Avid Pro Tools Delivers ARA 2 Support for iZotope, Synchro Arts, and Sound Radix Solutions Plus New MIDI Plugins

Avid has announced an update for its Pro Tools audio production software that introduces ARA 2 support for solutions from iZotope, Synchro Arts and Sound Radix. The update also adds two new included MIDI effect plugins from Mixed In Key, session export for Media Composer, Dolby Atmos enhancements, improved searching and importing of session data, memory locations enhancements, MIDI pitch labels, and more.

Avid announced updates to its Pro Tools software that offer significant performance and processing improvements through fully qualified native Apple Silicon support, new options for manipulating audio pitch and time, and new creative tools for music makers. The release provides music creators with Pro Tools Sonic Drop, a content subscription program that delivers new samples, loops and instrument presets.

Steinberg announced the immediate availability of SpectraLayers Pro 7 and SpectraLayers Elements 7, the latest version of its powerful audio editing software for music production, post-production, sound design, mastering and restoration. The update focuses on enhancing its powerful tool set by adding automatic processes through new Artificial Intelligence algorithms that can sense discrete events in a sound field and isolate them on independent, colorful layers for processing.

Together with a free update for Sound Forge Pro 13, released in April 2019, German software company MAGIX now introduced its eagerly anticipated Sound Forge Pro 13 Suite. This professional software package for recording, editing and processing high-quality audio files includes exclusive plug-ins like the brand new, award-winning Steinberg SpectraLayers Pro 6 and Melodyne essential 4, turning the popular audio editor into a powerful studio solution.

Steinberg announced the immediate availability of SpectraLayers Pro 6. First distributed by Sony Creative Software and then by Magix Software, the developers behind SpectraLayers have now joined forces with Steinberg to release its sixth iteration. Now as part of the comprehensive Steinberg software portfolio, SpectraLayers Pro 6 comes with exciting new features and workflow integrations, providing an innovative way to edit audio in the spectral domain.

Who would have thought that one day PreSonus would be a major player in the world of recording and music production with its own software Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) solution, rivalling the best in the industry, and gaining ground every year? Well, things are about to get even more interesting with the release of PreSonus Studio One 4, a major update to the company’s easy-to-use DAW that combines the best of the traditional recording studio model with the modern methods of creating beat- and groove-oriented music. Now shipping.