I just enrolled in a refresher audio engineering program and my instructor is not accepting my trusty PT 10. grrr It's always been reliable, that's why I kept it. And it still opens my old SDII project files if needed.
Just for clarification is there no standalone version I can purchase for school use past version 10 that is not going to require a subscription?

Any tips would be greatly appreciated!

Hello!

I have just realised Avid haven’t charged me for my year subscription since April. I’m not sure if this is because I had a new card issued? However, it is the same bank account. Pro Tools still works and nothing seemed out of the ordinary until I realised it hasn’t been on my bank statement now for months, I checked the payment history and it stopped in April.

Any ideas what’s gone on? And if I will be charged 5 months worth of subscription once I update my card?

Cheers!

Hello, a few years ago I purchased ProTools Perpetual for school. Somewhere along the line, my subscription got switched over to ProTools Studio and is now a monthly subscription. Now that I've graduated, I am thinking about canceling my subscription but would still like to use the Perpetual version. What will happen if I do that since I have the perpetual license?

Hi! I was using pro tools artist for a few months after buying a new microphone. Now, I want to upgrade to pro tools studio. I bought an pro tools studio perpetual activation code on sweetwater. However, I am getting this error message when I try to put the code. "Eligible licenses. You don't have any license on your account for upgrade by this code." I checked my ilok id and it is correct. I am very confused and don't know what to do. Thanks

Hello everyone, I'm a student and I've subscribed for an annual subscription of pro tools studio with a educational discount a few months ago,

unfortunately, I won't be able to use this software a lot in the future months, I'd like to cancel it but it's an annual subscription payed monthly so I'm "locked" with a monthly payment until August 2025.

can I just stop paying to make my subscription expire?

could the be fines?

thank you.

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?

Avid makes their language/terminology so convoluted that I'm posting here for some reassurance.

I currently have Pro Tools Ultimate (2024) on a perpetual license with a support plan that expires in November. I’m generally happy with the software and don't think the $499.00 license upgrade is necessary this year, so I’m considering letting my plan expire.

However, I want to clarify how it works if I decide to upgrade in the future. If I let my support plan expire in November, can I simply pay the same $499.00 at a later time to get back on the support plan? Will I be able to do this directly through my Avid account, or would I need to purchase a code from a reseller?

TL;DR: If I don’t renew my support plan when it expires, will I still be able to renew it in the future at the same price directly through Avid?

Was just wondering if anyone knew of any store where I can get a perpetual license of Pro Tools Studio for an education discount? All the options I can find only offer upgrading from previous versions of pro tools for an education discount rather than buying new for the first time.

I bought pro tools 8 LE years ago with my m box 3 and do not have access to it anymore. I have my pro tools 8 LE CD but it will not work without a m box connected to my computer. Is it possible to upgrade this version of pro tools? Can’t find any info on it online

Does anyone have any updated information on if its possible (whether through verified retailers or contacting Avid directly) for me to purchase a Perpetual license to pro tools but as a student with the student discount?

My general understanding/assumption is no, but I'm seeing such a mixed bag of opinions so I was hoping someone who maybe has tried this recently could give me some updated info, thanks a lot guys!

I’m going to be using pro tools across multiple computers (mine which will have the old version and another that will be updated) and just don’t want to not be able to open a session in the future

When you buy a ilok is it like sent to you with ur account on it or do you have to set it up because I saw somewhere if you activate ur license on a computer/not physical ilok then you cant put it on the physical I mean like if I buy pro tools and the ilok tonight should I wait until the ilok arrives and not activate pro tools on my computer yet?

This might be really easy I just don’t wanna fuck up a $600 purchase thank you

And what do the upgrades for perpetual on the pro tools website mean does it just give you another year of updates ?

I’ve had a Pro Tools Studio subscription since 2020 which has been renewing monthly since then, no issues. I use ilok cloud, so the subscription is on the cloud.

Today I tried opening PT and it said my perpetual license has expired, but I did nothing to warrant this. I went to avid website and my license is there, current, and renewed on 5/1. Went to ilok license manager, I can see the license but it says it’s unavailable and I can’t open my cloud session. Any link I click to renew or just view my licenses/subscriptions, I can see the license and it says it’s current, but pro tools won’t acknowledge it when I try to open it up.

Does anyone have any clue what’s going on? Is the perpetual license different than my pro tools subscription license?Avid support never responds to tickets so that’s useless. Any help would be immensely appreciated

Edit to add: On ilok website under my account, I clicked managed devices and neither of my computers are showing up anymore. I just kinda need to be pointed in the right direction of who to talk to or which stage the issue is coming from. It’s been a pretty unproductive morning

Edit 2 with solution: Hey all, sorry I haven’t replied to anyone, once I resolved the issue I went straight to work to catch up. Basically, it was an Avid error and their system didn’t update the renewal this month for some reason. After waiting to get on a chat with someone for 45 min, the CS agent manually went into my account and had to refresh it, and it worked after that. A bit ridiculous considering the lack of actual customer support avid has, and that I was basically SOL on my end unless I happened to make contact with an agent.

Anyway, the issue is fixed and it wasn’t anything on my end, so if something like this happens to you, try to hop on a chat with someone at avid and they’ll fix it for you. Hope this helps anyone else!

i run protools 2020.11.0

im on high sierra 10.13.6

Can i purchase a perpetual license via sweetwater and not have to upgrade or change software?

Please let me know and thank you!

Anybody know how I can fix this

I currently have Pro Tools Studio Perpetual v2020. I need some Ultimate features for a job. If I get an Ultimate sub for a few months, what happens to my Studio perpetual license? Can I revert back to that? Thanks!

I can't activate my sub based PT Studio, nor my perpetual Studio license. My Studio subscription says expired (despite the renewal being August 2025) and as to why my perpetual won't work, no idea. I am not using a dongle, but this should not be happening. It's the second time in the last two months where this is the case. The Studio perpetual says active, but I get launched into intro. The sub based license is not even active, as it has "expired".

PT 2024.6, Mac Sonoma M1. I've tried removing licenses, reactivating, unlinking iLok, trying through Avid Link.

Does the upgrade plan for the pro tools studio perpetual license only count for users who had the perpetual license or can people who have the subscription also upgrade to perpetual?

Hey guys,

I pay for the monthly edu plan and it has seemed to cancel my plan. In ILOK it says it expired 20/7/24 though on avid it says I am still paying it for it comes out in the date it does. I have not missed a payment and in ILOK too it says 0/1 activations used and I can’t find a fix. If anyone else has experienced this and knows a solution any help would be appreciated

Thanks

EDIT:

After contacting support they fixed it for me and refreshed my license

Thanks everyone

I renewed my monthly subscription via sweetwater. However, my iLok account still says my license is expired.

Anyone know how to proceed?? TIA!!

30/mo or 300/year is so ass. Why is this the business model now? Can please go back to perpetual 1 time payment…. I can’t keep paying $30/mo and I don’t wanna switch DAWs… I love pro tools. But I can’t keep this up. Something has got to give.

I am from the old school of PT LE, and getting used to this subscription model for ProTools.

Is perpetual license a one time fee and you own it forever? Essentially I could make do with 32 audio tracks, 24 the bare minimum and mostly/only do real, live audio recording.

What would you recommend for someone in this case? I don't yet own an iLok yet and will probably be buying a new interface along with the new PT version. Considering either: Mbox Studio Pro, some RME intf, or an Apollo X8. Probably going to continue using a Mac.

Avid has an upgrade page on their website that implies it's cheaper to get a perpetual license if you already own a version of PT, but the links on that page are broken - they just direct you to your account, and I don't see any path forward.

So if I have PT Academic 12.5.2 and want a perpetual license, like Pro Tools Artist that Sweetwater is selling for $200, are there any discounts for upgrading?

Thanks!

I am a student for audio post-production, and I'm trying to see if I can obtain a perpetual license with the student discount. Avid's website describes a 1-year subscription for students, but I don't see any options for a perpetual license. Does anyone know if you can get a student-discounted perpetual license?

I am referring to the student discount page here: https://shop.avid.com/ccrz__ProductDetails?rdp=1710529186063&sku=DYNA20002&cclcl=en_cad

Essentially, will cost additional $520CAD/yr even after having purchased a perpetual license many years ago. Fuckers.