The new Pro Tools 2024.10 Update is now available. With major updates to MIDI capabilities, updates to workflows for both Music and Post Production, as well as a new partnership with Native Instruments, this is one of the most significant updates in recent years.
New Features in Pro Tools 2024.10
Native Instruments Kontakt 8
One of the most impactful updates to Pro Tools 2024.10 is the partnership with Native Instruments to include Kontakt 8 with all tiers of Pro Tools. Kontakt 8 is a major upgrade to Native Instrument's most virtual instrument platform including wavetable synthesis, Leap, and new MIDI Tools.
All versions of Pro Tools will include Kontakt 8 Player, as well as the Pro Tools Factory Essentials Instrument Library: Pro Tools - Artist, Studio, Ultimate. Customers with an active subscription or upgrade plan for Studio and Ultimate will also recieve Native Instruments Hybrid Keys, and Soul Session. Avid is also planning on releasing new Kontakt Insruments as part of their Sonic Drop customer rewards program.
MIDI Updates Pro Tools 2024.10
The biggest batch of updates revolves around MIDI workflow and capabilities, most notably the addition of MIDI Playlists. Other features include MIDI Focus View, Input Monitoring, MIDI Delay Compensation, Velocity view, MIDI Input Quantize, and much more.
MIDI Playlists
One of the most requested features in recent years has been to add Playlist workflows to MIDI tracks. It's finally here! Record and experiment with different ideas, audition different takes, edit parts and combine them to achieve the best results with your performances.
MIDI Effects Plugins from 510K and BLEASS
In the ever expanding world of MIDI Plugins, Pro Tools 2024.10 now includes new additions allowing you even more flexibility in experimenting with musical ideas and synthesizers.
SEQUND Lite is an intuitive sequencer that allows you to explore polyrhythms, created by 510K. Experiement with unique melodies, part ideas, and open up a new world of rhythmic ideas.
BLEASS Arpeggiator for Pro Tools breaks ground on what a arpeggiator sequencer can be. It's intuitive interface encourages experimentation, along with XY Pads, and a motion sequencer allowing deep modulation changes.
Other MIDI Improvements
Focus View: Let's you quickly display the notes present in your selection. This is quite handy when you want to program drums, of focus on specific notes of a composition.
Instrument Track Input Monitoring: Allows you to trigger Instrument Tracks from External MIDI Controllers, Sequencers, or other MIDI Tracks. Enabling the "I" button on an Instrument Tracks enables it to be triggered from a MIDI Controller, or anther tracks MIDI Chain Output. Multiple Instrument Tracks can be monitored simultaneously, allowing you to trigger layers of instruments, or from multiple MIDI Controllers.
MIDI Delay Compensation: Available on a track by track basis, MIDI Delay Compensation ensures tracks are perfectly in sync with seamless integration of your plugins and MIDI Beat Clock, and the Delay Compensation Engine. When you're recording, keep the option "OFF" allowing you to hear the performance in real-time. However, when using plugins with "internal" sequencers turn the feature "ON" to ensure all track data is perfectly in sync.
MIDI Input Quantize: Now available in the Quantize Controls in Edit Window and MIDI Editor Toolbars
Note Velocity Display: Velocity can be displayed directly on the note in the MIDI Editor Window
Keyboard Shortcut Mapping
You can now map keyboard shortcuts from other applications into Pro Tools. Mapping the keyboard shortcuts you know from other applications so you can quickly get up and running in Pro Tools.
Application Shortcuts Mapped To Pro Tools
- Audition
- Cubase and Nuendo
- DaVinci Resolve
- FL Studio
- Live
- Logic Pro
- Media Composer
- Premiere
- Reaper
- Studio One
Steinberg Spectralayers and Wavelab Support
The ARA engine in Pro Tools 2024.10 has grown to include support for Steinber Spectralayers, and Wavelab. Using the ARA engine you can process audio directly in the timeline without having to "round trip" the audio signal between these applications. This update also includes the addition of a new version for all active Pro Tools subscription and upgrade plans: Spectrallayers GO, and Wavelab GO.
Detachable Clip List in Pro Tools
You can now detach the Clip List from the Edit Window. Finally!!
Other Updates to Pro Tools 2024.10
Dolby Atmos Renderer Updates: Speaker Solo / Mute directly in Internal Renderer, as well as improvements to the Trim and Downmix Window
Color Coding: Change I/O color by right-clicking on I/O path no longer needing to visit the I/O setup. Color is also now displayed in various menus such as the Output Assignments, or Dolby Atmos group menus.
Marker Rulers and Lanes: You can turn the Marker Lines "OFF" for rulers, tracks, and folders. Also now possible to right-click on Markers to Edit, Delete, Color Code.
For a full list of all updates check out Avid's "What's New in Pro Tools 2024.10" - Here
You can download Pro Tools 2024.10 through your Avid Link, or directly in your avid.com account.
Stay tuned as we put out new tutorials focused on these new features.
Author: Mihai Boloni
Avid Expert Certified Pro Tools Instructor
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