Avid Pro Tools 10

The industry-standard digital audio workstation is back with Avid Pro Tools 10. Despite being the most powerful music production software there is this DAW is still pushing the boundaries to provide you with the best sounding and most user-friendly application for recording, editing, composition and mixing.

More Power! Going against the popular phrase ‘Less is more’ Avid Pro Tools 10 has now become even more powerful than ever with twice as many MIDI tracks as version 9 (giving you a total of 512), 96 simultaneous audio tracks, 32 audio inputs and an a sample rate of up to 192KHz (the same as HD). The ASIO driver support also draws the best possible results from cheaper equipment, giving it extended longevity.

Avid Pro Tools 10 comes loaded with 72 plug-in effects/processors that cover all the bases and more alongside 8Gb of samples and loops, Boom drum machine, Mini Grand piano, DB-33 tonewheel organ, Vacuum monophonic tube synthesiser, Structure Free sample player and Xpand. With everything you need and more in one place you wont need to expanded the software or rely on hardware.

Hard drive-friendly Avid Pro Tools 10 allows you to mix file formats and bit depths in the same project without duplicating files and with support for 32-bit floating-point files you’ll get high-resolution with increased headroom with losing audio integrity.

With Avid Pro Tools 10 Avid have improved overall performance and sped up workflow with better support when recording and playback from an external hard drive. The new Clip Gain feature gives you quicker control of gain levels. The Automatic Delay Compensation now has two more busses (four times that of version 9!).

Avid Pro Tools 10 now features the legendary System 5 console, which featured in some of the greatest mixes heard, in the form of the Avid Channel Strip plug-in. This plug-in gives you replications the consoles EQ and compression algorithms.

There is no way to make a summation that will do it any justice to a software that has helped form the music industry and has such a rich heritage. In short, if you’re serious about music production you need to get Avid Pro Tools 10.