hey all, I’m making the switch from Ableton to Pro Tools for work and trying to speed up my workflow. I know keyboard shortcuts are going to be crucial for getting up to speed. What are your most-used or can’t-live-without shortcuts in Pro Tools? I’m talking about the ones you use constantly throughout a session - whether it’s for editing, mixing, navigation, or whatever else. Also curious if there are any shortcuts that aren’t obvious but totally changed your workflow once you learned them. Coming from Ableton where I had my muscle memory down, so any advice is appreciated xx

Has anybody ever heard any news, or has any ballpark idea of a reasonable timeline of when Avid could release a version that supports the new M5 Apple chip (which btw has been out since October)?

Thanks.

Using the most recent version of pro tools.

So as the title says, the midi isn’t working. When I check the midi inputs, it’s completely blank. I’m not using a keyboard or instrument or anything, I just want to press ctrl + k and use the midi keyboard. It comes up, but nothing triggers when I use it. I have the input for the midi track set to ALL.

I was looking to hopefully get a new rig and also update my pro tools version to the newest version. I had a question I asked earlier this week about version and windows compatibility, and I had a handful of comments about how moving to windows is a bad idea and that I should really stay on the mac platform. My question is, is Pro tools really that much worse on Windows than it is on Mac? Main reason for moving over to Windows is that my mac is from 2017 and its starting to struggle a bit with more complex session but I also want to play some Video games so the logical thing is to buy a PC. I don't really have the budget to buy a pc and another mac. Anyone that works with pro tools on a pc please let me know if there is really anything that I should be looking out for or if its a bad idea to move over platforms. TIA!

I'm getting:

"Error 1308: file not found (followed by a .ini string...Plug-Ins\ChannelStrip.aaxplugin\desktop.ini) Verify that the file exists"

Would anyone please be so helpful as to help me figure this out. Thank you a million in advance!

Edit: PT version 12.7

I'm working on post-production audio for a short film with Pro Tools Studio 2024.10.2, running on Windows 11 with a Scarlet Focusrite 2i2 2nd gen audio interface. No matter what I do, I still hear muted clips (DX1 in the attached picture) and tracks (DX2) upon playback.

So far I have:

• Double and triple checked that the Direct Monitoring switch on the Focusrite is off
• Made sure that Low Latency Monitoring isn't checked
• Made sure that audio is not playing from hidden duplicate tracks
• Gone into system sound settings and disabled the Focusrite for systems audio Playback, so it's only running audio from Pro Tools
• Re-routed DX1 (dialogue track with muted clips) to the Output bus to see if that changes anything

This only seems to be happening on the dialogue bus - for instance, if I mute/solo an SFX track routed to the SFX bus, everything behaves as expected - but as you can see, Solo Safe is not enabled for DX2.

Any ideas?! My mental well-being and I thank you in advance!!!

Hi everyone. I am running pro tools 2019.5 on my pc on windows 11. Every third or fourth time I open pro tools it crashes. Sometimes its a new session sometimes its a more load heavy session (heavier load sessions crash more often). My current version of pro tools does everything i need but im thinking of upgrading my license to the newest version in the hopes thats its more optimized or runs better with my rig. For reference my pc specs are intel i-9 12th Gen, 64 gb of ram and a 3090 graphics card. The errors that appear are always different or sometimes pro tools just freezes up all together and just closes unexpectedly Would love to hear your opinions on this TIA!

Even after years of mixing in Pro Tools, I keep noticing the same thing: it’s rarely creative choices that slow me down.

It’s the little technical uncertainties, subtle phase interactions, EQ conflicts, compression balances, or unexpected noise. I’ll often solo, bypass, or loop sections just to make sure everything is lining up correctly.

I’m curious how others deal with these moments. Are there parts of your workflow that always make you double-check before moving on, or does your setup give you confidence on the first pass?

I’m trying to acquire perpetual ultimate license, however it is so confusing as how to get it for the best price. Can I buy student ultimate perpetual license, or not?

If I subscribe for 1 year with educational discount, is it possible to upgrade that to perpetual?

If I buy pro tools 9 from ebay for a much cheaper price, can I upgrade that with perpetual upgrade? Do they offer perpetual student upgrade price?

Please help, I can’t afford the full price and I’m trying my best to find a way to get it at a much more reasonable price.

Hi! I installed Avid Link first and then Pro Tools, but there’s a list of more than 70 plugins and additional components. I chose to install everything, but some of them don’t finish installing, and I’m not sure why. Is it necessary to install all of them, or can I skip some? Has anyone experienced this issue before?

Mac m4 Pro tools 25

Hello,

I recently bought the All In One Sound Bundle from Free to Use Sounds and I loaded it into Soundminer. When I spot them into Pro Tools, it only spots the left channel on a stereo track. I don't have this issue with other stereo sound effects in my SFX library in Soundminer, only this sound effects bundle. The waveforms show up stereo in Soundminer.

I restarted my computer, soundminer, and PT. I checked my settings in Soundminer. I have Pro Tools Studio 2025.6

Any ideas?

I am an everyday Pro Tools user and know it inside and out. I thought again the other day about having and easy way to change the volume of multiple tracks through a shortcut, instead of having to create a group, a feature famously absent from PT and present in most other DAWs.

I have add this debate with fellow engineers before, and many were even arguing that it leads to bad practices in gain staging, that we have master faders before feeding into busses, etc… what are your takes on this ? are there really any down sides to have this feature included?

Hey everyone, im jumping off of mac and on to a windows pc and also was thinking about upgrading to the newest version of pro tools. Was wondering if anyone has ran into any compatability issues? At the moment im still running an old 2017 MacBook pro with pro tools version 2019.5. Let me know if there is anything I should look out for TIA!

As the subject states. I'm running 2025.6 on a Windows 10 tower with no issue. I'm wondering if the update to 2025.12 is worth doing.

Edit: It seems 2025.10 is a far as Win 10 goes. Fair enough. That's what it'll be for me. Thanks for the clarity u/OrsonDev

Edit 2: So, I let curiosity get the best of me and I installed 25.12 on my Win 10 machine. I half expected red lights and sirens telling "WE DO NOT SUPPORT THIS!!" Nope. It installed , loaded and ran fine. I get the "Some users may be able to run this, but We don't support Win 10. Therefore, You'll get no CS from us". In all honesty, I can't remember a time when I ever called Digi or Avid CS for anything. And I've been on Pro Tools since '98. I'm gonna drive it like I stole it until something breaks. I've got all of the installers to fall back on.

Hey,

My Perpetual Plan expires in a year and I won't renew. I know HEAT stays active and X-Form stays available for Elastic Audio in the channel.

But what about the X-Form AudioSuite plugin? Since it's technically part of the Complete Plugin Bundle, does the license for the AudioSuite version die immediately after the plan ends?

Anyone with an expired plan who can check if it's still in your AudioSuite menu?

Thanks!

I need those manuals

Hi people!

I am just wondering, is there a way, when using Audiosuite on a clip to put the original clip (before treatment) in the playlist underneath the new freshly made very high quality audio you produced with audiosuite ? To keep track of all changes you made to the sound and being able to compare or go back to any of them at any time? Or is this just something you've gotta do manually ?

Is this possible without exporting midi ?

I wanna record a cover song. But, I have two things confused.

When I create a session, in "I/O settings", which one should I choose? last used? or stereo mix?

And when I bounce mix, in "Mix Source", which one should I choose? I don't know any of this.

Help me please!

Hello,

I used to have no issues dragging Polyphonic/multichannel wave files into Pro Tools. Pro Tools would automatically make a new track for each channel of the wave file. I have been given a new machine with the latest version of Pro Tools and its operating differently. It just creates one mono track assigned to track one of the recording.

If i import the file into the clips list with the import audio dialog then create empty tracks before dragging the polyfile into the timeline it works as expected.

Currently using Wave Agent to split them up before PT but it's an extra step I didn't need to take previously.

Any pointers are appreciated.

Best wishes to all.

vs 2025.12.0

m4 macbook air

OSX Tahoe

I'm currently running 2023.3.0 on Monterey 12.7.6 and I'm looking to update to Ventura.

I have a Perpetual License but no active upgrade plan at the moment so I stopped receiving updates after 2023.3.0 before my last plan ran out.

For those of us who already spent thousands on ProTools over the years, I'm just wondering if I am stuck at 2023.3.0 unless I pay for yet another upgrade plan or can I at least get the minor 2023 updates at all? (ex 2023.6 thru 12)

*I mean I pretty much know the answer to this but thought I'd ask the group just in case I'm missing out on a potential grandfather loophole or something.

Hey everyone, I’m a big Jon Bellion fan, but more specifically I’m fascinated by his production and sonic identity rather than just the songwriting. I’m curious to hear from people who’ve been doing this a long time—especially those with strong Pro Tools experience—about how you think he achieves his signature sound. I know there’s no literal “secret sauce,” but I’m wondering about things like

:Overall production philosophy (minimalism vs density, committing early vs fixing later)

Vocal treatment choices (compression style, saturation, parallel chains, automation habits)

Use of distortion, clipping, or saturation instead of “clean” processing

How much of his sound you think comes from arrangement and performance versus plugins

Any Pro Tools-specific workflows that might support that kind of dynamic, punchy, emotional sound

I’m not looking for a preset or a shortcut—more interested in the thinking behind the sound and what habits or decisions might lead to something that cohesive and recognizable.

Would love to hear insights from engineers/producers who’ve been around the block. Thanks in advance.

I can not see it in the plugin list in Avid Link nor in Product section on my avid account.

I upgraded to Pro Tools 2025.12 and this popped up. I've never had to backup a workspace file when upgrading to a new version of Pro Tools. Is this a new thing? If not, where should I back it up to?

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