Avid Pro Tools Ultimate Perpetual License
With a perpetual license, purchase it once, and it’s yours to keep for a lifetime. Plus, enjoy a complimentary year of software upgrades to keep your tools up-to-date. To authorize the software, you’ll need either a physical iLok key or an iLok Cloud license (internet connection required).
Please note that this product is an eLicense/Serial-only version, meaning there is no physical box or product. You can easily download the software and authorize it using the serial number we provide. It’s important to mention that eLicenses are not typically stocked and may take between 24 to 48 hours to be supplied.
Pro Tools Ultimate includes the advanced workflows you need at its core, plus a massive collection of plugins, content, and capabilities to maximize your creative possibilities and speed.
Get full track and I/O counts, Pro Tools | HDX workflows, immersive/spatial audio mixing tools, and advanced features to take on the biggest music and audio post productions.
Get Inspired
Spark ideas with a massive music software collection of plugins, loops, and samples—plus, get a Sonic Drop of fresh new content each month. No matter what type of music you create, you’ll find tons of incredible sounds to explore and tweak.
Make Music with MIDI
Build up songs quickly and create more realistic-sounding tracks with easy-to-use MIDI tools. Add loops that auto-conform to your session tempo. And freely create and experiment without stopping playback.
Play Virtually Any Instrument
Have thousands of instrument sounds at your fingertips with GrooveCell, SynthCell, PlayCell, Boom, Mini Grand, Xpand, and more included. Even connect your favourite electronic instruments and music apps through Ableton Link.
Collaborate with Others
Share ideas and work on projects with anyone, anywhere, with Cloud Collaboration. And take your music to any producer or studio around the world, as the Pro Tools session format is the industry’s universal language.
Record High-Quality Audio
Seamless punch and loop recording. Automated playlist tracking. All in pristine 32-bit floating/192 kHz audio resolution. With Pro Tools, you can capture performances that sound like a hit record from the start.
Capture Inspired Performances
Ever have that moment where you play something amazing but didn’t hit record? With Retrospective MIDI Record, you can bring in those MIDI improvisations retroactively in your DAW to recoup that spontaneity.
Get Seamless Hardware Integration
Use any audio interface that meets your needs to record into Pro Tools. Or add an Avid audio interface or system and you can record through plugins with near-zero latency and get guaranteed performance.
Create the Perfect Take
Experience the easiest audio comping workflow for creating flawless performances quickly. You can even cycle through different playlist takes to hear what works best and create something truly inspired.
Edit Your Way
When it comes to manipulating tracks in Pro Tools, there’s no right or wrong way. Shape, fix, chop, cut, and tweak audio and MIDI the way you want in a creative DAW that gives you limitless flexibility and freedom to play.
Tweak Audio Timing and Pitch
Easily fix timing, beat match audio, and correct notes with Elastic Audio. Or with Melodyne now integrated directly into Pro Tools via ARA 2, you can quickly manipulate pitch and time in real time—without roundtripping audio.
Fine-Tune MIDI Performances
Quantize notes. Adjust note durations. Transpose recordings. Add dynamics by varying note velocities. Rearrange parts with Folder Tracks. And add more humanistic soul using MIDI Real-Time Properties.
Turn Audio to MIDI and Vice-Versa
Drag an audio sample to a MIDI track or convert an audio track to MIDI, and you can change the instrument, switch out samples, and edit notes. Or drag a MIDI clip to an audio track for more creative editing possibilities.
Shape Mixes with Powerful Plugins
Get the classic sounds of legendary analog gear—from compressors and EQs to unique effects—with over 120 plugins to fine-tune tracks. Plus, get a monthly Sonic Drop of new content and $2,500+ of additional plugins, sounds, and more with the Inner Circle.
Mix Dolby Atmos® Music
Give your fans a whole new way to experience your music. Get the capabilities to mix surround and immersive sound—including Dolby Atmos—with Pro Tools Studio and Ultimate.
Get Unmatched Mixing Automation
Pro Tools offers the most advanced and accurate automation of any DAW. Automate anything—from track volumes and panning to plugin settings and sends—to achieve your best mixes possible.
Take Hands-on Control of your Mix
Only Avid control surfaces—from the free Avid Control app to the modular S6—provide the unparalleled DAW integration needed to access tracks, plugins, sends, and more from the surface, speeding up editing and mixing.
Replace or Add Dialogue
Create flawless ADR and voiceover performances by loop recording your talent in sync with the picture, then comping together the best takes. For ultimate sound quality and sync, add an Avid audio interface or system.
Capture Foley Performances
Use blank clips to cue a Foley session quickly and record high-quality sound effects—such as footsteps, rain, punches, and dish rattling—in sync with the movement onscreen to re-produce the sounds of everyday life.
Create realistic Atmospheres
Design and build up rich sonic elements and ambience that bring life to moving pictures. With up to 2,046 voices/audio tracks and 64 video tracks at your disposal, you can create immersive, unforgettable soundscapes.
Edit and Position Sound
Work with HD, 4K, and other high-res media directly, enabling you to place and edit sound to picture with great precision and accuracy. From trimming clips and leveraging Clip Effects to positioning elements in 3D audio.
Design Unique Sounds and Effects
Create and manipulate sounds for every visual element in a scene—from revving engines to an alien invasion—with over 120 plugins, a huge sound library, Sonic Drop, Melodyne essential, and Elastic Audio to help you sculpt your sonic vision.
Streamline the Editorial Workflow
With clip gain, track automation, markers, and track effects compatibility between Pro Tools and Media Composer, you can pick up where the video editor left off to conform sequences. Or sync a session directly with a sequence.
Mix the Largest Sessions with Ease
Get the most advanced automation in the industry to turn around complex productions faster. Handle hundreds of thousands of clips with Folder Tracks. Control multiple Pro Tools rigs at once. And save tons of time with macros.
Immerse your Audience in Sound
Experience the easiest and most efficient Dolby Atmos and Ambisonics workflows with tightly integrated mixing and monitoring solutions, as well as the new Dolby Atmos Renderer. Plus, get advanced workflows for surround and immersive mixing.
Take Control of Every Element
Dramatically boost your mixing efficiency and precision with an Avid control surface, which provides unparalleled DAW integration, plus joystick and PEC/Direct options for S4 and S6 to speed up mixing and re-recording tasks.
Deliver with Confidence
Pro Tools provides all the technology and workflows you need to meet the technical and delivery specifications required for theatrical release, broadcast, Netflix, streaming, gaming, and other video productions.
What are the Differences Between each Version?
Check out AVID’s detailed comparison chart here.