The latest version of Pro Tools, 2024.3 released March 7, 2024, now offers Pro Tools MIDI Effects Plugins that allow you to quickly create and modify and experiment with MIDI to bring your musical ideas to life. This allows track producers to have creative resources that were never yet available in Pro tools prior to now ..read more

Nudge is one of the most powerful editing features of Pro Tools. Understanding Nudge is key to speeding up your workflow by allowing you to quickly create edits and arrangements in Pro Tools. Avid Master Instructor Eric Kuehnl shows you how to effectively use Nudge in your session by focusing on useful Keyboard Shortcuts in Pro Tools ..read more

With the deep integration into the video world, Pro Tools has many features specifically for Post Production. One of these is the ability to work with Video Tracks directly in your session. In this tutorial video, Avid Master Instructor Eric Kuehnl takes you through all the detail in working with video in Pro Tools ..read more

ProMedia Student, Award-winning artist, songwriter, producer, and engineer, Justine Blazer has had an incredible year winning multiple 2023 Industry Awards. With chartings on Billboard, and recent win for  BEST BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR, Justine was nominated last week for the   Justine is currently attending ProMedia Training, Live-Online Pro Tools Certification and is successfully progressing towards her advanced Dolby Atmos Certification ..read more

Sept 15, 2023: Avid has just announced exciting new features coming soon to Pro Tools: Built-In Noise Reduction with iZotope RX, and the integration of Dolby Atmos Renderer. There are also new features providing deeper interoperability between Media Composer (video editor) and Pro Tools, as well as showing off the new MTRX II audio interface. Let's take a look at what you can expect in the near future ..read more

Whether building a beat from scratch using samples or using a drum machine to re-enforce recordings, learning how to use samples in Pro Tools can be an asset to your Productions and Mixes. Many plugins are available that allow you to easily replace drum sounds. We'll take a look at one plugin in particular, , but  also teach you how to do it the "old fashioned way ..read more

Audio engineers often use Parallel Compression when mixing Rock and Pop songs. However it's a tool we can use when we’re tracking, mixing, and even in production. Whether it be used digitally in our DAW or Analog, can help us add some oomph and presence to our initial recording and mixes while still maintaining the dynamics of the original recording. I use parallel compression when tracking in Production frequently. It's very useful to bring things forward in the mix and help tracks cut through ..read more

Several months after exploring its options, Avid Technology was sold to a tech focused private equity firm, STG for $1.4 billion. The good news is critics can finally squash flying rumors that a competitor like Apple is buying it. The newly purchased company is going to be held privately once more, allowing it to   have to operate based on appeasing shareholders’ demands. This is great news for Pro Tools Users and again reinforces that Pro Tools is the standard in the industry for commercial recording, editing and mixing ..read more

What is "Reamping" in audio recording? Why would you want to Re-amp something? Whether it be trying to fix a bad recording, sending a DI Guitar to an Amplifier, or sending a vocal to some guitar pedals, reamping can be a huge part of your workflow. It can allow you to capture both a clean DI and amped sound at the same time while allowing you to undo, alter and experiment with the amped sound later. In this article, Grammy Winning Audio Engineer, Carter Jahn shows you how he uses Reamping as a music production tool ..read more

Pro Tools 2023.6 update was released on June 8 2023; Avid has introduced new features and workflow improvements including Track Markers, enhancements to MIDI editing, changes to Surround Sound and immersive Dolby Atmos workflow and mixing capabilities, i mproved Media Composer interoperability and much more ..read more