Enhancements

 

1st, 2nd, and 3rd Order Ambisonics Track and Bus Support (Pro Tools HD Only)

• New 4, 9, and 16 channel tracks and busses in Pro Tools using ambiX channel ordering standard (ACN)

• Facebook 360 Spatial Workstation included

 

MIDI Workflow Enhancements

• Use left and right arrow keys to select MIDI notes in tracks in Notes view in the Edit Window and in the MIDI Editor. Using the Tab (and reverse Tab) with Tab to Transient disabled now only locates to MIDI Clip boundaries. Using Tab (and reverse Tab) with Tab to Transient enabled now moves the edit insertion to the beginning of each next note but doesn’t select it. If in a CC# view with Tab to Transient enable, tab moves the edit insertion to the next CC automation breakpoint.

• MIDI Merge Release Mode

  • Right Click the MIDI Merge button (or set in Preferences > MIDI) to choose how MIDI controller automation data from pedals is merged into the timeline over existing CC data in modes that are familiar to audio automation: Latch, Latch Until Next Event, Touch

• CC# values are now displayed in the track view and automation lane selectors to make obvious which given controller is being viewed and edited

• Store and recall MIDI controller automation lane displays for the MIDI Editor Window using Window Configurations

• Record enable button added to the MIDI Editor window header to allow selected tracks to be auditioned or recorded to

• Additional Grid and Nudge size keyboard shortcuts added to facilitate changing these values from a laptop keyboard:

  • Grid: Shift+ “-” and Shift + “=” decrease and increase the grid size respectively

  • Nudge:

    • Mac: Shift+Option+ “-” and Shift+Option+ “=” decrease and increase the nudge size respectively

    • Win: Use Shift+Alt+ “-” and Shift+Alt+ “=” decrease and increase the nudge size respectively

• Use existing clip snapping edit modifiers (Control and Control+Command on Mac or Win and Win+Control on PC) to snap MIDI clips on Instrument tracks in Clips or Blocks view

• Scroll the piano roll vertically by hovering the mouse over the Piano Roll on the left edge of the timeline and using a trackpad or mouse wheel

• Show and Hide the Docked MIDI Editor via keyboard shortcut:

  • Mac: Shift+option+ “=”

  • PC: Shift+Alt + “=”

• Clutch between “shaped” pencil tool modes and free hand mode using the Command key on Mac or the Control key on Windows

• Grid mode is now followed when clicking the grabber tool on a MIDI track timeline area while in notes view

• MIDI Clip boundaries are now displayed in all track views

• Red recording progress is displayed during MIDI recording in order to see visual feedback on tracks that are currently recording

• Newly created MIDI clips are trimmed to the nearest Bar|Beat boundary that contains all MIDI events performed during the take to facilitate easier editing after record

 

MIDI Input Display

• A new Edit Window and MIDI Editor Window display area shows MIDI input as chords and notes using the Sibelius chord library

 

Post Mixing and Dolby Atmos® Features (Pro Tools HD Only)

• Link control for Front and Rear pan parameters allows for true 2 knob panning X Y style panning

• Right click on the pan shape guides in the Surround Panner window to enable or disable Auto Height Override mode, allowing audition Height Modes for 7.1.2 and Object panning without writing automation to the timeline.

This allows repurposing of existing surround pan automation into 7.1.2 or Object panning

Coalesce Pan Guide Automation command commits the previously virtual height generated while using Auto Height Overrides Height setting to breakpoint automation on the timeline

New “Use Atmos Renderer” option in the Default menu in I/O Setup automatically creates busses and outputs based on the connected Atmos Renderer with correct naming for beds and objects as well as Object ID assignment

 

Scroll to Track by Name

• Auto-complete text search by name in the Scroll to Track dialog to rapidly navigate large sessions

 

Batch Renaming of Tracks and Clips

• Apply the following processes to rename selected tracks or clips

  • Find and Replace - Look for and replace text

  • Trim - remove characters from the beginning, end, or from an internal range of a name

  • Add - insert text at the beginning, end, or at a particular position in a name

  • Numbering - iterate numbers or letters at the beginning, end, or in a particular position of the name

 

Pro Tools | First Converts Sessions to Projects

• Up to the supported track count limitations, Pro Tools | First may now convert Pro Tools session documents from Pro Tools 10 or newer into Projects

 

Bug Fixes

 

MIDI Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with MIDI Merge that caused Sustain Pedal performances to sound wrong while playing (PT-200735)

• Merged CC automation data no longer writes rebound breakpoints after each new merged CC value (PT-225259)

• Fixed an issue that caused notes to get stuck when recording MIDI CC automation (PT-222324)

• Fixed an issue that caused pressing the sustain pedal to the on position to be recorded as sustain pedal OFF if MIDI merging over existing sustain ON automation (PT-223462)

• Fixed an issue that could cause MIDI notes to be deleted when switching a MIDI track from sample to tick based (PT-224746)

• Fixed a crash that could occur attempting to set Middle C = C4 or Middle C = 60 in Setup > Preferences > MIDI while no session is open (PT-232295)

• Fixed an issue that prevented changing the Import MIDI dialog settings when dragging MIDI from Finder on macOS to Pro Tools (PT-222495)

• Fixed an issue that could often prevent the "Apply" button in the Event Operations window from being active when switching to it from the Edit Window (PT-229696)

• Fixed an issue that prevented clicking and dragging the mouse from adjusting values in fields of the MIDI Event List (PT-226441)

• Fixed an issue where bus recording audio from Virtual Instruments could intermittently fall out of time on Windows systems (PT-223560)

• Fixed an issue with Importing data from a particular MIDI or Instrument track in a session multiple times that caused the MIDI output to be set incorrectly (PT-226071)

• Using Import Session Data on an Instrument track with the "Main Output Assignment" option deselected no longer sets the instrument output to "none" (PT-231218)

• Fixed an issue that could prevent ever choosing a MIDI output in the Instrument section of Instrument Tracks after using Import Session Data (PT-226188)

• Fixed a crash that could occur when dragging a MIDI region from track to track when Real Time Properties are enabled (PT-209210)

• Tab to Transient now takes into account all events in an edit group that includes MIDI and Instrument Tracks (PT-230124)

• Fixed an issue that could case Tab to Transient to fail entirely in notes view in rare cases (PT-231652)

• Chosen Real Time Properties views for tracks in Micro, Mini, and Small track height are no longer forgotten when reopening a session (PT-226805)

• Fixed a crash that could occur after importing a MIDI file using "Spot" edit mode and then dragging it around the timeline (PT-231256)

• Fixed an issue that could cause MIDI Clips to extend unnecessarily to the right when editing notes within the clip in a way that doesn't require clip length changes (PT-230326)

• Improved Accessibility of the MIDI Event List by making the MIDI Tracks label readable (PT-206965)

• Fixed a crash that could occur adding Tempo events while playing (PT-215482)

• Opening the MIDI Editor window while the edit cursor is placed on an Audio or Aux Input track no longer removes previously shown controller lanes in the MIDI Editor (PT-220417)

• Fixed an issue that caused the MIDI Editor layout to be reverted to default settings if it was resized and then closed and reopened (PT-214896)

• Import MIDI dialog settings now remain set to the last used import options when the dialog is reused (PT-212380)

• The control+command(mac) or alt+control(win) and arrow keys no longer fail to cycle through MIDI CC lanes in the MIDI Editor window (PT-232826)

• Pencil tool is no longer inaccessible in the Tempo Ruler when using the Control (Mac) or Win(PC) key to clutch when using the Smart Tool (PT-230019)

• Fixed appearance of MIDI clip boundaries to appear more like audio clips (PT-232696)

 

Dolby Atmos® Features

• Using Split to Mono on a 7.1.2 track no longer sets the .Rts channel panning incorrectly (PT-231288)

• Fixed an issue where an internal bus would be assigned incorrectly when attempting to route an Overhead subpath to the input of a track (PT-229638)

• Fixed an issue where quitting the Dolby Atmos Renderer software and re-launching Pro Tools before the renderer would not re-establish object control (PT-231186)

• Fixed an issue with certain ADM files created from Atmos printmasters where audio failed to play from certain channels designated as objects in the file (PT-232401)

• Fixed an issue that prevented assignment of 7.1.2 overhead sub path to the output of stereo or mono tracks (PT-231824)

• Fixed an issue that prevented Freeze, Commit, and Track Bounce from rendering audio while a track was routed an Object bus assignment (PT-232757)

• Fixed an issue that caused stereo panning to be applied to signals on tracks while routed to the Object bus, causing unexpected gain changes in the mono renderer object inputs (PT-232548)

• Fixed an issue that could prevent the correct object status control state from existing on tracks assigned to an object mapped mono sub path of a Stereo path on a mono track when both objects are used on a stereo track elsewhere (PT-232642)

• Fixed an issue that could cause the Object / Bus toggle to stop responding properly to automation breakpoints after manually pressing mute on that track (PT-231312)

• Fixed an issue that could occur when importing an ADM file that caused incorrect object bus assignment (PT-233706)

Editing

• Fixed an issue that prevented using the Select to Session End command on the marker ruler after switching playlists (PT-231806)

• Fixed an issue where Layered Editing behavior could occur when layered editing was disabled and one clip was dragged on top of the edge of another clip and then off again (PT-231085)

• Heal separation no longer fails to heal a gap between clips when only the gap itself is selected and the selection doesn't extend into both clips (PT-230444)

• Audio clips that are moved using Quantize to Grid no longer overlap each other unexpectedly (PT-225183)

• Fixed an issue that caused duplicated tracks to fail to switch playlists together when grouped following duplication (PT-211286)

• Fixed an issue that prevented clips from being displayed correctly on the timeline when dragging from the clips list to an audio track when Timeline Drop Order is set to Left / Right (PT-208919)

• Dragging an audio file from the Pro Tools workspace or Finder (mac) / Explorer (win) no longer modifies automation where the clip is placed (PT-226099)

• Right clicking on an edit insertion on a clip no longer fails to allow the Separate command as the entire clip is only selected when right clicking further away from the edit insertion (PT-233024)

• When using X-Form and Rendered Mode elastic audio settings, enabling Formant no longer fails to trigger a re-render (PT-220581)

• Object Selection of clips containing fades are no longer modified to not include fades after AudioSuite "Clip by Clip" processing (PT-226420)

• Destructively recorded audio files no longer appear blank when imported into another session (PT-217556)

• Fixed an issue that could cause waveform overview recalculation following a temporary hang (PT-228720)

• Fixed an issue in Layered Editing that could cause incorrect behavior when deleting a clip segment if that clip's start or end boundary coincides with an underlapped clip (PT-227555)

• Clip groups are no longer drawn as a broken series of clips when dragging from Finder to the edit window, they are displayed as a single clip (PT-230324)

• Nudging an area of a clip between two fades no longer erases the fades unexpectedly when Layered Editing is enabled (PT-228433)

• Fixed an issue that could cause Clip Groups to show the wrong name after renaming in some cases (PT-220643)

• Fixed a case where fully overlapping and then de-overlapping a clip that partially overlapped another would unexpectedly trim the partially overlapped clip (PT-230802)

• Duplicating a tracks with Playlist track view enabled no longer causes the duplicated tracks to appear out of order (PT-231875)

• Nudging a clip with crossfades no longer unexpectedly breaks fades when Layered Editing is turned on (PT-231842)

• Playlist cycling no longer loops continuously when using the Shift Up and Down arrow keys. It now stops at the beginning and end of the list (PT-229015)

 

Video Engine

• Fixed a graphical issue that prevented Video Track names from updating when creating a new playlist (PT-230966)

• Changing playlists from a video track in a group no longer fails to change the playlists of other tracks in the group (PT-231027)

• Fixed an issue with timeline position cursor on Media Composer running as a Video Satellite and making a range selection on the Pro Tools satellite master (PT-211289)

 

Miscellaneous

• Increased the number of maximum visible comp lanes in playlist view from 1024 to 2048 (PT-206741)

• Improved warning dialogs related to the absence of a DigiLink I/O license  (PT-229052)

• Fixed an issue that caused Pro Tools to hang briefly when zooming in and out of certain zoom levels with waveforms visible (PT-209372)

• Fixed an error that prevented more than 10 multiple output assignments being saved per track (PT-233045)

• Continuous scroll mode no longer loses track of waveforms at some zoom levels during record (PT-208762)

• The orange "used" indication for output paths no longer fails to appear on subpaths assigned to mono Aux tracks (PT-228951)

• Waveforms no longer fail to update or appear after using the "Overwrite" setting in AudioSuite (PT-231641)

• Fixed an issue loading certain sessions created before 12.8 that required 2 or more HDX cards to run that would result in a stuck "Optimizing DSP" loop (PT-232623)

• Fixed an issue playing back audio from certain sessions with mixer configurations that required 2 HDX cards to load all session resources (PT-233095)

• Fixed an issue with sessions moved between 12.8 and versions before 12.8 where destructive punch could be off by one sample and cause audible clicks when punching or paddling (PT-232465)

• Fixed an issue that could cause Pro Tools windows to turn white when moved between screens with different color profiles (PT-221287)

• Using Keep Window on Top in the Score Editor no longer prevents use of the Export to Sibelius command (PT-231287)

• Fixed an issue that could cause waveform overviews to redraw seemingly at random (PT-228685)

• Fixed an issue that could cause audio dropouts in Pro Tools | First with Focusrite audio interfaces (FOCR-23)

• Fixed an issue with broken links for rendered files for Frozen tracks when using Save Copy In (Link to freeze render is missing when Save Copy in session with frozen track.)

• Clicking on sends while moving the mouse slightly no longer fails to open the send window (PT-233730)

• Waves plug-in windows no longer show presets for unrelated plug-ins in the preset selector menu (PT-230288)

 

Workspace

• Fixed an issue with file naming that could occur when recording new files to a track with a name ending in an underscore followed by a number (PT-218829)

• Fixed an issue renaming Catalogs in workspace that could erroneously report "That name is already used by another file" (PT-233013)

• Fixed an issue that could cause stuttering of the beginning of an audio file auditioned in the workspace (PT-228620)

• The Locations column in Workspace resizes more reliably when maximizing the window (PT-230303)

• Fixed an issue that could cause waveform recalculation on files in use in a session if a new storage volume was attached to the system (PT-231284)

 

I/O Setup

• Activating and deactivating overlapping outputs in I/O Setup no longer causes both outputs to fail to pass signal (PT-229851)

• The "Restore From Session" button no longer fails to restore object mappings when the "Apply to all tabs" option is checked (PT-229556)

• Fixed a case where deactivating and reactivating and Output path in the I/O Setup window would not make the path active in the session (PT-230183)

 

Control Surfaces

• Fixed an issue that prevented setting send knob values to default by holding the Alt (Win) key and touching the knob top (PT-234132)

• Toggling automation mode on a track from Pro Tools | Control during playback no longer causes the automation mode to cycle continuously until playback stops (PT-227157)

 

Collaboration and Cloud Backup

• Fixed an issue that could cause cloud storage to be consumed unexpectedly (PT-231737)

• Fixed an issue that prevented shared tempo data from synchronizing on first download of a shared project (PT-222794)

 

Crashes and Errors

• Fixed an issue that would cause Freeze or Commit to hang Pro Tools if HEAT was enabled on a track on HDX systems (PT-231779)

• Fixed a crash that could occur closing Pro Tools that appeared on the crashlog server (PT-229382)

• Fixed a crash that could occur when deleting a track that was previously deleted and undeleted by undo after using Commit (PT-227554)

• Fixed a crash that could occur opening sessions with large I/O setup compliments (PT-231234)

• Fixed a crash that would occur when selecting "Spot to Edit Selection" in Workspace for files in the session Audio Files folder (PT-232282)

• Fixed a crash that could occur when restoring I/O Settings from session and clicking OK (PT-233120)

• Fixed a crash that could occur removing output path assignments from the Track Output floating window (PT-232929)

• Fixed an issue that could cause a crash when recording to a large number of tracks in sessions using more than 256 voices on HDX (PT-234221)

• Fixed a crash that could occur when importing session data or copying audio to a session stored on an iSCSI DDP Storage Area Network (PT-229378)

• Fixed a crash that was often submitted to the crash server which could occur while using AFL/PFL, soloing, changing outputs on tracks, or saving and closing a session (PT-224716)

• Fixed a crash that was often submitted to the crash server which could occur while attempting to load Elastic Audio analysis (PT-224713)

• Fixed an assertion error that could occur when adding fades to regions with an overlap on the right side (PT-226667)

• Fixed an issue with Import Session Data that could cause an assertion error when importing memory locations (PT-209991)

• Fixed an error that could occur when using shift key to adjust channel faders in the DownMixer plug-in (AAX-1500)

• Fixed an error message that could appear in Task Manager when importing some AAF files. These AAF's no longer create duplicate AAF files in the Audio Files folder. (PT-228661)

• Fixed an error that could occur when freezing a track after using destructive record (PT-231388)

• Fixed an assertion error that could occur when adding fades to regions with an overlap on the right side (PT-226667)

• Fixed an issue that caused track activation to slow down with larger track counts (PT-230561)

 

Optimizations

• Improving Graphic Performance on iMac 4k/5k

  • Graphic performance issues such as stuttering and sluggishness can be significantly reduced by changing the iMac color profile to  “sRGB IEC61966-2.1”. To make this change:

    1. Click on the Apple icon and choose System Preferences

    2. Navigate to the Display pane, then click on the Color tab

    3. In the Display Profile list, select “sRGB IEC61966-2.1”

Read Full Article