With the release of Pro Tools 2023.12 comes the usual tranche of bug fixes. Here is the full list. 

AAF

• Pro Tools will now automatically link to MXF files located two or more subfolders deep inside an Avid MediaFiles\MXF folder structure (PT-274610)

Accessibility

• Made the 'learn' button in plug-ins accessible via Voiceover (PT-301921)

ARA

• Clip which is overlayed by its copy will no longer lose Melodyne edits upon importing the track with these clips to a new session  (PT-313335)

• Fixed an assertion which could occur after undoing the import of Melodyne track via Import Session Data and attempt to import it again (PT-312704)

• Commiting a mono track with Melodyne ARA and a mono/stereo plug-in insert will now properly create a committed stereo track and not mono (PT-312390)

• Melodyne ARA edits will be preserved upon importing a Melodyne ARA track created from Export Selected Tracks (with Force To Target Session Format selected in the Import Session Data) (PT-312352)

• Misleading session notes about lost Melodyne ARA edits will no longer be posted if the user imported some tracks with corrupted Melodyne ARA edits into a session and chose to re-open the session without saving (PT-311186)

• Melodyne MIDI notes visualization will now be correctly drawn on a clip after it has been copied to a different track via drag n' drop (PT-306365)

• Simultaneous import of clip groups, one of which contains clips with Melodyne ARA edits, will no longer result in Melodyne ARA plug-in assigned to tracks created from a clip group which didn't contain clips with Melodyne edits (PT-315658)

• Clips with Melodyne ARA data will no longer be saved into a Track Preset with the 'Include Audio and MIDI Clips' option disabled (PT-315479)

• Saving a Copy of the session with the 'Selected Time Range Only' option will no longer save excessive Melodyne ARA data for clips outside of the selected time range (PT-315442)

ASIO

• Opening Hardware Setup for ASIO applications no longer causes 3rd party DAWs or Windows to hang (PT-313949)

Audio Playback

• Fixed an intermittent issue where sends would not pass audio (PT-307673)

Automation

• Fixed a case where automation would stop writing in latch mode after hitting play and immediately touching a fader (PT-310182)

Clip Effects

• It is now possible to bypass Clip Effects edits on clips when a session is opened in Pro Tools Intro or Artist where no Clip Effects GUI is available (PT-309350)

• Saving Quick Presets is now possible for Clip Effects settings which are being saved to the Session Folder (PT-223717)

Control Surfaces

• The EUCON Softkey “Close Session” functions again (PT-312465)

• Fixed a crash that could occur on session open or close when EUCON is enabled (PT-314779)

• A locked assignable knob on S6 now clears when the control is removed or the session is closed (PT-310322)

Crashes and Errors

• Pro Tools no longer hangs when using the Asteroids Easter Egg with a dual panner (PT-314508)

• Pro Tools no longer crashes when building a plug-in cache with many plug-ins installed (PT-206888)

• Pro Tools no longer crashes when changing the playback engine device while in full screen mode on macOS (PT-311890)

• Fixed a crash that would occur when right-clicking on the video window when a session was loading (PT-286703)

• Pro Tools will no longer crash upon consolidating or invoking AudioSuite render over the blank space (PT-312000)

Delay Compensation

• Fixed an issue with delay compensation when a track is routed to an aux track with dead-end output, as well as sends to the main output (PT-315718)

• Delay compensation no longer breaks after committing a track while using HDX (non-hybrid) as the Playback Engine (PT-314004)

Dolby Atmos

• Prevented a case where objects could get assigned to tracks when attempting to make a cascaded bus assignment to the track output (PT-314013)

• Master Faders can now be cascade assigned to objects (PT-313705)

• Objects now have their own sub-menu folder in the Master Fader path assignment menu (PT-312968)

• It's now possible to bulk or cascade assign objects with the track has a width changing plug-in on it (PT-290998)

• Dolby Audio Bridge now works when using it via Aux IO and the Dolby Atmos Renderer, even when Pro Tools Audio Bridge is not used as a return from the renderer (PT-314099)

• It's now possible to use modifier clicks to deactivate an automation playlist on a Master Fader when it is assigned to an object (PT-313559)

• Clicking the plus button to add a re-render in the Bounce Mix Window will now add the re-render later in the list (PT-315193)

• Peak values can now be reset by clicking on the peak value when a Dolby Atmos Object is assigned to a track (PT-311347)

Editing

• Improved editing speed when selecting across a lot of tracks with Marker Follows Edit enabled (PT-314515)

• Tracks can now be resized via key commands if only the marker lane is selected (PT-308151)

• Fixed an assert which could occur when extending the selection on the Elastic Audio track warp view by Shift-click or double-click (PT-311131)

• Drawing a fade past the end of the clip will now extend the edge automation breakpoints (PT-275870)

• Grabber tool no longer changes clip color pallet target to Tracks (PT-307571)

• Fixed a routing issue where Pro Tools thought the maximum number of busses had been reached (PT-306160)

• Fixed an issue where dragging a trimmed clip from the Clips List sets the Play Start incorrectly (PT-311689)

Elastic Audio

• Pro Tools will no longer crash when renaming the parent clip of the clip with Elastic Audio edits during playback (PT-298509)

Export / Bounce

• Fixed an issue that would prevent some DNxHD MOV files from bouncing Same as Source (PT-295509)

• Exporting Clips as Files will not longer fail with an error if the clip is a non-surround format, such as a field recorder file (PT-307450)

• Removed a situation that made canceling a bounce operation impossible when the Sketch window was present (PT-310292)

• Fixed an error that would occur when recalling a bounce preset that contained the M4A file type (PT-306227)

Import

• Improved import session data speed when a session contains tracks that are hidden (PT-313301)

• Static plug-in values are now retained when importing a session that was exported as a range, even if the plug-in parameters were not automation-enabled first (PT-311276)

• Fixed an intermittent crash that could occur upon importing an audio file or frozen track via Import Session Data (PT-313546)

• Corrected an issue resulting from importing session data via drag and drop (PT-311684)

• Importing a session with many automation parameters will no longer encounter the error "An error occurred with the break point recorder. Overrun Index Error" (PT-299031)

Installer

• macOS based Dolby Audio Bridge templates are no longer installed on Windows (PT-315183)

Keyboard Shortcuts

• Shortcuts to recall Window Configs once again function (PT-311112)

Markers / Memory Locations

• Track markers are no longer ignored when executing the Space Clips command with 'Markers Follow Edit' enabled (PT-304841)

• Fixed an issue that caused markers to inherit track visibility settings from another marker after it was renumbered (PT-313686)

• Recalling a Selection Memory Location will no longer recall the selection on the ruler if a track containing the selection was imported as a new track (PT-312776)

• The "Update Position" and "Update Selection" checkbox last-used state in the Edit Memory Location Window is now remembered between sessions (PT-312458)

• Expanding field recorder matches to new tracks will no longer duplicate the track markers to the new tracks (PT-311296)

• Using key commands to navigate between marker lanes will no longer select the main body of the track if Markers Follow Edit is off and multiple marker lanes were selected (PT-307669)

• Auto-named markers now inherit the track name when created on a video track (PT-312602)

• It is now possible to extend the exclusive marker lane selection by adding the shift modifier to the cmd+opt+ctrl+p and ; (macOS) / ctrl+alt+start+p and ; (Win) commands (PT-315159)

• Markers are now aligned with clips after cutting or inserting time when there are tempo changes within the affected range (PT-311371)

• Clips and markers are now pasted in the correct order when ruler markers are in clipboard (PT-308848)

• The marker color "none" is now saved and recalled with the session (PT-307058)

• Pasting a marker onto a track's main playlist area will now allow pasting markers, even with Marker Follows Edit off (PT-316086)

MIDI

• In some cases when Count-off was enabled, a MIDI note would be triggered at the beginning of the recording. (PT-309861)

• Pro Tools can now use MOTU MIDI interfaces on Windows (PT-217940)

• Fixed an assert when dragging MIDI clips on a sample based track (PT-309925)

• The MIDI Event Operations Window's Transpose to All function is now working. (PT-308807)

• Removing tracks that were in selection would previously reset the navigation LEDs on Komplete Kontrol compatible controllers (PT-313188)

• Komplete Kontrol would not be accessible from the controller if it wasn't loaded in the first Insert slot (PT-311244)

Performance

• Fixed an issue where audio may become out of sync if the CPU is heavily loaded when using a non-HDX playback engine (PT-250518)

Pro Tools | Carbon Systems

• Pro Tools no longer crashes if Pro Tools | Carbon is powered down while Pro Tools is open (PT-299839)

• I/O Setup Mapping to Output menu now displays the correct state and color of the outputs in the drop-down menu when the Surround Monitor is active and the Stereo monitors are not available (PT-310340)

• Fixed a case where the Pro Tools | Carbon Pre mic pre settings were now recalled with the unit if the unit is removed and re-added after the 'Retain Mix Pre Settings' checkbox had previously been on (PT-309962)

Pro Tools Scripting SDK

• PTSL C++ client will no longer fail the codesign stage because of wrong FRAMEWORK_VERSION (PT-314388)

• PTSL CreateMemoryLocation API will now properly save and store all General Properties of a given Memory Location (PT-314167)

• PTSL SetEditmode will no longer result in an invalid error message after executing command with a missing required parameter (PT-314016)

• PTSL GetTimelineSelection will now account for Session Start value (PT-310488)

• Selection is no longer removed from other tracks after SelectAllClipsOnTrack command is executed with a 'Link Track and Edit Selection' option disabled in Edit Window (PT-309756)

• The last 2 digits of TimeCode value are not taken into account by SetSessionStartTime command (PT-305664)

• PTSL CreateSession and OpenSession commands are now possible to execute with the Dashboard opened in the Pro Tools UI (PT-313613)

• Attempt to CreateMemoryLocation with no parameters set will now be blocked in order to follow the correct behavior in Pro Tools (PT-312991)

• Executing CreateMemoryLocation will now propagate the appropriate selection to the Pro Tools timeline (PT-304679)

Routing and I/O Setup

• Removed an extra dot that would appear next to 'Interface' in the track input drop-down if a plug-in's AOS path is assigned (PT-313346)

• The I/O Setup Monitor Path is once again assigned when creating a new session from the 'Stereo Mix' I/O Setting (PT-313364)

• The AFL/PFL path is no longer assigned when creating sessions using the stock I/O Settings files (PT-307691)

• Defaulting the I/O Setup Output Tab now sets the AFL/PFL to none (PT-315587)

• Creating a new track from 'Send Assignment A' will now show the "Create next to current track" option (PT-315573)

• Expanded Send View is now restored with the session (PT-315646)

• Setting a send assignment to 'none' from the Send Output Window will no longer cause an assertion and UI glitch (PT-315680)

Sketch

• We now render an instruments quantize settings when dragging media from Sketch Window to Edit Window (PT-311898)

• Stopped other instruments from being momentarily triggered when launching scenes while inputting MIDI (PT-311787)

• Corrected a defect where the octave number was absent in the octave display (PT-311637)

• Removed a redundant label from the Sketch Window transport settings (PT-311581)

• Addressed an issue that prevented course control over parameters in the Sketch Window (PT-308244)

• Stopped dropdown menus from reopening when hitting space bar after making a selection (PT-307804)

• Fixed a transport sync issue between the Sketch window and the Edit window (PT-309802)

• Pitch changes are now included in clips when dragged from the Sketch window into the Edit window (PT-313234)

• Fades are now handled correctly when drag and dropping clips from the Edit window to the Sketch window (PT-312756)

• Elastic Audio Pitch is now rendered into the clip when drag and dropped from the Edit window to the Sketch window (PT-312018)

• Clip gain is now included when a rendering audio after a clip is dragged from the Edit window to the Sketch window (PT-312016)

• Sketch now ignores mouse clicks when Pro Tools has a modal dialog displayed (PT-312012)

• Corrected a performance issue when dragging content out of the Sketch window and then back in again (PT-311457)

• False UI feedback when dragging a Sketch window arrangement over the clip launching portion of the window (PT-311453)

• Sketch window tracks retain their musical phase relationships when in sync with Pro Tools (PT-311002)

• Double-clicking on a folder in the Sketch media browser no longer loads the top-most audio file to a track (PT-309934)

• Sketch window output assignments are now saved along with the Sketch document (PT-307936)

• Dragging and dropping a 'non-interleaved' stereo clip from PT to SOPHIE no longer only copies the right channel (PT-306462)

• Correct clip durations now result when dragging a lopped clip from the Edit window to the Sketch window (PT-311972)

• Made an improvement in how the Sketch window manages rendered files after they are no longer needed (PT-311630)

• Corrected an issue that was resulting in incorrect bar lengths when dragging extremely stretch audio into the Sketch window (PT-311370)

• When a clip is record armed and another clip is launched on the same track, we now unarm the original clip (PT-313189)

• Dragging an audio clip from the Sketch window to the Finder no longer results in an .xml file. (PT-309654)

• Stopped MIDI notes from sustaining without sustain pedal message while in MIDI merge record (PT-297101)

UI

• Adjusting sliders in the Color Palette Window no longer cause gain reduction meter UI to falsely show max reduction (PT-315142)

• Tooltips now show up in the correct location on Windows (PT-314593)

• Resizing columns in the Memory Location Window will now show the resize icon on Windows (PT-307793)

• Fixed color pallet discrepancies between the Sketch mobile app and the Sketch Window in Pro Tools (PT-311270)

• Mic Pre Control does not overlap with Inserts in the Edit window (PT-310975)

• Made a change which allowed type ahead to work on macOS Sonoma (PT-307570)

• Restored the ability to navigate the Recent pane of the Dashboard with up and down arrow keys (PT-311207)

• The Virtual MIDI Keyboard can now be opened without a Session present (PT-311189)

• Adjusted the length of a field in the Export dialog (PT-309563)

• Restored the ability to reset sliders in the Event Operations window (PT-309288)

• Addressed a graphic defect in the waveform overview that resulted in a thicker center line when running under Roseta (PT-302804)

• Fixed several text and alignment issues with the Event Operations window (PT-315899/PT-309651)

• Fixed several UI issues in I/O Setup when using the application in French (PT-311252)

• Fixed several UI issues in Preferences when using the application in French (PT-311250)

• Fixed several UI issues in the Import Session Date Window when using the application in non-English languages (PT-310338)

Video

• The video engine no longer becomes unresponsive when exiting full screen with multiple monitors on macOS (UME-1695)

• Fixed a case that would cause the video engine and Pro Tools to go unresponsive after bouncing H.264 video on an Apple silicon machine (UME-1676)

• Double-clicking the video window title bar to maximize the window will no longer cause the video engine or Pro Tools to become unresponsive (UME-1674)

• Resizing the video window with a mouse no longer causes the video engine to become temporarily unresponsive on Apple silicon machines (PT-305389)

• The video window full screen state is once again recalled when opening a session (PT-296004)