Avid Pro Tools Annual Subscription

The Avid Pro Tools Annual Subscription gives you 12 months of the audio production software used across music, film and TV to record, edit and mix. Choose Artist for songwriting and beat making, Studio for professional music production with immersive mixing, or Ultimate for large-scale audio post, each available as a new subscription or a renewal. It suits working sound professionals and everyday content creators alike.

Which version is right for you?

All three versions share the same recording, editing and mixing tools, so the main differences are track counts, video support and post-production features. If you outgrow one, your sessions carry across to the next.

Pro Tools Artist

The starting point for making beats, writing songs, recording vocals and instruments, and mixing music ready for streaming platforms. It also works well for podcasters and creators who want cleaner audio without a steep learning curve.

• 32 audio tracks and 64 MIDI tracks
• 110+ instruments and effects
• Inner Circle rewards and Sonic Drop content included

Pro Tools Studio

The full toolset for artists, musicians and producers working on larger sessions. Studio adds surround and immersive mixing, plus a video track so you can work to picture.

• 512 audio tracks and 1,024 MIDI tracks
• 130+ instruments and effects
• Immersive mixing, including the integrated Dolby Atmos Renderer
• 1 video track
• Inner Circle rewards and Sonic Drop content included

Pro Tools Ultimate

Built for audio post and large-scale music production, and for anyone running Pro Tools | HDX systems. Ultimate gives you full track and I/O counts, video editing and the complete set of post workflows for film, TV, streaming and games.

• 2,048 audio tracks and 1,024 MIDI tracks
• 64 video tracks with video editing
• 130+ instruments and effects
• Full audio post workflows, including ADR and Foley
• Immersive mixing with Dolby Atmos, MPEG-H and Ambisonics support
• Inner Circle rewards and Sonic Drop content included

New or renewal

Choose New if you are starting a Pro Tools subscription for the first time, or Renewal to extend an existing subscription for another 12 months. Each option covers one year of access to your chosen version, including software updates released during that time.

Create and capture ideas quickly

Pro Tools Sketch is a clip-based window, also available as a free iPad app, for trying out loops, MIDI and recordings before moving to the timeline. It is a handy way to get an idea down before it disappears.

• Included instruments such as GrooveCell, SynthCell, Boom, Mini Grand and Xpand
• Splice integration for access to millions of sounds
• Loops that automatically conform to your session tempo
• Ableton Link support for connecting electronic instruments and music apps
• Retrospective MIDI Record, which recovers a performance you played without hitting record

Record, edit and fix audio

Record at up to 32-bit float/192 kHz with punch and loop recording, then comp the best parts of each take into one clean performance. Pro Tools works with any compatible audio interface, and pairing it with Avid hardware lets you record through plugins with near-zero latency.

• Elastic Audio for fixing timing and matching beats
• Melodyne integrated through ARA 2 for pitch and time correction without roundtripping audio
• Audio to MIDI conversion, and MIDI to audio, by drag and drop
• Folder Tracks for keeping large sessions organised
• MIDI Real-Time Properties and MIDI effect plugin support

Mix and deliver

Pro Tools automation is a big part of why it is so widely used for mixing, and the included plugins cover compressors, EQs and effects modelled on classic analogue gear. When the mix is finished, AvidPlay distributes your music to Apple Music, Spotify, TIDAL, Deezer, TikTok, Amazon Music and more, and you keep 100% of your rights and earnings.

• Works with Avid control surfaces, from the free Avid Control app through to the modular S6
• Spatial music mixing in Studio and Ultimate, including Dolby Atmos, 360 Reality Audio, Audio Vivid and MPEG-H
• SoundFlow macros and a Scripting SDK for automating repetitive tasks

Audio post for film, TV and video

For video work, Pro Tools lets you place and edit sound against HD, 4K and other high-resolution media. Clip gain, track automation, markers and track effects carry across from Media Composer, so you can pick up where the video editor left off.

• Loop record ADR and voiceover in sync with picture, then comp the best takes
• Cue and record Foley using blank clips
• Clip Effects and 3D audio positioning for sound design
• Delivery tools to meet theatrical, broadcast, Netflix, streaming and gaming specifications

Included software and rewards

Every version comes with a set of partner tools that would otherwise be separate purchases. Inner Circle rewards add extra plugins and sounds for annual subscribers, and Sonic Drop delivers new sound content every month.

• Acon Digital Acoustica Essentials
• Celemony Melodyne 5 essential
• Forte for Pro Tools
• iZotope RX 11 Spectral Editor
• Native Instruments Kontakt 8 Player
• NoiseWorks DynAssist Lite
• Steinberg SpectraLayers Go
• Steinberg WaveLab Go
• Synchro Arts RePitch Elements
• SoundFlow
• Splice
• Pro Tools | Inner Circle rewards
• Pro Tools | Sonic Drop content

What's new in Pro Tools 2026.11

The 2026.11 release introduces Pro Tools Extensions, a platform that brings integrated services, sound libraries, workflow tools and creative utilities directly into the application, beyond traditional plugins.

• Pro Tools Stem Separator, the first Avid Extension
• MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) support
• Native HiDPI scaling on Windows
• Workflow improvements for editing, recording and session management

A session format everyone can open

Pro Tools sessions are the common format across music and post, so you can hand a project to a producer, mixer or studio almost anywhere and they can open it. If you collaborate or send work out for finishing, that saves time on exports and conversions.