Avid Pro Tools Ultimate Perpetual License Upgrade (Retail) is for owners of a Perpetual license of Pro Tools Ultimate (Retail) with a 1-Year Software Updates and Support Plan that's still active or already expired, and needs to be renewed.
This upgrade is also available to owners of a Perpetual license of Pro Tools HD 9 through Pro Tools Ultimate 12 and later (Retail).
What's Included and How to Manage Your 1-Year Plan
- Latest version of the Pro Tools Ultimate software.
- 1-year access to all available Pro Tools Ultimate updates. Keep all installed updates after the 12-month period expires.
- 1-year access to ExpertPlus support with unlimited priority phone support and online technical support plus billing and account help—response within 4 hours.
- 1-year access to the Complete Production Bundle (over 115 plug-ins) and HEAT add-on. Once your 1-Year Updates and Support Plan lapses, you no longer have access to the Complete Production Bundle unless you renew or resubscribe. If you do not have a plan anymore, you get to perpetually keep 55 included virtual instruments, effects, and sound-processor plug-ins (HEAT is not included).
- 1-year access to Pro Tools | PlayCell sample-playback instrument.
- 1-year access to Celemony Melodyne essential.
- 1-year access to Pro Tools | Sonic Drop—get exclusive new samples, loops, and/or instrument presets every month.
- 1-year access to SoundFlow Cloud Avid Edition.
- 1-year access to Inner Circle rewards—over $2500 in free plug-ins plus music and sound libraries, training resources, and more.
- Perpetual access to 1GB of Cloud Collaboration storage, 2GB high-quality loop library, plus over 3GB of bonus samples and sounds for virtual instruments.
- Users who wish to retain access to software updates, ExpertPlus support, and the Complete Production Bundle after the initial 1-year period need to purchase another Ultimate Perpetual License Upgrade.
- Pro Tools runs on Intel-based Windows and Mac computers as well as on M1- and M2-based Mac computers.
- Choose to authorize the software either via cloud license with iLok Cloud (requires a constant Internet connection) or with a physical iLok 2 / iLok 3 key (available separately).