What happens to Protools Carbon Sub?

[digiot]

I have both an Ultimate Perpetual license and a Protools "vanilla" subscription that came with my Carbon. I was able to download and install 2022.4 but I am not sure what happens to my subscription that came with my Carbon. It is about to expire in 8 days and I was going to just let it fall back to the perpetual parachute (not renew the sub). However I am wondering if the perpetual parachute will be Protools 2021.12 or Protools Studio 2022.4!? In my iLok account it just shows as a Protools Subscription expiring in 8 days.

[trimix]

It will be the current version when your parachute deploys, congratulations, just made it under the 2022.4 wire!

[digiot]

Am I to understand that once my Protools Carbon Sub expires, the perpetual parachute will deploy. Frozen at the current version. I can then say renew the sub a year from now, let that sub laps a year later again and go perpetual again with the latest version!?

[mellotronik]

Hi,

A few months ago Mark Corbin explained the parachute thing:


"So let's play the above scenario out as it currently stands....

Jan 2021
Purchase PT | Carbon (I see you early adopters)
Pro Tools Subscription with Perpetual Parachute activated with Carbon registration

Jan 2022
Pro Tools Subscription with Perpetual Parachute expires
Pro Tools Subscription turns into a Pro Tools Perpetual license (currently broken)
You can continue to use your Carbon with the last PT release. PT 2021.12
You loose access to access to the Avid Complete Plugin Bundle, HEAT, Melodyne 5 essential, UVI Falcon 2, the sound library, & support.

Jan 2026
You decide to renew your Subscription because you miss us and we've added a ton of great features to Pro Tools
Pro Tools Perpetual Parachute Subscription is only available as an annual commitment
You get access to software updates for the year and all the goodies that went away when the subscription lapsed... to the Avid Complete Plugin Bundle, HEAT, Melodyne 5 essential, UVI Falcon 2, the sound library, & support.

Jan 2027
Pro Tools Subscription with Perpetual Parachute expires
Pro Tools Subscription turns into a Pro Tools Perpetual license
You can continue to use your Carbon with the last PT release. PT 2026.12
You loose access to access to the Avid Complete Plugin Bundle, HEAT, Melodyne 5 essential, UVI Falcon 2, the sound library, & support.

Rinse & repeat...

In this manner you are never unable to use your Carbon and we hopefully incentivize you to keep an active Subscription.

Let me know if you still have questions!

Mark
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Mark Corbin
Avid
Eucon Surface & Pro Tools Product Champion
Audio Services Supervisor



Link here: https://duc.avid.com/showpost.php?p=...3&postcount=42

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Originally Posted by digiot

Am I to understand that once my Protools Carbon Sub expires, the perpetual parachute will deploy. Frozen at the current version. I can then say renew the sub a year from now, let that sub laps a year later again and go perpetual again with the latest version!?

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[digiot]

Please point me in the direction to where I should send my request for the Carbon perpetual parachute. Waited till after the carbon license expire. But as of now I can't open Protools due to lack of perpetual parachute.
Not cool!

[digiot]

Subscription expiration date came and went, No perpetual parachute deployed here! Unable to open Protools due to lack of license!