cclarry Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Ableton Link Support Ableton Link is a synchronisation tool from Ableton that keeps any Link-enabled applications in time over a local network. With Pro Tools 2020.9 Ableton Link is now supported. In case you haven’t come across Ableton Link, it synchronises musical beat, tempo, and start/stop commands across multiple applications and multiple devices. Applications across a local network can discover each other automatically even on different devices. You can set up a musical session in which each musician can perform independently and together. Back in 2016, we wrote in an article asking whether we would welcome Ableton Link in Pro Tools: “If Audio over IP (AoIP) can change working practices and move multitrack audio onto IP networks as quickly as it has then moving MIDI beat clock onto WiFi networks seems trivially simple but so attractive”. We’re now going to get the opportunity to try it for ourselves in Pro Tools. New Option For Canceling Track Record-Enables In Pro Tools 2020.9, record enabling a track can now cancel existing record-enabled tracks regardless of track type. In the record section of the Operation tab in the Pro Tools Preferences the “Latch Record Enable Buttons” checkbox has been replaced with “Record Enable Buttons”. With 2020.9 the following options are available… Latch Audio Tracks - Audio track record enables are latched. MIDI and Instrument tracks are not affected. This follows the behaviour of previous versions of Pro Tools when the “Latch Record Enable Buttons” preference is ON. Cancel Previous on Audio Tracks - Record enabling an audio track will cancel record enables on all other audio tracks. This follows the behaviour of previous versions of Pro Tools when the “Latch Record Enable Buttons” preference is OFF. Cancel Previous on All Tracks - Record enabling ANY track type, will cancel record enables on all other tracks regardless of track type. Tip: Record-enable buttons can be latched at any time by holding the Shift key. Convert SDII Files To Session File Format On Import With Pro Tools 2020.9, on the macOS, the DAW now converts SD II files on import when using Import Audio, Import Session Data, or drag and drop from a Workspace browser or macOS Finder. When opening a session containing SDII files, the session file format will automatically be set to BWF, and all SD II files will be converted to BWF. This has been a challenge ever since Pro Tools stopped supporting Sound Designer 2 files properly with Pro Tools 11. To help, we created an article in 2018 in which we asked How Do I Handle Old Pro Tools Sessions With Sound Designer 2 Files… “What do you do when you are trying to open a very old Pro Tools session with Sound Designer II files that were saved on a Mac? In this free tutorial, we are going to take a look at a range of possible solutions to help you choose which one is most appropriate for your situation”. BWF WAV BF64 Audio Import Support Good news for Pro Tools users who have WAV files larger than 4GB. With Pro Tools 2020.9 there is now support for linking and playing of both RF64 and BW64 audio file formats. If you haven’t come across these formats before, they are both extensions to the WAV audio file format, which address the 4 Gigabyte size limitation. If Pro Tools creates or converts a 4GB or greater file to a WAV, the resulting file will be formatted as RF64. Note that while Pro Tools can link and playback a BW64 file, it does not acknowledge the ADM metadata in this format. Cloud Collaboration Avid has made two improvements to the Track Collaboration workflow… The "Avid Link" menu now opens Avid Link functionality right inside of Pro Tools, instead of the stand-alone application. The look of the Artist Chat window has been updated. Pro Tools 2020.9 Bug Fixes Accessibility Fixed an accessibility issue where the track list show and hide status was incorrect Showing and hiding the docked MIDI editor is now available via accessibility Automation Fixed an issue where coalescing automation on VCA master would crash is the group contained a folder Cloud Collaboration Fixed a case where asset download becomes stuck at "Starting" Fixed a case where revision history would become lost on an offline project Fixed a permissions issue which caused missing tracks and clips in a cloud collaboration Fixed an issue which caused upload or download failures between collaborators Fixed an issue where the Artist Chat window could not be switched from Messages to Pro Tools Projects Fixed an issue that prevented the uploading of changes on a re-shared track Import Session Data will now respect the "New Tracks Are Shared" preference The deletion of automation breakpoints will now cause the track upload light to be triggered, so that changes may be uploaded Removed the “Auto” buttons from the Collaboration Cluster to improve upload/download stability Commit / Freeze Commit up to this insert' with a mono to stereo plug-in will no longer result in a plug-in deletion Control Surfaces Improved EUCON surface responsiveness when changing the state of the transport Fixed a crash that may occur when using the "Scroll to Track" command on Icon surfaces Fixed an occasional crash that could occur when enabling/disabling EUCON in Peripherals > Ethernet Controllers Avid Control now updates the folder icon when opening and closing an empty Pro Tools track folder Routing and mix controls are now appropriately hidden when attentioning a Basic Folder track on the Avid S3 EUCON surfaces will now update when converting an Aux track to a Routing Folder Track colour is now updated on the Avid S1 when converting an Aux track to a Routing Folder track MIDI volume is now properly reflected for attentioned instrument tracks on the Avid S1 Crashes and Errors Fixed multiple cases where a crash may occur if a VCA is assigned to a group that is exclusively an Edit Group. VCA's are no longer allowed to be assigned to an Edit Group unless it is also a Mix Group. Existing exclusive Edit Group assignments will be removed, and a dialog will be posted to inform you of this change when opening a session Fixed an error that occurred when trying to playback after loop recording with "Send Fully Overlapped Clips to Available Playlists when recording" enabled Fixed a case where an assertion is thrown after launch and sessions will not open Fixed a crash that occurred when quitting while launching Pro Tools Fixed a crash that occurred when quitting while signed into the cloud Fixed a crash that occurred when importing to a new satellite track Fixed a crash that occurs when running on dual-core CPUs Fixed a crash resulting from an assertion in the tracks list Fixed a crash that resulted from clearing automation across all tracks Fixed a folder deletion crash when maintaining the child tracks Fixed a crash that occurred during session close after deactivating/reactivating plug-ins and tracks Fixed a crash stemming from emoji use within tags in the workspace Fixed a crash when adding a basic folder to a VCA group that it's already a member of Fixed a crash when copying an Object-Selected clip, from an alternate playlist to the target playlist Fixed a crash that resulted from dragging a MIDI and audio clip to a stereo track Fixed a crash when pasting a mono clip onto an stereo alternate playlist Fixed a crash resulting from changing Clip Gain on locked clips in a group Fixed a crash encountered when cancelling task manager tasks while a project is opening Fixed a crash when closing the session after certain VCA functions were performed Fixed a crash on macOS Catalina when importing audio and choosing from 'Music' or 'Movie' application Finder locations Dolby Atmos Workflows Importing an ADM file will now map objects properly if the ADM file was created using a renderer config that had gaps between input indexes Importing session data from another session will now properly map tracks to stereo objects Fixed an issue that was introduced in Pro Tools 2020.3 which caused pan automation ‘stair-stepping’ in certain cases when importing an ADM file Importing Session Data and matching tracks will no longer remove a track object assignment if the source and destination assignments differ Editing Pressing the 'Enter' key, in the start/end/length fields of the transport cluster, will no longer adjust the selection location, if the selection is within the current grid value The '/' key no longer cancels the previous value entry when moving between start/end/length fields in the transport cluster M' and '/' keys now nudge by the correct value when using drop frame rates Using F or command + F in blank space leading to the next audio clip will no longer yield errors Edits are no longer incorrectly applied to selected but hidden tracks, including cases that occur with object selection and/or "Link Track and Edit Selection" Drag and drop of edit selections that include a closed folder has been restricted to prevent unpredictable results such as disappearing clips Clips and edit selection no longer become separated when nudging over tempo changes with Layered Editing enabled When trimming a multitrack selection in Shuffle mode, clips will now remain time aligned with each other in all cases Fixed a case where moving crossfades in Shuffle mode with Layered Editing enabled, left gaps between the clips Fixed a case where fades would be incorrectly altered when using the Grabber tool to move a multitrack selection Fixed a case where dragging a fade out incorrectly truncated a clip Fixed a case where moving a fade with Layered Editing would delete part of the automation Fixed the ability to heal clip separation while Clip Effects window was opened Fixed a bug where clips could go offline when rendering Clip Gain or Clip Effects on duplicated track Cancelling a Clip Gain operation on a locked clip will now restore the previous value Using Shift + T in the comments field will no longer incorrectly toggle 'Link Track and Edit Selection' Elastic Audio Fixed an issue that could result in an "End of Stream Encountered" error after undoing and then recording on a track with Elastic Audio Folder Tracks Fixed a cosmetic folder track overview bug when files were missing It's now possible to create a track from the output of the 9th level nested routing folder Fixed a bug where after track deletion during a commit, a folder track could continue to show member track Members tracks of a routing folder no longer mute when muting a VCA that is only associated with the routing folder, and not the members It is no longer possible cause an unsupported number of folders to be nested with importing session data Import Matching tracks with Import Session Data, and choosing to not import outputs, sends, or objects, will no longer remove existing assignments Matching tracks with Import Session Data, and choosing to import outputs or sends, will now warn the user if any automation will be lost, due to an assignment removal or width change Main outputs are no longer multed when importing session data, matching tracks, having only "Object Assignments & Toggle Settings" set, and have a different main output between source and destination sessions Import Session Data now imports Heat's enabled state Installer Installing Pro Tools will no longer prompt with an analytics question. Instead, the question will be asked upon the first launch. This change is aimed to improve the experience for those who use automated silent installers. Fixed an issue that prevented the HD Driver from being recognized if installed on a system without an internet connection All intended plug-ins will be installed when co-installing Pro Tools with Pro Tools | First Fixed an issue that would cause the following error on the first launch, "An error occurred installing DigiShoe Tool. Try running a build with signed components first to get it installed properly." MIDI MIDI notes will no longer sustain indefinitely when editing with the up/down arrow keys Performance Fixed a SWOD that occurred if Send Anonymous Pro Tools Usage Data to Avid preference is enabled and communication with servers failed Zooming on high track and clip count sessions have been optimised to be about seven times faster Fixed a -7104 error and crash that may occur when activating or duplicating tracks on an HDX system Fixed a performance issue resulting in multiple SWODs while working Playlists Partial selections can now be promoted to the target playlist Duplicating playlists in playlist view will no longer cause the resulting playlist to be inactive Fixed a crash when previewing AudioSuite while changing the tempo A multi-mono plug-in's channel selector setting is once again retained after closing the plug-in Recording Fixed a case where noise artefacts could appear at the end of a record pass After punching out of record, the audio output is no longer muted during post-roll Remote Workflows Fixed a case where the wrong username would be seen when using the "Prevent Others from Overwriting Open Session" preference Fixed an issue where .tmp and .ptmp files were not being created when creating a session from a template file Routing and I/O Setup HW Insert paths are no longer deleted when pressing the default button in IO Setup if there is an HW Insert assigned in the session Video Fixed a case where the imported video length is half of the intended duration Fixed an issue where certain MP4 files would encounter errors and black video upon import or session open Video Play Start Latency' setting is once again properly recalled when relaunching Pro Tools Fixed several crashes when importing certain QuickTime video files Workspace Fixed a graphical issue in the Workspace where "Search Tags" would overlay "Sound Libraries" Transfer/Playback/Record permissions are once again retained when remounting a volume Improved scrolling performance in that Workspace Browser when a significant amount of data is displayed Miscellaneous Session Start Time is now updated when adjusting the session frame rate by multiples of the current frame rate The transport counter can now exceed 999.59.99 when the main time scale is set to Mins:Sec "Enable Video Engine" now has proper Traditional Chinese and Korean translations in the Playback Engine Window Fixed an issue where VCA members were incorrectly muted if the VCA was inside a soloed Folder Track Fixed an error that occurred when a chord was added to the Chords ruler Fixed an issue the was preventing certain characters from being entered on German language keyboards Fixed an issue where the “Default Automatic Naming to English” preference was not applying in some cases https://www.avid.com/pro-tools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bapu Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Hmmmmm it's not showing up in either Avid Link or my Avid Master Account for me. Maybe they are updating accounts one-by-one by hand 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Carpenter Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Time to give up my perpetual license for 10.x? :). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cclarry Posted September 3, 2020 Author Share Posted September 3, 2020 I'm still at 12.8.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Carpenter Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 4 minutes ago, cclarry said: I'm still at 12.8.... At least yours is 64bit ;). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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