Avid Student and Faculty/School versions are only for use by students, faculty and staff. Before the software can be activated, you must obtain a serial number by further submitting proof of eligibility for this program to Avid. Eligibility guidelines are available at http://apps.avid.com/academiceligibility/.

Avid Pro Tools provides everything you need to compose, record, edit and mix audio compositions. With an ultra-efficient audio engine that supports 64-bit performance, musicians and audio producers can create without boundaries. Pro Tools work at the speed of your creativity, so you can take on the most demanding, complex audio sessions with the best sounding mixes possible.

Features of Avid Pro Tools:

Build sessions on the fly with Track Presets
Kick time-consuming tasks to the curb. With Track Presets, you can quickly save, catalog, and recall your favorite effects chains, vocal processing, session import criteria, and other track settings--boosting your efficiency--so you can spend more time creating.

Capture performances retroactively
Ever jam along to a song and nail the perfect run before hitting record? With retrospective MIDI recording, Pro Tools goes into “listen” mode even when you’re not recording, so you can retroactively drop those inspired improvisations into a track post performance, without missing a beat.

Take deeper control of your MIDI
Making music has never been easier. With numerous MIDI improvements and enhancements, you can fix and finesse every note to perfection--from transposing and trimming notes with the arrow keys, to building chords and scores faster than ever before.

Comp together the best takes
Build a Target Playlist of the best performances--from multiple playlists--right in Waveform view. It’s ideal when working with grouped tracks, making playlist management and viewing no longer a challenge. You can also now cycle through different takes within a clip using the arrow keys for faster review.

Retire your iLok key
Pro Tools and all Avid audio plug-ins now support iLok Cloud. That means you now have the option of putting your trusty old iLok key to rest and freeing an extra USB port for a MIDI keyboard or audio interface. Or continue using your iLok as before.

Get a better view of your mix
With new EQ curve graphs on all Mix window channel strips, you can see how your settings and automation are impacting each track in real time--even those with multiple EQs (supported plug-ins only). In addition, pre-fader sends and Automation lane view menu entries are now color-coded, making them easier to distinguish.

Start collaborating more easily
Got a session that you’re dying to work on with others? Select File > Start Collaboration, and Pro Tools will automatically save your current session, close it, and reopen it as a project in the cloud, with all tracks converted and ready to be shared.

System Requirements and Compatibility:
For optimal performance and reliability, be sure that your computer or laptop meets the following minimum system requirements.

Mac:

• Intel Mac with Mac OS X 10.11.6, macOS 10.12.6 or 10.13.3
  Please find version specific qualifications in the macOS Compatibility Grid below.
• Intel Core i5 processor (Pro Tools Standard), Intel Core i7 processor (Pro Tools Ultimate)
• 16GB RAM (32GB or more recommended)
• Internet connection for installation
• 15GB disk space for installation
• USB-port for iLok authorization (iLok 2 or iLok 3 required)
• PCIe slot for HDX or HD Native card (incl. one power connection on motherboard), Thunderbolt-port for supported PCIe-chassis
  or USB-port, FireWire-port or Thunderbolt-port for CoreAudio-supported audio device
• Supports 64-bit AAX plug-ins in Pro Tools

Windows:

• Intel PC Windows 8.1 (Standard and Pro 64-bit Editions) and Windows 10 (Home, Pro, and Enterprise 64-bit Editions)
  Please find version specific qualifications in the Windows OS Compatibility Grid below.
• Intel Core i5 processor (Pro Tools Standard), Intel Xeon processor (Pro Tools Ultimate)
• 16GB RAM (32GB or more recommended)
• Internet connection for installation
• 15GB disk space for installation
• USB-port for iLok authorization (iLok 2 or iLok 3 required)
• PCIe slot for HDX or HD Native card (incl. one power connection on motherboard)
  or USB-port, FireWire-port for ASIO-supported audio device
• Supports 64-bit AAX plug-ins in Pro Tools

Computer Optimization
Optimizing your system will simplify software installation and maximize the performance of Pro Tools. It is recommended that you follow our Computer Optimizations Guides for Mac and Windows before installing Pro Tools.

Note
It is important to note that Avid tests and qualifies specific configurations. While systems that meet the minimum requirements may operate without problems, please understand we can only provide support for qualified systems.

Additional Requirements

• Copy Protection: iLok 2, iLok 3, or iLok Cloud (Note: Original iLok 1 not supported)
• Audio Drive Requirements: One or more hard disk drives dedicated for audio record and playback.
  • When daisy-chaining a Thunderbolt drive and expansion chassis, the drive should be placed at the end of the chain
• Graphics Card: Dedicated graphics card highly recommended.
• Audio File Type & Session Support:
  • Supported: BWF, AIFF, MXF
  • Not Supported: SD2 audio files and Pro Tools 4.x sessions and lower
    • Pro Tools 10.3.6 or higher (Mac) will automatically convert SD2 audio files to compatible audio files