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Avid Release Pro Tools 2018.7 Update
Avid has just announced the release of Pro Tools 2018.7, which is available now in your myavid account. This new Pro Tools update adds new features to all three tiers of Pro Tools that improve workflow, speed and efficiency for both music and audio post customers. It will be available to new customers, current subscribers, and users with an active upgrade plan.
What’s New in Pro Tools 2018
Search to Access the Plug-ins and Busses You Need
Forget scrolling through lengthy menus to find the plug-in or bus you need. With tag-like search capabilities integrated into the Inserts, Sends, Inputs, and Outputs menus, you can simply start typing and Pro Tools will instantly display all matching items, enabling you to assign VIs, effects, and busses much faster than before.
Speed Up With Multi-item Menu Selections
Pro Tools now makes it easy to select multiple items in a menu in one fell swoop to boost your workflow speed. Control-click (Mac) or Start-click (Windows) on a track Insert, Send, or I/O mapping slot and select as many items as desired from the context menu. And quickly select multiple view, toolbar, window, and other preferences using checkboxes in pop-over menus.
Relative Grid - Edit Audio and MIDI in the Groove
Don’t want everything to perfectly align to the beat when rearranging a session? You can now have Pro Tools maintain the relative grid position when copying, cutting, and pasting audio and MIDI clips and note selections. Not only does this expedite the editing process, it preserves the perfectly imperfect feel of unquantized music by retaining all correct offsets established in your timeline.
Pro Tools 2018 Features And Compatibility
You can see in this table what features have been added to Pro Tools during 2018.
New Feature
Pro Tools First
Pro Tools
Pro Tools Ultimate
Pro Tools 2018.7 Released In July
Relative Grid Copy / Paste
X
X
X
Search Plug-ins and Busses
X
X
X
Multi-Select Menu Items
X
X
X
9-Pin Track Arming
X
Pro Tools 2018.4 Released In April
Avid Complete Plugin Bundle included
Compatible but not included
X
Pro Tools MachineControl included
Compatible but not included
X
Pro Tools 2018.1 Released In January
Retrospective MIDI Record
X
X
X
MIDI Editing Enhancements
X
X
X
Track Presets
X
X
X
Mixing UI Improvements
X
X
X
Improved Import Session Data
X
X
Playlist Comping Enhancements
X
X
"Start Collaboration" File Menu Item
X
X
iLok Cloud Support
N/A
X
X
Already have a current Pro Tools Upgrade Plan? Just log into your Avid account to download the latest update. Otherwise contact RSPE to find out how to Upgrade to Pro Tools 2018.7!
Avid have announced the next Pro Tools Upgrade at NAMM show 2018. The new version, Pro Tools 2018, represents not only a software update, but an overhaul of the Pro Tools versioning scheme. In addition to the new naming scheme, this release adds new features that help music creators jumpstart their creativity, stay in their flow, and finish projects with speed and efficiency. It will be available to new customers, current subscribers, and users with an active upgrade plan.
Pro Tools 2018 includes major improvements and new features for Pro Tools | First, Pro Tools, and Pro Tools | HD.
New Pro Tools 2018 Versioning Scheme
For 2018, Avid is implementing a new software version numbering convention.
Software releases will be numbered according to the year and month, for example the first software release in January of 2018 will be numbered 2018.1Subsequent releases within the same month will have an additional suffix, for example 2018.1.1For products that do not release on a monthly basis,…
Avid have released a software update for Pro Tools that fixes a number of bugs/issues that many Pro Tools users have been having. Keeping in line with their new numbering scheme, Pro Tools 2018.3 is a March 2018 release. Here is the list of the bug fixes in the Pro Tools 2018.3 release.
Bug FixesControl Surfaces
The Pro Tools | S6, and Pro Tools | Control, now use the correct page table for the expand knob and fader assignment (PT-237378)The page table for Dyn3 De-Esser now uses the correct page table on the Pro Tools | S6 Knob Module (PT-233948)The Pro Tools | Control application will now reflect when tracks are hidden from Pro Tools | S6 or Pro Tools (PT-238653)Opt/Alt touching a fader, in flip mode, will once again set the console and Pro Tools fader to its default value (PT-238654) Crash/Errors
Fixed a crash when cycling clips in a selection and then undoing (PT-237545)Fixed a crash when a deleted committed track is cleared from undo queue (PT-238766)Fixed a crash when recalling tra…
Emmy Award Winning Sound Designer Paula Fairfield is most famous for her work on the hit HBO show, “Game Of Thrones". She’s the sound designer that gives the dragons their voice, and every roar, flap or hiss coming from one of Daenerys’ three dragons is created in the studio she built in her desert home near Palm Springs.
The heart of Paula’s studio is the Avid Pro Tools S6 control surface and Colin Broad PD3 / A-Mon monitoring system that controls her HDX system. For Dolby Atmos monitoring, RSPE incorporated a JBL LSR system housed in the ASC AttackWall for Immersive Sound. The ASC AttackWall provides an optimum mixing environment that's portable and modular and translates every time.
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