to design, edit, and mix music, including powerful MIDI tools and a huge sound library, plus Avid’s Artist Bundle, which contains over 100 effects and instruments. Your projects will benefit from a 32-bit audio engine, yielding you unrivaled depth, dimension, and dynamic range. To top it off, your subscription to Pro Tools Artist comes with Avid Standard support. If you’re searching for an easy, effective way to create music that’s ready for streaming platforms, Pro Tools Artist offers a terrific jumping-on point.

Note: This product requires that you have an iLok account for authorization, although it does not require a physical iLok key.

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 simply works. That’s why so many of us at Sweetwater choose Pro Tools for our own studios. With Pro Tools Artist, you can create, record, edit, and mix Grammy-level productions quickly and easily via an ultra-streamlined, 2-window user interface. All of your vital controls and commands are right at your fingertips, and most advanced functions are only an additional click away. What’s more, Pro Tools Artist employs a 32-bit audio engine that yields you incredible depth, dimension, and dynamic range for unrivaled sound quality.

Tailor-made for easy music creation

With its ability to tackle up to 32 audio tracks, Avid Pro Tools Artist provides music makers with an inspiring creative platform. You also get 32 aux tracks, 32 instrument tracks, and 64 MIDI tracks. Pro Tools Artist also supplies you with 32 routing folders and support for 16 channels of native I/O.

Comes with Avid’s Complete Plug-in Bundle

The Avid Artist Plug-in Bundle is included with your Pro Tools Artist subscription. This bundle provides you with more than 100 top-notch effects and instruments for your music-making pleasure, along with an inspiring sound library. If you work in the box, you need a collection of great-sounding plug-ins, and the Avid Artist Plug-in Bundle effectively covers all the essentials.

Avid Pro Tools Artist Annual Subscription Features:

• Industry-standard digital audio workstation (DAW) software with cutting-edge 32-bit audio engine
• Interact with and make updates to tracks and timeline selections during playback without interruption
• Supports up to 16 channels of I/O, 32 mono/stereo audio tracks, and 64 MIDI tracks
• MIDI Input Display shows notes and chords as you play them on a MIDI controller
• MIDI merge 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
• Name field in the New Track dialog 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
• Track Commit and Track Freeze free up system resources during intense sessions
• Layered Editing prevents you from losing overlapped clips while editing
• Real-time fade manipulation for creating quick crossfades
• Send fully overlapped clips to a or existing playlist while editing and/or while recording
• Grid Toggle function makes flipping between Grid and Slip modes easy
• Tandem Trimming enables trimming the start and end of two adjacent clips simultaneously
• Clip Overwrite Indicator alerts you when you move an audio clip so that it fully overlaps a smaller off-screen clip
• Soundbase uses tags to make locating audio files and loops easy
• Faster-than-real-time bounce to disk streamlines your workflow and frees up resources
• Workspace Browser makes project navigation extremely fast and incredibly simple
• Simple keyboard commands let you quickly disable and enable sends and inserts
• Capture automation while recording audio
• Automatic delay compensation provides tight mixing with minimal phase issues
• Multitrack Beat Detective and Elastic Audio let you correct timing across all your tracks
• Score Editor and MIDI Editor provide comprehensive composing capabilities
• Mix various audio file types and formats in a single session without format conversion
• Create flawless performances using simple track compositing functions
• Clip Gain provides dynamic volume flexibility and increases integration with Media Composer
• Mute and Solo visual indicators and Bus Interrogation provide a clear view of signal flow
• Low-latency monitoring with Core Audio and ASIO hardware delivers smoother tracking
• Read/record from flash drives, RAID systems, network-attached drives, and server storage
• Functions such as Export Selected Tracks as Session make collaboration easy
• OMF/AAF/MXF interchange support included
• Export support for MP3 files, iTunes, and SoundCloud also included
• Automatic Delay Compensation on sidechains
• Avid Cloud Collaboration and the Avid Marketplace let you connect and collaborate
• Switch between Dark and Classic UI themes
• Avid Artist Bundle contains over 100 effects and instruments
• 1 year of software updates and Standard support