Avid announced Pro Tools Sketch??, a new non-linear, clip-based creation tool in Pro Tools software that is also available as a free iPad app. Pro Tools Sketch enables musicians to quickly capture new ideas and freely experiment with concepts and songs, and find inspiration with a massive library of free loops, virtual instruments and effects. years in the making, this new addition to the Pro Tools workflow adds a must-have creation process directly alongside the Edit and Mix windows that established modern linear audio recording.

With Pro Tools Sketch, Avid addresses the growing needs of modern creators, no matter their preferred music creation style. While the Pro Tools Sketch iPad app is available for free to anyone via the Apple App Store, the Pro Tools 2023.9 update is now available to all Pro Tools customers on an active subscription or perpetual license with a current Software Updates + Support Plan, as well as all users of the free Pro Tools Intro application. Pro Tools Sketch is a significant expansion of the Pro Tools music creation workflow, adding a non-linear creation environment to the proven Pro Tools toolset used on the majority of top music releases, movies and TV shows.

Users can now start with clip-based sketches in which loops, MIDI and recordings can be freely organized and played, and then exported to be shared with friends. Sketch can also be moved to the Pro Tools timeline for further production using its world-class editing and mixing tools. Other New Pro Tools 2023.9 Features Pro Tools 2023.9 software update also introduces Export Selected Range, which enables Pro Tools Studio and Ultimate customers to export selected portions of the timeline as a new session.

This feature is perfect for breaking up large post sessions, separating a live recording into a session per song, and saving important elements of the session as bite size pieces. The release also delivers drag-and-drop plugin slot reordering to give users greater flexibility in experimenting with and changing processing order, and more. The Pro Tools 2023.9software release is now available free to download via the Apple App Store.

The Pro Tools 2023., software release is now available to all Pro tools customers on an active subscription or annual license with a current Software Updates+ Support Plan, as well as All users of the free Pro Tools Intro application. New Pro Tools subscriptions (Art, Studio, and Ultimate) can be purchased on the Avid Webstore or through an authorized Avid reseller which can be located at avid.com/find-a-reseller. Pro Tools Intro can beloaded for free at Avid.com/pro- tools-intro.

Avid has also announced that it is making available the Pro Tools perpetual license purchase option after receiving clear and consistent feedback from the user community.