I'm really unimpressed with the Windows interface, particularly the amount of screen space wasted, and how the sub-windows work.

I would expect to be able to dock the mixer view on a secondary screen, for example -- they're stuck inside this fat, ugly wrapper, fixed to a single screen.

My guess is that this is exactly the same for the paid version; I'm not too concerned about this with the free tier, because it's free, but I would only be interested in purchasing something that feels like it's actually designed to work natively with Windows.

Hello guys,

I'm working on my first feature film right now. I talked with the filmmaker and agreed that it would make much more sense for him to give me feedback via timeline markers—so I can import them directly into Pro Tools instead of him manually typing out timecodes in a text file.

He created the markers in DaVinci Resolve and exported them for me as an EDL.

Now I figured out that Pro Tools can't just import that EDL as markers; it seems like it needs to be converted into a .ptx file first. I found an online tool for this, but it costs €15/month. I feel like there has to be a free way to do such a simple task, right?

Does anyone know a free alternative or workflow to get DaVinci Resolve markers cleanly into Pro Tools?

(Note: I already tried converting the EDL to a .mid file, but the markers end up out of position and drift apart as the film goes on.)

Thanks in advance!

I’m on macOS Tahoe and Pro Tools 2026.4.1. Hi everyone. I’m completely new to Pro Tools and am unable to launch the app. As seen on the right of the photo, there is a blank window where my recently downloaded plug ins were showing up. I was unable to click anything on the screen or close out of Pro Tools so I stupidly restarted my MacBook. After restarting it, I cannot open Pro Tools. I keep getting the message “you can’t open the application Pro Tools because it is not responding.” I think this has something to do with the plug ins I downloaded. I manually went through my downloaded files and deleted the plug ins. If anyone has any suggestions, I would greatly appreciate it.

I just downloaded today the latest pro tools version (coming from the 2024 one) and I started getting glitches when using in on 2 different screens with different resolution. When I try scaling both monitors to the same percentage y works but everything looks blurry; with different scales, pro tools doesn't let me drag it to occupy the whole second screen (as shown in the image); and changing the High DPI scaling override (as google recommended) does nothing. Any solution? It is getting really annoying to work like this.
I have windows 11.

With long form audio, and a human proofer marking mistakes in an excel sheet, I would like to get all timestamps imported into ProTools, without manually enter the time for each.

Any way to do that?

Latest PT Studio - Windows - tried having ai create a doc for me, but I cannot import it.

Ai created a MIDI file for me, which I can import, but no markers show up.

Hi guys!
Can somebody tell me why when I select an area for create an automation, sometimes (just sometimes) it doesn't create a flat line, and instead, it creates this curve?

Pro Tools Studio 2024

Thanks!

as you can see, the transients arent on the grid even though the bpm is 135 and i changed the bpm to 135. I’m just stepped over from pro tools to ableton and ableton doesnt have this issue. its pro tools only

Seriously I can't figure this out for the life of me I don't even know how I turned this on and now I can't even select the clip

I think I remember seeing some distant discussions alluding to its being worked upon, and wondered whether there had been any updates at all? It’s something I’d really like to see and feels very crucial for modern session work.

Any updates/ thoughts? Many thanks and greatly appreciated!

just got a mac (please use laymans terms, i'm a pc user and rarely ever use macs) and i'm downloading all my music software. when i try to download pro tools studio, it makes me download avid link, which gives me a .pkg file which apple immediately flags as malware. when i go into settings to hit the "open anyway" button, it still doesnt work and just says it can't install??? this is driving me nuts. please help

i'm on a macbook air with whatever the newest firmware is. idk the names or versions or whatever apple uses cause i hate using macs 😭

This has never happened to me before.

Background: Due to my situation, I dry hire a studio and plug my Mac Mini into their interface (UAD). I import the correct I/Os into my setup and it all works works fine. Then I come home, click default for my I/Os when going back into my Focusrite 18i20 and mix through my outboard. It has been this way for 2 years and have never had an issue before.

Now suddenly I go to the studio, do my normal set up and its all working. I come back home and when I plug back in I'm getting audio out of my monitors but for some reason everything is going to output 5 on the VU meter of the interface and going through my compressor (which is currently hardwired in output 5). I cant hear the audio whether the track is solo'd or not and if I try to change the track output or send it through any other outboard I get nothing

Im completely at a loss. My I/O is set up as normal and this is happening over every session I revisit now I can't get my' old' I/O set up back as even though its the same, its still routing my master output to output 5.

PT - 2022.4.0

Mac - macOS Moneterey Version 12.4 (2021 Mac Mini M1)

OK a while back we know Avid changed their previous stance and let us renew a perpetual update plan that has lapsed, instead of having to do a reinstatement for more money, or having to re-buy a perpetual.

My PT perpetual plan ran out a few days ago but I got a different email from them than I did last year. It said this:

—

Your Pro Tools Upgrade Plan expired 2 days ago. But you have one last opportunity to continue your plan at the renewal price to get access to all the tools, plugins, and sounds you're now missing.
 
If your plan expired within 30 days, you can renew it now at the regular renewal price
If your plan expired more than 30 days ago, you can purchase a new support plan

—

If it is the same situation as before, then it’s only to keep getting the version updates if a person wants them, I understand that. But I’m not sure with the way this email is worded…Can we no longer get the $199 perpetual update at any later time beyond the 30 days?

What is this ‘new support plan’, is this a new thing that either puts you into subscription, or does it still honor the perpetual that we already have? Thanks.

I bought the monthly cloud plan for 100 extra gb to go with my Studio subscription, but it hasn't updated on my protools yet, it's been hours now and I've literally tried everything, clearing cache, signing out and back in on pt, avid and ilok, resyncing, uninstalling and reinstalling protools and it says I still only have the 1gb plan, yet on my Avid account on the web it says I have the 100 gb plan

I'm on the latest version of protools 2026.4.1 on a Mac M1 Pro

Any help would be greatly appreciated

hi, im trying to install pro tools intro, and the link first app wont install on my windows laptop. please advise.

PT version: wont even let me install the AVID LINK software - says i that the software cannot run on my pc - lenovo legion 5 pro - windows 11 home

Hi everyone,

I’m planning to buy a Pro Tools Perpetual license and I’m looking for the most affordable option.

A new license is around $600, which is a bit over my budget. So I’m considering buying a used license through Facebook Marketplace. I’ve also heard that licenses can be transferred using an Avid Transfer Form. Is this a safe way to buy a used license, and could I run into any issues after the transfer?

Another option is buying an older Perpetual license (e.g. Pro Tools 10) and paying around $210 for the upgrade to the current version.

Which option would you recommend?

Thanks!

I've checked through every folder I can think of, and theyre all set to Read and Write. Any ideas of what the issue could be? I flat out cannot boot up this software.

I should mention: this is in Rosetta mode. When not in Rosetta, it just bounces once and nothing happens. Any solution to either is greatly appreciated

Hello all! Really hoping I can get some help here because I'm pulling my hair out over this lol.

IVE ATTACHED A LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS WITH A REFERENCE TO WHAT IM DEALING WITH

Here's the jist: I'm getting what I'm pretty sure is digital noise floor whenever I monitor an audio track. It doesn't matter what input I use, if there's something plugged in or not, monitoring the input gives me a hiss. I'm also using the Parallax X plugin for my bass tone and that brings up the hiss a lot, but even just raw and clean there's a hiss that exists that's incredibly audible over the bass signal.

The signal chain is: bass - interface - pro tools.

I've tried different basses, different interfaces, different cables, I've updated my computer and pro tools, I've defaulted the I/O, checked my audio midi setup, different USB hubs, even went into the terminal on my Mac and reset some audio daemon or something.

For reference I'm using a Native Instruments Komplete Audio 6 Mk2. Pro Tools v 2026.4.1. Mac OS Tahoe 26.6.2

The hiss is just always there. Even if I monitor an empty input. My gain staging is solid but this hiss just feels digital and I have no idea what to do it's so ugly 😭😭

Any help is appreciated!!!

LINK TO BASS HISS:

https://on.soundcloud.com/lTPGgJuD7rgMbSVsf2

Years ago, I think it was 11 or 12, I bought a pro tools perpetual license. I never learned how to use it, and I don't have the ilok device, but I can log into my account on avid and it shows up there.

I just bought a new synth workstation, and was going to get more and learn to make some music. If I wanted to have another go with it, what do I need to do? Can I still download it? Do I need to buy a $50 USB stick ilok or do they not use those anymore? And lastly, I need to buy a years subscription so I can bring it up to date and download the latest copy? ...or is it worthless now. Thanks!

Avid abandoned the Mbox Pro 3 years ago, and Apple removed FireWire entirely in macOS Tahoe, but until Sequoia, the IOKit FireWire stack still works through the TB3→TB2→FW800 adapter chain. So I set out to revive mine, with help from Claude (Anthropic's AI) helpîg with protocol archaeology.

Key insight: the Mbox Pro 3 is a standard TCAT DICE device (OUI 0xa07e), fully supported by Linux's snd-dice .

so the register map, clock control and stream formats are documented. No reverse engineering needed, "just" a macOS reimplementation.

The driver is 100% user-space (no kext, no SIP changes): but not yet ready

Status today: clock control at 48 kHz, ARX lock, bit-perfect playback of WAVs, and a working CoreAudio bridge via BlackHole : youtube and Cubase plays through the Mbox right now.

Next: testing audio inputs, then a native HAL plugin so it shows up as "Mbox Pro 3" in every DAW. Code will be on GitHub (GPL-2.0).

Took a bit of time to get where it is today but it was fun

Running the current version of protocols trial and have installed Black hole 2 Chanel on Sequoia. However I found instructions to be inadequate for me to set it up. Can I get some links or help setting it up?

I have an SSL 18 and just updated 360, firmware, and ASIO driver (I'm on Windows) to the latest SSL version. After a restart, Pro Tools opened fine, but wouldn't play. It was only until I trashed the prefs that it would act right. Easy fix and I'm used to doing it when ever there's an issue. I'm just wondering if anyone else found this necessary?

I am new to Avid software, and I am able to boot up ProTools so far and do some light editing work. However, as I am looking to edit audio for a film, I need more plugins. My Avid Link is stuck on "Installing..." with the 3 dots animated, but it just won't finish. I am also unable to cancel the installation, or do anything about it really.

I have scoured forums for fixes, but haven't been able to find something similar. It is the most current and up to date version. I also tried to find a helpline number to call, but unless I want to part with an extra £30 a month (wtf) for their help I am quite stuck.