Pro Tools 2024.6: Streamlined Workflows, New Features, and More!
Exciting news for Pro Tools users! Avid has just announced its latest update, Pro Tools 2024.6, which brings a wave of powerful new features designed to enhance your creative workflow, improve efficiency, and deliver exceptional audio quality. Let's take a look at the new and updated features in Pro Tools 2024.6.
Dolby Atmos Enhancements
Pro Tools Studio and Ultimate users receive a ton of new Dolby Atmos features and enhancements. Here's a few we're excited about:
- New ability to record BACK IN from re-renders that are LIVE and the option for OFFLINE BOUNCING.
- The ability to change Atmos groups and Binaural settings from within the edit window.
- Solo and Mute Dolby Atmos Groups
- More Dolby Atmos Monitoring Formats (9.1.4 and 7.1.2)
- Internal Bounce, Commit and Freeze from Internal Renderer
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Huge Improvements to Import Session Data Window
The new Pro Tools Import Session Data window allows you to import tracks faster and smarter. Now you can apply targeted filters based on track status, color, and content (clips, automation, markers) to pinpoint the exact tracks you need. The window itself has been redesigned for more clarity, offering resizable views and detailed text labels. Importing Folder Tracks is also a easier thanks to a new button for including member tracks. This features seriously streamlines your workflow by putting efficient and precise track importing at your fingertips.
Faster and More Efficient Workflows with Expanded ARA Integration
One of the most significant enhancements in Pro Tools 2024.6 is the introduction of ARA 2 support. This allows seamless integration with a wider range of industry-leading plugins, including iZotope RX Spectral Editor, SynchroArts RePitch, VocAlign, Revoice Pro 5, Sound Radix Auto-Align 2, and Auto-Align Post 2. ARA 2 streamlines your workflow by enabling you to leverage these powerful tools directly within the Pro Tools editing window. No more time-consuming round trips between applications!
Here's a closer look at the supported ARA 2 plugins:
- iZotope RX 11 Spectral Editor: Fix problematic sounds, remove clicks and hum, and even resynthesize audio directly from the Pro Tools edit window.
- Synchro Arts RePitch: Effortlessly tune vocals with intuitive tools that give you complete control over pitch, timing, vibrato, and more.
- Synchro Arts VocAlign: Instantly match the timing and pitch of multiple vocal tracks for tighter performances and perfect ADR (Automatic Dialogue Replacement).
- Synchro Arts Revoice Pro 5: A comprehensive suite for vocal editing, offering advanced alignment, precise pitch correction, and the ability to create natural-sounding vocal doubles in seconds.
- Sound Radix Auto-Align 2: Eliminate comb filtering, minimize transient smearing, and achieve superior phase coherence for a clear and defined sound.
- Sound Radix Auto-Align Post 2: Dynamically time-align moving location microphones, ensuring a perfect blend between boom and lav mics in your post-production projects.
Pro Tools 2024.6 also introduces two new included MIDI effect plugins from Mixed In Key:
Captain Chords Lite
The perfect songwriting companion, Captain Chords Lite allows you to experiment with different chords and progressions quickly and easily.
Human Lite
Add the organic feel of live musicians to your quantized MIDI tracks for a more natural and expressive sound.
Enhanced Session Export for Media Composer
Pro Tools Ultimate users will appreciate the new session export functionality for Avid Media Composer. This allows you to export a copy of your Pro Tools session as a Media Composer compatible file, complete with sample-accurate volume and pan automation, as well as markers. This streamlines your sound-for-picture workflow and simplifies collaboration between editors and audio professionals.
Additional Improvements:
- MIDI pitch labels
- Improved searching and importing of Session Data
- Memory Locations enhancements
Upgrade Today and Unleash Your Creativity
Pro Tools 2024.6 offers a wealth of new features and improvements for both music and audio post production professionals. With faster workflows, powerful new plugins, and streamlined integration with Media Composer, Pro Tools 2024.6 empowers you to create and deliver professional-quality audio projects with greater ease and efficiency.
