Tell Avid What You Want In Pro Tools - Avid Launches Fourth Annual Customer Vote
Tell Avid what you want in Pro Tools and other products. Avid has announced the launch of the Fourth Annual Avid Customer Vote, sponsored by the Avid Customer Association (ACA). With this vote, you get the opportunity to rank Avid product improvements suggested by customers. In this article, we explore what features are offering in the Pro Tools for Music, Post and Control Surfaces categories.
This vote gives you the chance to tell Avid how you would prioritise improvements and innovations in products that are critical to your business and creative process. The Vote is developed based on customer feedback and suggestions (gathered all year at ACA meetings, in Avid Communities and on Avid Link), and all Avid customers can participate.
Voting takes around 5 minutes and you get to select the products you want to vote on and there are also opportunities to add your own suggestions and comments at the end of each section.
Products You Buy, Specify, or Use
First Up you will be asked to select the products you want to vote on. We suggest you select the options that relate to what you do and the Avid products you use. These are the options…
Media Composer
Avid NEXIS
Cloud
Maestro / Graphics
FastServe (Video Servers)
MediaCentral
Pro Tools For Music
Pro Tools For Post
Sibelius
Control Surfaces
Live Sound (Avid VENUE)
We selected Pro Tools For Music, Pro Tools For Post and Control Surfaces.
Pro Tools For Music
In this section, there are 8 Pro Tools for Music features. You are asked to drag the 3 most important options to the box labelled 'Most Important' and rank them in order of importance. Drag any other options you feel are also important into the box labelled 'Also Important.' You do not have to drag all factors.
These are the 8 options you can choose from…
MIDI 2.0, MPE - Support for the new MIDI 2.0 spec, allowing 2-way and higher resolution communication between devices. Support for MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression) for advanced MIDI controllers.
Pro Tools Plugins - Refresh and expand the Avid portfolio of AAX plugins and virtual instruments
Deepen Dolby ATMOS workflow integration - Further streamline production and delivery of Dolby ATMOS content in Post and Music by achieving deeper integration of ATMOS rendering within the Pro Tools software environment.
3rd-party creative tools & DAW integration - Provide streamlined synchronization and audio streaming/interchange between Pro Tools and other music creation applications on a workstation.
Pro Tools Mobile - Companion mobile app to Pro Tools, with recording, creation, editing and mixing capabilities. With shared session format for instant interchange with Desktop Pro Tools systems leveraging the cloud.
ARA technology integration - Developed by Celemony, the makers of Melodyne, Audio Random Access (ARA) technology aims to provide deeper integration between a plug-in and the DAW potentially improving and speeding up specific workflows (such as pitch correction, audio restoration/clean up, etc.)
Remote tracking/overdubs - Enable remote audio and MIDI recording into a Pro Tools system, from other PT systems, or simply from mobile applications.
Next generation Pro Tools software user interface - Modernize the Pro Tools user interface, provide new user interaction paradigms while preserving workflows relied on every day by audio professionals. Improve interface
You then get a box in which you can add your own comments and observations about what you would like Avid to consider when using Pro Tools for Music.
Pro Tools For Post
In this section, there are 10 Pro Tools for Post features. You are asked to drag the 3 most important options to the box labelled 'Most Important' and rank them in order of importance. Drag any other options you feel are also important into the box labelled 'Also Important.' You do not have to drag all factors.
These are the 10 options you can choose from…
Remote ADR - Enable voice-over/foreign language dubbing workflows with simultaneous remote talent, director and engineer
Customizable audio bus widths - Address emerging delivery formats such as 22.2, 5.1.4, 7.1.4 with a customizable solution within the Pro Tools mixer.
Remote Access - Enable remote access of Pro Tools systems in a remote facility for editing and mixing.
Pro Tools VM - Run Pro Tools software in virtualized environments for editing, basic mixing and session checks.
Pro Tools Plugins - Refresh and expand the Avid portfolio of AAX plugins and virtual instruments
Next generation Pro Tools software user interface - Modernize the Pro Tools user interface, provide new user interaction paradigms while preserving workflows relied on every day by audio professionals.
Deepen Dolby ATMOS workflow integration - Further streamline production and delivery of Dolby ATMOS content in Post and Music by achieving deeper integration of ATMOS rendering within the Pro Tools software environment.
Pro Tools / Media Composer interoperability - Improve interchange between Pro Tools and Media Composer to dramatically streamline and accelerate video post-production workflows.
Better integration with 3rd party tools - Provide APIs allowing third-party applications to better communicate and integrate with Pro Tools. Solutions for conforming, scripting, automation, video playback, ADR, etc.
Remote Collaboration (Mixing & Editing) - Enable multiperson, remote collaboration/review & approval with real-time, high-quality audio streaming (stereo through to ATMOS)
You then get a box in which you can add your own comments and observations about what you would like Avid to consider when using Pro Tools for Post.
Control Surfaces
In this section, there are 5 Control Surfaces features. You are asked to drag the 3 most important options to the box labelled 'Most Important' and rank them in order of importance. Drag any other options you feel are also important into the box labelled 'Also Important.' You do not have to drag all factors.
These are the 5 options you can choose from…
Post Module for S1 - A control surface matching the industrial design of the S1, featuring knobs and motorized joysticks for Post workflows.
S4/S6 Custom knob layouts for plug-ins - Make user knobset layouts for plugins, save and share them
S6 Performance Improvements - Improve reliability and speed of response of S6 at scale to further improve large format workflows.
S4/S6 Swap Layer - Add 2, 3 or 4 extra layers to the S4/S6 console to access more tracks quicker.
Graphical Plug-in Instantiation on S6 - Add plugins right from the surface using an easy, clear graphical view on either the Master Module or Display Modules. Select Presets and I/O too.
What Do Think?
There you have it. This is an opportunity to provide Avid with feedback and influence Avid’s product development trajectory. What do you think about the options Avid have given? Are they the correct ones or are there features missing from these lists? Do share your thoughts and observations in the comments before.