Creative MIDI and Compositional Tools

From sketchpad songwriting to the final production, Pro Tools offers a wealth of tools for the creative composer — all in a single, comprehensive environment. Pro Tools is the undisputed leader in audio editing and production, and its MIDI composition and sequencing features are equally as innovative. With intuitive editing views and techniques, you can create and manipulate MIDI alongside audio with ease using many of the same tools. You can also use the same automation and plug-in processing options on both Audio and Instrument tracks. Use the Loop Trim tool to turn any audio or MIDI region into a loop instantly; Pro Tools always creates MIDI regions on bar boundaries to help with looping and arrangement. Click on the keyboard in a MIDI or Instrument track to quickly select all of the same-pitched notes of your performance for fast editing. Pro Tools also provides a Key Signature ruler that lets you easily add, edit, move, and delete key signatures. You can specify major or minor, transpose MIDI pitches diatonically or chromatically, and even constrain pitches to a key.

ReWire Integration

Pro Tools supports your favorite ReWire-compatible applications, allowing you to integrate your work right into your Pro Tools mixes. Pro Tools software accepts MIDI controller data directly from ReWire applications for recording to a Pro Tools MIDI or Instrument track, allowing for a synergy that augments your creation possibilities. Pro Tools software provides many powerful editing tools that no other recording system can match, offering a host of single-touch edit keys, editing tools, and other innovative features that allow you to view, organize, and execute edits quickly and easily.

Elastic Time

Elastic Time makes it super easy to change tempo or time on the fly. Change the tempo and timing of loops, music, dialog, and other sound files without cutting up a single sample of audio. Easily create loops from any audio file — even entire compositions — with the help of powerful tempo and transient analysis. And when you import audio files and loops, they automatically conform to match your session’s tempo. Elastic Time lets you choose from several time-stretching algorithms, delivering the best-sounding processing in the industry — all on a per-track basis. Context Preview lets you easily audition loops and audio files in sync with the tempo of your session, regardless of their tempo. What’s more, you can fine-tune regions with precision control over each individual beat, using the Warp track view and Warp markers.