Pro Tools gets Ableton-style clips and a free iPad app: Sketch, 2023.9 update

Well, we expected this, though maybe expected it a bit earlier. Avid is adding what is essentially an Ableton Live Session clone to its UI, available both in the new Pro Tools update and in a free iPad app called Pro Tools Sketch. The iPad app, for its part, visually looks very much like Apple’s […]

Avid, makers of Pro Tools, Media Composer, Sibelius, will go to private equity

As expected, media tech giant Avid is ending its life as a NASDAQ-listed public company and selling to private equity, in a $1.4 billion all-cash acquisition by STG.

Peter Kirn - August 10, 2023

All versions of Pro Tools now support Ableton Link

The Link-enabled products page has gotten busy, but here’s one you may have heard of – Avid Pro Tools. It’s the latest to support Live’s tech for jamming together across apps, software, and hardware.

Peter Kirn - June 1, 2021

Apply Reason anywhere: Pro Tools support with Reason AAX plug-in

Peter Kirn - May 5, 2020

From food stamps and survival to writing the songs you know

Peter Kirn - October 11, 2018

Tell Us About Yourself For a Chance at $2500 in Free Brainworx Plug-ins

Peter Kirn - April 8, 2015

Pro Tools Adds Free Edition, Subscriptions, Marketplaces for Plug-ins and Content

Peter Kirn - January 25, 2015

Apple’s OS X Yosemite Proves Largely Wrinkle-Free for Music; GarageBand Updated, Too

- November 7, 2014

Wu Tang Debuts Song in Hackable Form: New Track on Blend First

- July 16, 2014