In this week’s podcast, Julian is joined by James Richmond and Steve DeMott to talk through the release of Pro Tools 2021.6. We knew the HDX Hybrid Engine was coming but there was more to this release than that. What do we think?

James Richmond

James Richmond is an Oxfordshire based producer, engineer and multi-instrumentalist. He has worked for Solid State Logic and has written for a number of Australian publications since the 1990s. Previously he was an IT networking consultant.

Steve DeMott

Steve DeMott is a Connecticut based audio engineer, producer and multi-instrumentalist. He studied Songwriting and Music Production & Engineering at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA & has been recording professionally for over 20 years and has worked on projects for Sennheiser (Pro Talk), Ubisoft (Tom Clancy HAWX 2) & Microsoft Studios (Halo: Spartan Assault).

Talking Points

• HDX Hybrid Engine - Better Performance and near zero-latency recording with hybrid DSP and native processing

• Increased I/O

• Increased track count (PT Standard) / Default voices (Ultimate)

• M1 Support Via Rosetta 2

• Improvements To And Customisation of UI

• ADC On Side Chains

• HEAT not available in DSP Mode

Find Of The Week

• James - Eventide H9000 with Dante card

• Steve - Pro Tools 2021.6 Specifically as a huge step for Avid in moving from such tight artificial controls (because of HDX HW limits) to hearing/recognizing customer needs & leveraging the power of Native to push the whole platform forward.

• Julian - A good, local repair person