Essential Information About Avid Pro Tools Ultimate Software
- Perpetual license provided with Support Plan and updates for 12 months, ensuring a sustainable production environment.
- Industry-standard DAW for recording, editing, and mixing music, post-production, and broadcast, featuring unlimited buses and 64 video tracks.
- Up to 64 inputs/outputs, 256 audio tracks, and 512 MIDI, instrument, and auxiliary tracks for complex sessions.
- Included suite of 60+ plug-ins (Channel Strips System 5) and Avid Cloud Collaboration with 1 GB of storage.
What Pro Tools Ultimate Is For
Pro Tools Ultimate is designed for professional studios and post-production teams requiring surgical editing, multichannel mixing up to 7.1, and a reliable workflow. It covers multitrack recording, advanced audio editing, sound design, music mixing, and soundtrack creation for picture, while ensuring smooth hardware compatibility and surface control.
Main Features
Editing and Processing at the Pace of Creativity
Speed up your sessions with offline flattening, automatic delay compensation, multitrack Beat Detective, Time Stretch & Pitch, Clip Gain, and real-time fades. Advanced metering and gain reduction measurement provide precise level visibility.
Studio-Level Editing and Automation
Benefit from editing tools such as Scrub Trim, Replace Region, Fit to Marks, Matching Channels, Back and Play, and Auto Fades. Advanced automation (Punch, Capture, Write On Stop, Write To All Enabled, Automate, Preview, etc.) ensures detailed and reproducible mixes.
Video, Immersive Audio, and Collaboration
Manage up to 64 video tracks, use Dolby Atmos protocols, and create mixes up to 7.1. Collaborate via Avid Cloud Collaboration (1 GB included) and enjoy seamless integration with EUCON and Mackie HUI controllers.
Hardware and Plug-in Integration
Access over 60 virtual instruments and effects, including Channel Strips inspired by System 5 consoles. Compatibility with Pro Tools HD series interfaces, as well as ASIO and Core Audio drivers, opens the door to a broad hardware ecosystem.
Technical Specifications
System Requirements
- Windows: version 10 (64-bit) or higher
- macOS (64-bit): version 10.15.7 or higher
- Minimum CPU: Intel Core i9 (Windows), Intel Core i7 (Mac), or Apple M1
- RAM: minimum 16 GB
- Disk space: minimum 15 GB
- Internet connection required for installation and activation
Capabilities and Limitations
- Audio sequencer (DAW)
- Up to 64 simultaneous inputs and outputs
- 256 audio tracks
- 512 MIDI, instrument, and auxiliary tracks
- Unlimited number of buses
- 64 video tracks
- Support for Dolby Atmos protocols and 7.1 mixing capability
Audio/Video Features
- Offline flattening, automatic delay compensation
- Multitrack Beat Detective, Time Stretch & Pitch, Clip Gain
- Real-time fades, advanced metering, and gain reduction
- Editing: Scrub Trim, Replace Region, Fit to Marks, Matching Channels, Back and Play, Auto Fades
- Automation: Punch, Capture, Write On Stop, Write To All Enabled, Automate, Preview, etc.
- Video editing: multiple video tracks and playlists, dedicated editing tools
Included Content
- More than 60 virtual instruments and effects, including channel plug-ins inspired by System 5 consoles (EQ, compressor/limiter, expander/gate with flexible routing)
- Avid Cloud Collaboration: 1 GB of storage
Supported Formats and Protocols
- Hardware control via EUCON and Mackie HUI
- ASIO and Core Audio drivers compatible with third-party audio hardware
Hardware Compatibility
- Supports Pro Tools HD series interfaces
License and Protection
- License validity: unlimited (perpetual)
- Support Plan and updates included for 12 months
- Copy protection: iLok 2 / iLok 3 / iLok Cloud
- Simultaneous activation: 1
- Download product; activation code will be available on the invoice after order processing