The cost of an Annual Upgrade plan for non–HD Pro Tools users is £82.80 including VAT $99 per year, once you’re using Pro Tools 12. Since I’m writing this review in mid–November (and as such it will most likely be 2016 by the time you’re reading this) I’m going to quote the standard pricing users will pay from now on. Throughout 2015 Avid offered special pricing on plans for existing users to encourage them to make the leap, although such pricing ceased at the end of the year. This approach is similar to what Waves users experience with the Waves Update Plan. Instead, you’ll need to have a current All Access plan, renewed on an annual basis, that entitles you to receive all upgrades released during the course of the year. Never again will you be charged a specific fee for a new version of Pro Tools. The key point about such a plan hinges on the way paying for upgrades will be handled in the future. The new Pro Tools licensing options are based on what Avid call an All Access plan. Not exactly the line–up of splendours you would associate with a major integer release, especially since Avid wanted to encourage users to start paying for Pro Tools via what the company described as “flexible licensing options”. This meant the only new features in Pro Tools 12.0 were improvements to the I/O Setup window, a new Metadata Inspector window, the ability to purchase plug–ins within Pro Tools, and a new Dashboard window to replace the Quick Start window as the first thing that greets you when you open Pro Tools.

However, when Pro Tools 12.0 was released a few months later, only one of these had been implemented - and I’ll give you a clue, it wasn’t cloud collaboration.ĭespite my lampooning of such collaborative features in last April’s Sounding Off, I still find it slightly poor (and slightly amusing) that almost a year later, as I write this, we’re still waiting for the “Avid Cloud Collaboration for Pro Tools” to be available. Can Avid persuade existing users that it’s time to start paying annual fees?Īvid announced Pro Tools 12 at 2014’s Winter NAMM show with a fanfare, promising new features for cloud collaboration, and a new way for users to pay for the product. Though it’s limited compared to it’s paid counterparts, it’s more than enough to record and mix your own tracks with ease and helps users learn how Pro Tools works before upgrading.The new features promised in Pro Tools 12 are finally starting to arrive. Developed to compete with other free recording software on the market, such as Apple’s Garageband that comes with every Mac, 'First' is an introductory program that still provides a lot of functionality. Like its name suggest, Pro Tools First is the first stop on your Pro Tools or music recording journey.

With simple and effective tools and an easy-to-use interface, it’s the perfect software for beginners The first step in music recording

Unlike the full version of Pro Tools, Pro Tools First is a free program that aims to introduce new users to the possibilities of AVID’s lineup of recording software, including Pro Tools HD. Pro Tools First is a free piece of software designed for use with Windows and MacOS systems that allows users to record, mix and master their own music right from their desktop or laptop computer. Softonic review Start your recording journey for free

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