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Pro Tools

Pro Tools is a digital audio workstation (DAW) developed and released by Avid Technology (formerly Digidesign) for Microsoft Windows and macOS. It is used for music creation and production, sound for picture (sound design, audio post-production and mixing) and, more generally, sound recording, editing, and mastering processes.

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Available in
8 languages
Developer
Avid Audio under Avid Technology (previously Digidesign)
License
Proprietary (software-as-a-service)
Operating system
macOS, Windows
Original authors
Evan Brooks Peter Gotcher
Release
January 20, 1989; 37 years ago (1989-01-20)

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Edges153
Triples226
Avg. degree1.99
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Pro Tools

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related to Deck, Pro Tools, Sound Tools II and Pro Tools II (1990–1994) · 23
Pro Tools → Deck, Digidesign, Digidesign's, Digidesign's Audiomedia, EQ, External, I/O, It, June, Mark Jeffery, MHz, MIDI, Motorola, OSC, ProDeck, ProEdit, San Francisco, SMPTE, Sound Accelerator, Sound Designer II
related to Digidesign Sound Designer (1985–1989) · 23
Pro Tools → Akai S900, Assimilation, Brooks, Digidesign, E-Mu, E-mu Emax, Emulator II, Ensoniq Mirage, Fairlight CMI, Gotcher, In, Korg DSS-1, Mac, Mac-based, Macintosh, Macintosh MIDI, MIDI, Sequential Prophet, Sound Designer, Thanks
related to High-resolution audio and consolidation of digital recording and mixing: Pro Tools | HD (2002–2011) · 21
Pro Tools → Both HD Core, Digidesign, DSP, Following, GUI, HD, HD Core, HD Process, I/O, Mac OS, MHz, MIX, MIX Core, MIX Farm, Motorola, OS, Process, The, Two HD, US
related to Pro Tools II TDM: 16 tracks and real-time plug-ins (1994) · 16
Pro Tools → American, Audiomedia, Avid, Digidesign, Digidesign's, DSP, DSP-based, Grey Matter Response, In, Media Composer, NuBus, SCSI, Sound Accelerator, System Accelerator, The, With TDM
related to Pro Tools | HDX (2011–present) · 16
Pro Tools → Avid, CPU, DSP, DSP PCIe, DSP-reliant, Each, FPGA, HD Native, HDX, In October, PCIe, Round, Signal, TDM, Texas Instruments, Two FPGA
related to Pro Tools III: 48 tracks, DSP Farm cards and switch to PCI cards (1995–1997) · 15
Pro Tools → Along, Digidesign, Disk I/O, DSP Farm, EQ, I/O, MHz, Motorola, Multiple DSP, NuBus, Pro Tools III, SCSI, TDM, The Session, With
related to Control surfaces · 14
Pro Tools → Command, Control, D-Command, D-Control, Digidesign, Ethernet, Focusrite, HD Accel, Icon D-Control, In, ProControl, TV, USB, Venue
related to 24-bit audio and surround mixing: Pro Tools | 24 and Pro Tools | 24 MIX (1997–2002) · 13
Pro Tools → DAE, Digidesign, DSP, MIX, MIX Core, MIX Core DSP, MIX Farm, MIXplus, Motorola, PCI, SCSI, The, With
related to Switch to 64-bit architecture (2013) · 13
Pro Tools → AAE, AAX, AVE, CPU, December, First, HD, HD Accel, June, Support, TDM, The, Two
related to Session data exchange · 9
Pro Tools → AAF, DAWs, Import Session Data, MXF, OMF, Session, Similarly, Track, Track Presets

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tools pro audio software tracks midi system sound digidesign track avid dsp processing digital plug-ins hd video version cards mixing

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Pro ToolsAvailable in8 languages1.00infobox
Pro ToolsDeveloperAvid Audio under Avid Technology (previously Digidesign)1.00infobox
Pro ToolsLicenseProprietary (software-as-a-service)1.00infobox
Pro ToolsOperating systemmacOS, Windows1.00infobox
Pro ToolsOriginal authorsEvan Brooks Peter Gotcher1.00infobox
Pro ToolsReleaseJanuary 20, 1989; 37 years ago (1989-01-20)1.00infobox
Pro ToolsStable releasePro Tools 2026.4 / April 28, 2026; 3 months ago (2026-04-28)1.00infobox
Pro ToolsTypeDigital audio workstation1.00infobox
Pro ToolsWebsitewww.avid.com/pro-tools1.00infobox
Pro ToolsWritten inC, C++, Assembly1.00infobox
Pro Toolsis adigital audio workstation0.90text
DNxHRinstance ofUsers can import and manipulate 4K and HD video file formats0.80text

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