Avid reveals Pro Tools Carbon, the next-generation hybrid audio production system

Designed specifically for music creators, it brings powerful HDX DSP technology to solo artists, bands and producers to deliver a faster, smoother and more inspiring recording experience.

Avid lanza Pro Tools Carbon, a next-generation audio interface that gives artists, bands, engineers and producers the power to record every detail of his interpretations with extreme clarity and precision.

It is hybrid audio production system It has been designed to capture the radiance of the performer and features incredible sound quality and smart integration with Pro Tools that combines the power of the user's native CPU with the performance of HDX DSP acceleration. The result is an advanced design that delivers a fast, fluid and inspiring recording experience.

Avid's new offering continues its legacy of making high-end professional studio technology more accessible to all music creators, bringing the power of HDX technology to everyone who records and produces music.

Darrell Thorp, a sound engineer who has won nine Grammy Awards for his work with artists such as The Foo Fighters, Radiohead and Beck, highlights that "with HDX DSP built in, Pro Tools Carbon offers incredibly low latency and puts it at your fingertips. I can have my AAX DSP plugins available in my recording channels and access them at any time. My way of working is extremely fast, so the fewer steps I have to think about, the better. Pro Tools Carbon really speeds up the recording process. Plus, its transparent converter and the design of its preamplifier make it have an incredible sound.”

Dana Ruzicka, general manager of audio at Avid, highlights that "with Pro Tools Carbon, Avid brings innovative tools and technologies like HDX DSP to a new generation of music creators around the world to capture their best performances. Pro Tools Carbon is a complete solution that offers an immense capacity of benefits without the complexities that slow down music creators. Its integrated HDX DSP allows you to record with real-time effects, virtually eliminating latency, this together with the highest quality inputs and outputs we have ever offered allow you to record at an entire band and send individual low-latency monitor mixes to each member.”

He nuevo motor Hybrid Engine allows users to push their CPUs to the limit when working with virtual instruments and mixing. Simultaneously, it allows users to record with plugins AAX DSP in real time, with a monitoring latency of less than 1 ms. Now, with the ability to easily toggle a simple DSP Mode button on each Pro Tools track, users have the flexibility to simplify your workflow of recording and mixing so they can focus on the music they are producing, and not the tools they are using.

Truly hybrid capabilities

He AAX DSP processing It is the centerpiece of the Hybrid Engine, and is the only plugin architecture that offers truly hybrid capabilities. AAX DSP delivers the same sound quality in both native and HDX DSP acceleration domains, allowing users to switch between DSP Modes while maintaining exceptional sound quality. This also allows music creators to easily disconnect Pro Tools Carbon to take their mix outside the studio or to collaborate with other creators without the interface.

With its converters, dual-resolution clock, and the most transparent mic preamp design Avid has ever produced, Pro Tools Carbon has been meticulously designed so that when you press the record button, every nuance of every performance is captured with the greatest depth, dimension, and clarity possible.

Pro Tools Carbon is ready to record any session: from a soloist to a full band. With four outputs for sending individual monitor mixes, eight impeccable preamps, 16 channels of ADAT inputs and a built-in talkback microphone, you'll be prepared to record any band. Pro Tools Carbon also offers a Ethernet connection to the host computer with extremely fast bandwidth. This connection preserves the highest possible sound quality, from input to output, as well as supporting future workflow improvements.

Additionally, Pro Tools 2020 features an interface with a dramatically dark background that is stylish, inspiring, and pleasing to your eyes, especially in low-light environments.

It also provides new ways to create and develop ideas with the ability to analyze audio and convert it into MIDI notes. For audio post-production professionals, Pro Tools 2020 includes Native integration to export ADM files for Dolby Atmos, a new Spatial Clips feature that lets you arrange a multitude of clips in a fraction of the time, and reintroduces the ability to bounce sessions to QuickTime formats, in macOS Catalina.