Avid’s Pro Tools | Ultimate Now Includes New Hybrid Engine for HDX Systems, Expanding Performance and Capabilities
June 30 2021 - 8:30AM
Avid® (Nasdaq: AVID) today announced that its latest patented
innovation, the Hybrid Engine, is now available for HDX Systems.
Part of Pro Tools | Ultimate 2021.6, the HDX Hybrid Engine unlocks
unprecedented power for HDX Systems, giving engineers, producers,
and audio post-production professionals the ability to run the most
demanding sessions with even greater ease—even with single-card
systems—as well as providing industry-leading performance with
on-demand access to near-zero recording latency.
The Hybrid Engine maximizes Pro Tools performance by
intelligently splitting processing between native and HDX DSP mix
engines. It lets users take advantage of their host computer’s
robust mixing and processing power while also giving them immediate
access to HDX’s onboard DSP for supplementing computing power and
recording through AAX DSP plugins with virtually no latency. As a
result, users can run massive sessions more smoothly, with
remarkably low CPU load, optimized voice usage and reduced system
delay.
This innovation addresses a crucial need for many audio
professionals who work with massive, DSP-hungry sessions. With the
Hybrid Engine, even a single HDX card can now handle 2,048 voices
at all sample rates—plenty of headroom for all the plugins, virtual
instruments, surround mixes and other elements audio professionals
must juggle to achieve the perfect mix.
On top of maximizing performance, the Hybrid
Engine lets users nullify the distracting effects of
latency with the simple click of a button. When
users put tracks in DSP Mode, the entire signal chain and
AAX DSP-compatible plugins are processed directly on the HDX card
while the host computer plays back the rest
of their mix. When users toggle it off, the
track reverts to Native Mode. With this intelligent integration
built into Pro Tools, users can move effortlessly between tracking
and mixing, without the hassle of latency.
“With the expanded Hybrid Engine capabilities in
the latest Pro Tools | Ultimate software release, HDX Systems
are immediately transformed into the most powerful Pro
Tools systems we’ve ever made. It unlocks new, maximized
performance for HDX, which delivers the uncompromising power our
users need to run the most demanding sessions with ease—from the
plugin and instrument-heavy music sessions to complex theatrical
Dolby Atmos mixes,” said Rob D’Amico, Senior Director of Product
Marketing for Audio Solutions at Avid. “Because of the unique way
that it works—leveraging native and DSP mix engines
simultaneously—the Hybrid Engine enables our users to get the most
out of their systems so they can deliver their best work as
smoothly as possible.”
Pro Tools | Ultimate users with a current subscription
or software maintenance plan receive the Hybrid Engine
automatically with the June 2021 release of Pro Tools. Learn
more about the HDX Hybrid Engine and Pro Tools |
Ultimate at
https://www.avid.com/resource-center/hdx-hybrid-engine.
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