Quick (dumb) Question is Pro Tools 2018.1 rtas or aax?
 

Also which number is Pro Tools 2018.1 is it Pro Tools 10 or 12 etc

Any help would be much appreciated

Re: Quick (dumb) Question is Pro Tools 2018.1 rtas or aax?
 

In 2018 Avid began versioning Pro Tools as year.month. 12 came out in 2015. RTAS was 32-bit and the last 32-bit version of Pro Tools was 10.

Re: Quick (dumb) Question is Pro Tools 2018.1 rtas or aax?
 

And just to make a little more confusing, PT10 used RTAS and AAX but it was(is) only AAX32(32 bit). Starting with PT 11, only AAX 64 is compatible .:rolleyes: Its also possible to use many VST plugins if you use a "wrapper" to host them(Blue Cat's Patchwork is one such wrapper).

Re: Quick (dumb) Question is Pro Tools 2018.1 rtas or aax?
 

PT10 was/is a transition software. Its bread and butter still being DigiDesign DAE engine (RTAS/TDM 32bit) but it also introduced Avid AAE engine (AAX 32bit).

PT11 was first 64bit and ever since only plugins that work are AAX, whether native or DSP.

I do not recommend wrappers, but some have had decent experience. Bear in mind, automation is pretty much no-go with plugins you use via wrapper.

Re: Quick (dumb) Question is Pro Tools 2018.1 rtas or aax?
 

Hi Janne

Blue Cat Audio:

https://www.bluecataudio.com/Blog/ti...ns-automation/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7YvfcCTN50

Re: Quick (dumb) Question is Pro Tools 2018.1 rtas or aax?
 

Thanks guys I appreciate the help on this.

Re: Quick (dumb) Question is Pro Tools 2018.1 rtas or aax?
 

Yeah we use Bluecat MB-7 Mk2 for many VI like Apulsoft Drumagogg 5.5 as it doesn’t work well at all with PTU 2020.5 HD so MB-7 saved us a LOT of headache with Drumagogg latest version and PT Ulrtimate. Automated LOADS and never any issues if AU is used instead of VST.

Re: Quick (dumb) Question is Pro Tools 2018.1 rtas or aax?
 

bingo!