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.

Celemony Software is placing the ARA Audio Random Access exchange interface under an open source license as well as releasing a comprehensive software development kit. This will make ARA integration even easier for digital audio workstation (DAW) and plug-in manufacturers. ARA was created as an integration extension for audio plug-in interfaces, allowing greater amount of audio information exchange, such as key, tempo, pitch, and rhythm, for an entire song.

Completely retuning a recorded voice or instrument track note by note, creating complex harmonies from existing tracks, rearranging polyphonic samples to generate completely new compositions, are just a few of the amazing possibilities provided by the Melodyne engine from German company Celemony Software. And now, users's of Steinberg's popular Cubase and Nuendo DAW's are also able to do just that, directly integrated into their working environment thanks to the Audio Random Access (ARA) interface extension, which embeds direct Melodyne support into existing software tools.

Celemony Software announced an important new development for all musicians and studios working in music production. With version 5.97, the popular DAW Reaper now supports the ARA Audio Random Access 2 interface extension. According to the German software company, this development allows users of Reaper to enjoy Melodyne's powerful note editing capabilities from individual notes within chords to polyphonic audio material.

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.