Tips on using the DUC and announcements of general interest. For the latest Pro Tools news and information, please see the What's New tab in the Pro Tools product section.
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Late-breaking technical issues, software updates, and technical support tips and tools. To subscribe to RSS updates to the Technical Alerts forum, add the following to your RSS reader:

This forum is dedicated to all things Pro Tools 10, so if you have any questions, need help, or have something to share, please join the discussion.

Use this forum for issues and discussion specific to using Pro Tools 10 and Pro Tools HD 10 on Mac OS X

Use this forum for issues and discussion specific to using Pro Tools 10 and Pro Tools HD 10 on Windows 7

This forum is dedicated to all things Pro Tools 9, so if you have any questions, need help, or have something to share, please join the discussion. Easy shortcut: avid.com/protools9forum

Use this forum for issues and discussion specific to using Pro Tools 9 and Pro Tools HD 9 on Mac OS X

Use this forum for issues and discussion specific to using Pro Tools 9 and Pro Tools HD 9 on Windows 7

Dedicated DSP Processing with Pro Tools HD Software on Mac OS
Pro Tools|HD Product Family

Dedicated DSP Processing with Pro Tools HD Software on Windows
Pro Tools|HD Product Family

Native Processing with Pro Tools HD Software on Mac OS
Pro Tools|HD Native Product Information | Pro Tools|HD Product Family

Native Processing with Pro Tools HD Software on Windows
Pro Tools|HD Native Product Information | Pro Tools|HD Product Family

Tips & Techniques using Pro Tools|HD and HD Native systems

For Mac & Windows Post & Surround Users. Tips, Techniques, and Troubleshooting with Pro Tools TDM 5.1 and higher Surround, Pro Tools TDM Systems for Post-Production, Satellite options, DigiTranslator, OMF, AAF, MXF; as well as Pro Tools LE Systems with Complete Production Toolkit (for surround & video) and DV Toolkit 2 (for video)

Live sound tips, techniques, and troubleshooting for all VENUE systems, including VENUE D-Show, VENUE Profile, VENUE Mix Rack and VENUE SC48. See also:

• VENUE Product Family
• VENUE Videos
• Live Sound Webinars
• VENUE Blog

Troubleshooting with Pro Tools LE for 003 Family, Digi 002 Family, Mbox Family, Digi 001, and AudioMedia III systems running on Mac OS.
Product Information

Troubleshooting with Pro Tools LE for 003 Family, Digi 002 Family, Mbox Family, Digi 001, and AudioMedia III systems running on Windows.
Product Information

Using Pro Tools MP, Pro Tools M-Powered, and Pro Tools Academic software with M-Audio hardware (required) on Mac OS X systems.
Pro Tools MP Product Information

Using Pro Tools MP, Pro Tools M-Powered, and Pro Tools Academic software with M-Audio hardware (required) on Windows systems.
Pro Tools MP Product Information

User shared tips & techniques for using Pro Tools LE, 003 Family, Digi 002 Family, Mbox Family, Pro Tools M-Powered, and M-Audio systems on Windows or Mac OS. No "Mac vs. PC" platform wars allowed.

Mac OS X user forum for Pro Tools SE software — bundled with select M-Audio products. Pro Tools SE FAQ & Product Information: Getting Started with Pro Tools SE

Windows user forum for Pro Tools SE software — bundled with select M-Audio products. Pro Tools SE FAQ & Product Information: Getting Started with Pro Tools SE

Mac OS X user forum for Pro Tools M-Powered Essential software — bundled with select M-Audio products. Pro Tools Essential FAQ & Product Information: Getting Started with Pro Tools M-Powered Essential

Windows user forum for Pro Tools M-Powered Essential software — bundled with select M-Audio products. Pro Tools Essential FAQ & Product Information: Getting Started with Pro Tools M-Powered Essential

Link to the M-Audio User Forums, for discussion of M-Audio hardware products and issues unrelated to Pro Tools SE and Essential software.

Tips, Techniques, and Troubleshooting with ICON D-Control and D-Command digital consoles for Pro Tools|HD.
ICON Product Information
ICON Videos

Tips, Techniques, and Troubleshooting with the C|24 24-Channel Control Surface with Integrated Analog I/O for Pro Tools|HD and LE systems, and its predecessor — Control|24. Both control surfaces are compatible with Pro Tools HD and LE Systems on Mac and Windows.
C|24 Product Information

Tips, Techniques, and Troubleshooting with MC Control, MC Mix, MC transport, and MC Color.
Euphonix Artist Series Product Information
EuTV Artist Videos

Tips, Techniques, and Troubleshooting with MC Pro, System 5-MC, S5 Fusion, System 5, System 5-B, System 5-BP, and Max Air.
Euphonix Pro Series Product Information
EuTV Pro Videos

Tips, Techniques, and Troubleshooting with the Command|8 8-Fader Control Surface for Pro Tools|HD, LE, and M-Powered systems.
Command|8 Product Information

Tips, Techniques, and Troubleshooting with ProControl & Edit Pack on Pro Tools TDM systems.

A forum for users of virtual instruments with Pro Tools systems, including Hybrid, Strike, Structure, Velvet, Transfuser, and Xpand! software from the Advanced Instrument Research group — dedicated to creating powerful virtual instruments purpose built for the Pro Tools environment.
Virtual Instruments for Pro Tools
Virtual Instrument Videos

A forum for discussion of guitar recording techniques, including the Eleven Rack guitar recording and effects processing system, and the Eleven/Eleven LE guitar amp emulation plug-ins.
Product Information:
Eleven Rack | Eleven Plug-in | Eleven LE Plug-in
Eleven Rack Blog | Eleven Rack YouTube Playlist

A forum for discussion of drums, including recording techniques, other percussion instruments, and virtual instrument drums such as Strike.

A forum to discuss MIDI issues in general that are not necessarily specific to other forums on the DUC, and hardware keyboards and synths.

For issues regarding Mac and Windows hard disks, SCSI, disk utilities, etc.

Older discontinued products such as MasterlList CD, SampleCell, Session 8 Windows, Session, Project II, Pro Tools Project, and Sound Designer.

Tips, Techniques, and Troubleshooting with the Aspera DigiDelivery™ file exchange system.
DigiDelivery Product Information

General Audio discussions about Avid Products. No commercial posts, no flame wars, no trolling.

No commercial posts or advertising! Commercial posts and advertising of goods or services other than the sale of pre-owned products by individuals are not allowed per the DUC Terms of Use, and will be removed.

The purpose of the Employment forum is to provide a place for Pro Tools operators looking for positions, and facilities offering positions. It is not intended to provide advertising for any commercial product or service. Commercial posts and advertising are not allowed per the Forum Terms of Use, and will be removed. Please limit your posts to positions primarily involved with Avid products or Avid-related products.

Give us feedback, comments, and suggestions about our User Guides and Product Documentation

Bienvenidos al nuevo foro de Avid en Español

This playlist contains video material that was created specifically by the AVID Customer Success Department. The content is designed to help Pro Tools HD, LE, and M-Powered customers directly with their Technical Support issues.

This playlist is dedicated to helping Pro Tools SE users with the software. Help with Installation, Guided Tours, and Troubleshooting issues on Mac and Windows.

This playlist on the Avid YouTube channel contains tips and tutorials about using Pro Tools, and videos about Pro Tools products and features.

Eleven Rack playlist on the Avid YouTube channel.

PLEASE NOTE: The Customer Assist Web Application Forum is for feedback about the application only.. If you have other questions, please choose the correct forum from the main Avid Audio Forums list.
The Customer Assist web application is a new web-based project designed to help users with technical issues and questions. To use the application, go here:

• Customer Assist

We welcome any suggestions you have on ways to improve the application, and invite you to post them in this forum.

Communities section of Avid.com with links to other Avid forums:

• Avid Video Community
• M-Audio User Forums
• Pinnacle Forums
• Sibelius Forums
• Torq DJ Forums

Check out these sections of the Avid Community for the latest on Avid products:

• Blogs
• Tips and Tutorials

Link to the Pro Tools News section of Avid.com

Link to the Special Offers section of Avid.com; with news about current promotions for Audio and Video products.

Read Only Archive — This forum was for discussion of the Pro Tools 8.0.3 Windows 7 Public Beta. Pro Tools 8.0.4 added official support for Pro Tools LE and M-Powered on Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Pro Tools 8.0.4 — Download & Details

Read Only Archive — This forum was for discussion of the Pro Tools 8.0.3pr Snow Leopard Prerelease. With the official release of Pro Tools 8.0.3 for Snow Leopard, the prerelease version is no longer available.
Pro Tools 8.0.3 — Download & Details

Read Only Archive — Pro Tools Free on Macintosh systems with Mac OS 9 & 8.6. Pro Tools Free will NOT work on Mac OS X or in Classic mode on OS X.

Read Only Archive — Pro Tools Free on Windows 98SE and Windows Me systems. Pro Tools Free will NOT work on any other Windows operating system, such as Windows 2000, NT or XP.