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With the 2022 update, Pro Tools introduced the new polyphonic synthesizer, SynthCell. This powerful Synth is included with all version of Pro Tools. In this article, you will learn the basics of the SynthCell instrument which will allow you to create your own unique sounds.

Track Presets in Pro Tools allow you to save your favorite track settings to quickly recall in any session. Whether for recording, mixing, or MIDI production, this powerful tool saves time and streamlines your workflow. Watch the video narrated by Master Avid Instructor Frank D. Cook, along with written step-by-step instructions, to see how easy it is to create your own track presets.

Included with Pro Tools, GrooveCell is a virtual drum instrument that can be used to create drum loops, and load in your own drum samples from a folder on your hard drive. In this article, we are going to look at GrooveCell’s features for creating, organizing, and sequencing your own drum parts.

With the release of Pro Tools 2022.4 on April 26, 2022,  Avid has introduced THREE new versions of the software, as well as a new Drum Machine and Synthesizer, increased recording and more workflow capabilities across the board. You can download this latest update right now from your Avid account.

One of the many challenges in Music Production is how to deal with the timing of drum parts. Whether it's for fixing improper timing, creating a tempo map of the drummers performance, or saving the timing of a great drummer as a Groove Quantize file, Pro Tools has a very powerful feature called Beat Detective which allows you to do all of these things.

In this final installment of our How To Use Melodyne series we take a look at how to manually edit pitch using the Tools. Manual editing is an extremely powerful feature, allowing you to make precise changes to the pitch, amplitude, fade, timing, and much more. 

In this article, we explain how Macros work in Melodyne, and show you how easy it is to start correcting pitch, timing, and levels for vocals and instruments. These powerful features can save you time, and clicks, by allowing you to move the notes you choose by the amount you choose, in order to achieve your ideal results.

Award-winning artist, songwriter and performer, Tiffany Ashton shares the story of her journey in the music industry as well as the highlights of what is exciting and new this year. Tiffany attended our intensive live-online Avid Pro Tools Training program so she could take on recording efficiently during the pandemic, and she was kind enough to share her inspirational journey; especially the exciting news of writing and performing the theme song for the upcoming major motion picture, "Haunting of The Queen Mary."