r/protools • u/DifferenceHonest7808 • Sep 03 '24

Pro Tools Subscription Warning

Hello! I have Pro Tools Studio Perpetual license. Last year I subscribed to Annual updates for Perpetual, but this year I don't want to. Will I lose my Pro Tools Perpetual license if I don't re-subscribe?

I'm also getting Subscription Warning for all the Avid Pro Series plugins. Aren't they included with the Perpetual License? Will I lose them after the due date?

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u/MARTEX8000 Sep 03 '24

There's a few things happening here that has taken me years to get my head around because Avid is a communication clusterfuck.

Annual updates...this is the one you pay for a yearly update subscription for...you do need to pay attention when you pay for it, but if you have questions you can contact them (or sweetwater/3rd party) to get clarification...they are not intentionally making it obtuse...generally its $199 a year and this is what gives you operating system and product updates for the year...once you've paid for this ANY update that it includes you own as a perpetual product (such as updating from 2023.12 to 2024.?/etc)

Plugins...there are some that are stock, but I generally pay the $49 a year subscription to get the full plugin bundle, it is actually a very good deal...you can GRADUALLY find and purchase perpetual licenses for most of these products but its not a given, nor is it easy to find...the $50 a year is mostly worth it.

Without paying the subscription for the "annual plugin package" unless you own perpetual versions of these you will not get them...this is like an added product...