Pro Tools 10 
With Pro Tools 10, you can mix multiple audio file formats and bit depths within the same session— including interleaved—without any file duplication to cause project bloat.
Plus, with support for 32-bit floating-point file formats, you’ll get higher resolution sound when recording or importing, with more headroom to preserve the integrity of your audio from beginning to end.
Gain better recording and playback performance when working on a laptop with an external drive or a network-attached storage device. Speed up editing and mixing with Clip Gain. Work more easily with AudioSuite-rendered clips. Get 4x more* Automatic Delay Compensation and 2x more busses to handle bigger mixes with more plug-ins. And get snappier performance when working on sessions with lots of fades.
Increased ADC not supported with Pro Tools|HD due to hardware limitations.
With the included Avid Channel Strip plug-in, you get the renowned channel strip of the Avid (formerly Euphonix) System 5, one of the most sought-after consoles used to create some of the greatest mixes ever produced. Work with exact replications of the console’s EQ and compression algorithms to add life to your mix.
Whether you’re tracking vocals, guitars, or an orchestra, you’ll get the best possible sound and optimized performance when you pair Pro Tools with an Avid audio interface. Record high-resolution audio—up to 32-bit/192 kHz—and experience exceptionally low latency to capture your best performances easily.
With Pro Tools, you have the flexibility to record, edit, and mix music and sound for picture your way. Pair the software with your favorite Avid or third-party audio interface to record and monitor vocal and instrument performances. Or record and create with just your computer** and the software alone for ultimate portability.
Nobody’s perfect, but with Pro Tools you can create a seamless performance from multiple takes. Let your spontaneity shine with Loop recording and comp together your best takes. Or use QuickPunch to quickly replace any questionable section with a better performance.
Easily create parts for practically any musical instrument using great-sounding virtual instruments, a MIDI keyboard/controller or your mouse, and the built-in Pro Tools MIDI Editor. Get started fast with the included virtual instruments and audio loops, and expand your arsenal with virtual instruments from Avid and third-party audio designers.
Take your songwriting from sketchpad to final production. Create and edit virtual instrument and MIDI performances with the MIDI Editor. Or compose music using notation tools in the built-in Sibelius Score Editor. You can even export sessions as Sibelius (.sib) files for further finessing in Sibelius.
Collaboration has never been easier. With Pro Tools, you can exchange sessions with any Pro Tools user or studio. Or work on projects created in other audio and video software—including Media Composer, Logic, Cubase, and other third-party apps—right in Pro Tools.
Freely experiment without the time or effort investment. With Elastic Time, you can change the tempo or timing of any clip or an entire composition—on the fly. And with Elastic Pitch, you can fix wrong notes, create harmonies, and transpose clips—in real time—without altering the tempo.
Shape and fine-tune your music and audio with professional, sample-accurate editing tools. Create a flawless performance by comping together tracks.Speed up editing with the Smart Tool. And smooth transitions with crossfades. Everything you need to perfect your tracks is available right from within a single Edit window.
With the versatile Beat Detective tool, you can quickly fix timing issues across multiple tracks or change up the feel of a beat to get a different groove. You can even use it to keep your rhythm section “in the pocket” by extracting the groove from a drumbeat and applying it to the bass part.
With Pro Tools, you can create, edit, and mix audio to picture using the built-in Timecode Ruler and video track. Use the included plug-ins to clean up sound. Create sound effects that define (or defy) reality. And record and edit voiceovers, Foley, and ADR with perfect frame accuracy. You can even share audio mixes with Media Composer editors through AAF.
Polish mixes with over 70 included effects, sound-processing and utility plug-ins. From high-quality reverbs, EQs, and compressors, to guitar amp emulators, surround sound fold-down, and channel strip dynamics, you have everything you need to create professional mixes. Want more? Browse the in-app Avid Marketplace to find what you need.
You can use a mouse to make changes one… at… a… time, or mix faster and easier using a hardware control surface. Get hands-on Pro Tools control with a choice of Avid control surfaces and consoles and third-party boards.
Get great sounding, phase-accurate mixes with Automatic Delay Compensation—now with 4x the samples (16,383) to handle bigger mixes—no matter how many plug-ins you use. Plus, you can automate the settings of every element in the Pro Tools environment to add life to tracks and achieve the best mix possible.
Get all of the same benefits of Pro Tools 10 software along with these additional features and workflows. (Please note that Pro Tools HD software is available only as part of a Pro Tools|HD family system purchase or software upgrade.)
* When used with Pro Tools|HDX.
Because Pro Tools HD is designed and optimized to be part of an integrated hardware/software solution, you can capture audio in pristine clarity with near-zero latency. Even when mixing large, complex projects, you’ll experience uncompromised performance—on a Pro Tools|HDX DSP-powered system or on the host with Pro Tools|HD Native.
Record solo tracks in PFL (pre-fader listen) or AFL (after-fader listen) mode. Work more efficiently when punching performances with TrackPunch and DestructivePunch. Enhance and speed up editing tasks with Continuous Scrolling, Scrub Trim tool, Replace Clip command, Time Compression and Expansion Edit to Timeline Selection command, field recorder workflows, and more.
Edit and mix sound for larger, more complex video productions, and display up to 64 video tracks in the timeline. Expand your post capabilities with advanced video features. Including multiple video playlists and basic video editing tools. Share audio mixes with Media Composer editors (and vice-versa) through AAF. Or integrate directly into the Media Composer workflow with the Video Satellite option, eliminating the need to render effects, transcode video, or copy files.
With Pro Tools HD, you can mix in everything from mono up to 7.1 surround sound. Build up your sonic landscape and add movement to your mix with the built-in surround panner. Work with groups of tracks faster and easier with VCA Group mixing. And with advanced automation tools, you can tackle even the largest, most complex mixes with ease.
Pro Tools HD 10 |
Pro Tools 10 |
Pro Tools Express |
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| Ideal for... | Pros who need maximum track counts, the highest performance, scalability, and surround sound for demanding music and post production |
Pros who want to compose, record, edit, and mix music or sound for picture with a complete set of tools and advanced workflows |
Aspiring music and audio pros on a limited budget who want the best sound quality possible and the essential features of Pro Tools |
| Availability |
Comes bundled with Pro Tools|HDX and Pro Tools|HD Native systems only; can be used with or without hardware |
Can be purchased alone or as part of a Pro Tools software/hardware bundle; can be used with or without hardware |
Comes bundled at no charge with Mbox and Mbox Mini interfaces only |
Supported Tracks |
Pro Tools HD 10 |
Pro Tools 10 |
Pro Tools Express |
| Maximum simultaneous audio tracks @ 48/96/192 kHz |
256/128/64 1 (up to 768/384/192) 2 |
96/48/24 (mono or stereo) |
16 / 16 / – (mono or stereo) |
| Audio recording (maximum simultaneous tracks) | 256 | 32 | 4 |
| Instrument | 128 | 64 | 8 |
| MIDI | 512 | 512 | 16 |
| Auxiliary | 512 | 128 | 8 |
| Busses | 256 | 256 | 16 |
| Video | 64 | 1 | 1 |
General |
Pro Tools HD 10 |
Pro Tools 10 |
Pro Tools Express |
| Maximum sample rate supported (hardware dependent) | 32-bit, 192 kHz | 32-bit, 192 kHz | 32-bit, 96 kHz |
| Maximum I/O (hardware dependent) | 256 | 32 | 4 |
| ASIO, Core Audio, and EUCON support (for third-party interface and control surface integration) | Yes | Yes | No |
| Supported plug-in formats (virtual instruments, effects, and sound processors) | AAX DSP (Pro Tools|HDX only), AAX Native, TDM (Pro Tools|HD only), RTAS, AudioSuite | AAX Native, RTAS, AudioSuite | AAX Native, RTAS, AudioSuite |
| Bundled software |
Over 75 virtual instruments (thousands of sounds), effects, sound processing, and utility plug-ins; 8 GB sound library |
Over 75 virtual instruments (thousands of sounds), effects, sound processing, and utility plug-ins; 8 GB sound library |
Three virtual instruments (hundreds of sounds), plus over 25 effects, sound processing, and utility plug-ins |
Features |
Pro Tools HD 10 |
Pro Tools 10 |
Pro Tools Express |
| Composing, recording, sequencing, editing, and mixing tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Loop record/track comping | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MIDI Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sibelius Score Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Elastic Time and Elastic Pitch | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automatic Delay Compensation | 16k | 16k | 16k |
| Beat Detective | Multitrack | Multitrack | n/a |
| QuickPunch | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AAF/OMF/MXF file interchange | ✓ | ✓ | |
| DigiBase Pro | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clip Gain | ✓ | ✓ | |
| MP3 option | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Export to iTunes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Timecode Ruler | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Full Import Session Data | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Variable stereo pan depths | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Field recorder workflows | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Surround mixing |
✓ (up to 7.1) |
With the Complete Production Tookit (CPT) option 3 | |
| Extended RAM/disk cache | ✓ | With CPT 3 | |
| TrackPunch / DestructivePunch | ✓ | With CPT 3 | |
| Input monitoring | ✓ | With CPT 3 | |
| VCA mixing | ✓ | With CPT 3 | |
| Solo bus AFL/PFL | ✓ | With CPT 3 | |
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Advanced audio editing (Scrub Trim, Replace Region, Fit to Marks, Matching Channels, Back and Play, Auto Fades, and more) |
✓ | With CPT 3 | |
| Advanced automation (Punch, Capture, Write on stop, Write to all enabled, Automatch, Preview, and more) | ✓ | With CPT 3 | |
| Advanced video editing (multiple video tracks, multiple video playlists, and video editing tools) | ✓ | With CPT 3 | |
Hardware interface support |
Pro Tools HD 10 |
Pro Tools 10 |
Pro Tools Express |
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Pro Tools HD Series interfaces |
✓ | ||
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Mbox family (2nd and 3rd gen) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ (Mbox and Mbox Mini 3rd gen only) |
| Eleven Rack | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Fast Track / MobilePre interfaces | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Third party | Any Core Audio- or ASIO-compatible interface | Any Core Audio- or ASIO-compatible interface | n/a |
Console and control surface support |
Pro Tools HD 10 |
Pro Tools 10 |
Pro Tools Express |
| C|24 | ✓ | ✓ | |
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EUCON-enabled |
✓ | ✓ | |
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ICON |
✓ | With CPT 3 | |
| Third party | Any analog or digital surface that supports the HUI protocol | Any analog or digital surface that supports the HUI protocol | n/a |
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