Don’t let the word license scare you it still is a one-time purchase. Just like before, Pro Tools can be purchased or upgraded outright, which is called a perpetual license. I am pleased to say that Avid’s latest version of Pro Tools, 12.3 includes some of the most helpful improvements yet.Īvid now offers its most flexible pricing ever for Pro Tools 12 - there are three different ways to purchase or upgrade. My first thought was, “Oh no, what am I going to do with the 2 extra tracks?!” Fearing the worst, my second thought was, “Oh shit, I bet this thing no longer does crossfades and I will have to use those two extra tracks to “ping pong” from one set of tracks to the other for fades.” Thankfully, I quickly realized that not only could Pro Tools 1.0 do crossfades, but it could do a lot more, including revolutionizing the entire audio industry.ĭuring my long history of working on Sound Tools and Pro Tools, I have seen all of the advancements with the software firsthand. We purchased the first available version of Pro Tools and launched the new version to discover that there were now 4 audio tracks instead of 2.
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(See my History of Audio Post here.)Ī short time later, Pro Tools was introduced and everyone at the studio thought it was simply an upgrade to Sound Tools but with a different name. I took to it like a fish takes to water since I was already using computers, MIDI sequencers and drum machines - even replacing chips in drum machines - which is fitting since that is how Peter Gotcher and Evan Brooks started Digidesign back in 1984. Since I did so many ¼-inch tape edits, the studio manager was forward thinking enough to introduce a new 2-track digital editing system by Digidesign called Sound Tools. Back then we used ¼-inch analog tape with a razor blade to physically cut the tape.
In 1990, I was working at a music studio where I did a lot of cut downs of 60s, 30s, 15s and 10s for TV and radio commercials.