Pro Tools 9 vs Pro Tools 10

Thursday, December 15, 2011






Today I will be talking about the recent upgrade on Protools 9 to 10. Protools 9 was just released in February 2011 and Protools was released shortly after in October 2011. This was noted to be the shortest time between release dates for Avid. Before the 9.0 release the 8.0 version had been out for about three years. There are a few huge differences between the 9.0 and 10 version. In PT 9 the thing that separates 9 from other versions is that you don’t need an M-Box to run it. The only thing it requires to run is an ilok. An ilok is an USB hardware key that holds the authorization keys to the software. It also has a new playback engine as well as more MIDI and audio track. You also get more internal busses. Now with PT 10 the upgrades aren’t as major. It has to do more with perfecting the speed and the way the upgrades from 9 works. For example PT 10 is stated to have a 32-bit floating point. Basically it means that it is distortion proof. You can now also export your mixes directly to sound cloud in order to share your work with others. The speed level of mixing and editing has increased with clip gain and the ability to match and adjust gain levels and the pre-mixer. This new feature is more geared towards the post production industry, but can be used for the music industry as well.  Also you can use multiple different audio formats in a session. Another new spec is that you can get the sound of a system 5 console EQ and dynamics with one simple plugin, which is the Avid Channel Strip. All in all PT 9.0 is a great version to have it requires less to run it and you can basically take PT with you anywhere and mix. If you like PT 9 but want all of the bells and whistles and just basically want it to run faster with better sounding quality go with PT 10.


Thanks
Asia Jones

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