Avid Pro Tools | Artist Perpetual License with 1-Year Updates and Support Plan Audio and Music Creation Software (Download)

Create, record, edit, mix, and master music quickly using powerful yet easy-to-use tools with Avid Pro Tools Perpetual with 1-Year Updates and Support Plan, the go-to audio-production software for songwriters, musicians, creators, and engineers working in home and project studios.

Pro Tools Artist lets you capture performances in pristine 32-bit float / 192 kHz audio for high-dynamic-range recordings with depth and dimension. The software makes music creation fast, fluid, and fun, providing in one DAW many of the same tools the pros use to produce full songs and albums. Start creating any style of music right away with over 100+ classic outboard processor, instrument, and guitar-effect plug-ins, plus real-time MIDI tools, loops, and a huge sound library. Elevate your recording and mixing experience with tightly integrated audio interfaces and surfaces that offer DSP acceleration, for near-zero latency and unmatched hands-on control.

Pro Tools Artist at a Glance

• 16 simultaneous recording I/O
• 32 audio tracks, 32 instrument tracks, 64 MIDI tracks
• 32 aux tracks/routing folders, 1 master track
• Stereo mixing

What’s Included and How to Manage Your Perpetual License

• Perpetual access to the Pro Tools Artist software.
• 1-year access to all available Pro Tools Artist updates. Keep all installed updates after the 12-month period expires.
• 1-year access to Standard support with unlimited online technical support plus billing and account help—response within 24 to 48 hours.
• 1-year access to the Artist Bundle (over 100+ plug-ins).
• 1-year access to Pro Tools | PlayCell sample-playback instrument.
• 1-year access to Celemony Melodyne essential.
• 1-year access to Pro Tools | Sonic Drop—get exclusive new samples, loops, and/or instrument presets every month.
• 1-year access to Inner Circle rewards—over $2500 in free plug-ins plus music and sound libraries, training resources, and more.
• Perpetual access to 1GB of Cloud Collaboration storage, 2GB high-quality loop library, plus over 3GB of bonus samples and sounds for virtual instruments.
• Users who wish to retain access to software updates, Standard support, and the Complete Production Bundle after the initial 1-year period need to purchase an Artist Perpetual License Upgrade.
• Pro Tools runs on Intel-based Windows and Mac computers as well as on M1- and M2-based Mac computers.
• Choose to authorize the software either via cloud license with iLok Cloud (requires a constant Internet connection) or with a physical iLok 2 / iLok 3 key (available separately).

Capture Inspired Performances

Ever have that moment where you play something amazing but didn’t hit record? With Retrospective MIDI Record, you can bring in those MIDI improvisations retroactively to recoup that spontaneity.

Record with Near-Zero Latency

Use any audio interface that meets your needs to record into Pro Tools. Or, add an Avid audio interface or system (available separately), and you can record through plug-ins with near-zero latency.

Create the Perfect Take

Experience the easiest audio comping workflow for creating flawless performances quickly. You can even cycle through different playlists takes to hear what works best and create something truly inspired.

Edit Your Way, Tweak Audio Timing and Pitch

With Pro Tools Artist you can reshape sounds, fix issues, chop, cut, and tweak audio and MIDI tracks with ultimate flexibility and precision. Trim clips, edit notes, and add fades with the Smart Tool. Change tempo or timing on the fly with Elastic Time. You can even make bad notes sound pitch-perfect with Elastic Pitch.

Accurate Mix Automation

From Track Freeze and professional metering to the ability to automate most parameters—from track volumes and panning to plug-in settings—all this makes the art of mixing music and soundtracks fast and easy. Automatic delay compensation corrects for delays incurred by plug-ins and mixer routing as well as side-chaining.

Fine-Tune MIDI Performances

Quantize notes. Adjust note durations. Transpose recordings. Add dynamics by varying note velocities. Rearrange parts with Folder Tracks. Add more humanistic soul using MIDI Real-Time Properties.

Turn Audio to MIDI and Vice Versa

Drag an audio sample to a MIDI track or convert an audio track to MIDI, and you can change the instrument, switch out samples, and edit notes. Or, drag a MIDI clip to an audio track for more creative editing possibilities. Audio to MIDI allows you to repitch notes and play with the timing. It not only works with melodic material; you can also convert percussive and polyphonic recordings too.

Change Pitch and Time with Melodyne

The Celemony Melodyne essential plug-in makes it easy to fix bad notes, hold out good ones, tighten up grooves, or even rearrange the melody, all with natural-sounding results. Perfect vocal and instrument performances quickly, or get more creative with them using the core tool set.

Pro Tools | GrooveCell and Pro Tools | SynthCell Virtual Instruments

Pro Tools | GrooveCell is a virtual drum machine and sequencer that makes it easy to create intricate beats and drum patterns in Pro Tools. You can use the included sounds and presets or build custom drumkits by dragging and dropping your own samples onto the drumpads (MP3, WAV, or AIFF).

Pro Tools | SynthCell is a modern virtual synth that offers a wide palette of sounds in Pro Tools—from old-school familiar to the truly unique. Sporting two oscillators, two multimode filters, an LFO, envelopes, an arpeggiator, and a variety of effects, you can start sculpting your own sounds from scratch or cruise through the library of presets and instantly find something organic, distorted, smooth, chaotic, or analog, without ever touching a knob.

Pro Tools | Sonic Drop Content Program

Pro Tools | Sonic Drop is a monthly program that delivers a massive collection of effects, virtual instruments, processors, loops, and inspiring samples on a monthly basis. From traditional instruments and found sounds to content from other artists and industry partners, each drop focuses on a specific theme, giving users an ever-growing collection of sounds.

Fuel Your Creativity with Pro Plug-Ins

Polish mixes with access to every audio plug-in offered in the Artist Bundle. From high-quality reverbs, EQs, and dynamics, to virtual instruments and guitar stompbox effects, you have access to everything you need to shape, enhance, and fine-tune your sound.

Bounce Better (Including Stems)

Whether bouncing a final mix, consolidating tracks, or printing stems, the Bounce window enables you to work more easily than ever before. Create your own presets for frequently used workflows.

Save Tons of Time with Space Clips

For video-game sound designers, dialog editors, and sound librarians who often import tens of thousands of audio files per project, Space Clips eliminates the mind-numbing grind and time wasted spacing clips apart before getting to work. With a single command, you can separate multiple clips on a track at equal time intervals of your choosing, quickly and easily.

Discover the Power of the Dark Side

With the Dark theme, Pro Tools offers a modern look and feel that’s easier on the eyes—especially in low-light conditions. You can change the brightness and saturation of almost every aspect of the Dark and Classic user interfaces.

Bring Focus to Your Session with Folder Tracks

Take command of large sessions by organizing tracks into collapsible folders, enabling you to work more creatively and productively. Arrange, consolidate, and route tracks quickly with drag-and-drop ease. And, group folders in folders and color-code them for even easier navigation.

Connect to Ableton-Link-Enabled Apps and Devices

Expand your instrument options and enable multiple musicians and beatmakers to play along with your session. With support for Ableton Link, you can connect Pro Tools to a wide range of Link-enabled music creation apps, electronic instruments, and sound processors on your network—everything and everyone in perfect sync.

Collaborate In the Cloud

Avid Cloud Collaboration enables you to work with up to 10 collaborators to contribute to the same Pro Tools project remotely. You can work on a song with anyone anywhere in the world as if you were in the same studio—all you need is an internet connection.

Connect, Expand Opportunities, and Get Discovered

With Avid Link in the Pro Tools interface, you can connect with other music creators and audio professionals to find collaborators and gigs, share your work, promote your skills, and expand your creative opportunities. Plus, get your music heard on Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, TIDAL, and dozens of other major streaming services with easy music distribution through AvidPlay (available separately). AvidPlay supports 24-bit / 192 kHz audio, including Dolby Atmos music.

Take Hands-On Control of Your Mix

Experience the deepest level of integration when you pair Pro Tools with any EUCON-enabled control surface—includes Avid S6, S4, S3, S1, and Avid Dock, as well as the free Avid Control app on your mobile device (all available separately). Speed up recording, editing, and mixing tasks with access to tracks, plug-ins, and automation control right from the surface. You can even create custom keys to perform practically any Pro Tools function with a single button press.