Avid announced the release of Pro Tools 2025.6, an update that expands both music creation and post-production tools. The update introduces MIDI improvements, AI-powered Speech-to-Text conversion to accelerate dialogue and music editing, an expanded Melodyne ARA ecosystem to streamline vocal production, more tightly integrated ADR and reconform workflows, and a new in-app dashboard. The update also introduces a new Splice integration, which brings the world’s largest royalty-free sample library directly to the Pro Tools environment.
The evolution of DAW applications continues to expand on direct integration with connected services, turning these environments into a fully-integrated experience, that avoids the need to ever open a browser. At the heart of the 2025.6 release is an integration with Splice, a royalty-free sample library that expands Pro Tools’ ability to tap into virtually any sound a musician or production team needs. Splice is now built directly into Pro Tools, putting millions of loops, FX, and one-shots at the fingertips of music creators – enabling users to discover, audition, and drop in high-quality sounds, without ever having to leave Pro Tools.
Creators can drag audio clips from the Pro Tools timeline directly into Splice’s AI-powered “Search with Sound” panel to match samples by rhythm, key and tempo – eliminating app switching and guesswork. Users can preview the samples and then seamlessly drag them back into their session. Pro Tools users can access over 2,500 free samples, with the option to unlock the full library via a monthly paid subscription.
“Whether producers and artists are sketching out ideas, building out tracks, or applying final touches, Pro Tools’ Splice integration provides a more powerful environment for creating music – giving users the ability to quickly find the perfect sound while staying in their creative flow,” explains Kenna Hilburn, SVP, Product at Avid.
“Putting Splice directly into the creative workflow is core to our mission,” adds Kenny Ochoa SVP of Content at Splice. “This integration makes it easier than ever for Pro Tools users to access our AI-powered discovery and world-class sound library—right where they’re making music.”
This Pro Tools update also enables faster, smarter MIDI creation through significant updates that streamline composition workflows. Key editing tools are now integrated directly into the MIDI Editor with no more need to switch windows. Users can rename MIDI notes labels in the piano roll to match specific drum kits or instruments to easily keep track of how these sounds are laid out. And by leveraging the Live Mode, users can hear exactly what they play in real time, perfect for performance-based sessions.
“These updates, for both seasoned music professionals and those just entering the industry, reinforce Pro Tools as a complete solution for producers, artists and editors working across genres and styles – from electronic music to film scoring,” states Chris Winsor, Director of Product Management, Pro Tools Software at Avid.
For audio post professionals and music producers, Pro Tools 2025.6 introduces a Speech-to-Text AI engine that accelerates dialogue and music editing. Editors can search via a dedicated transcript window any audio file in a session for speech/lyric information, displayed as text directly in context with the associated clips to find specific vocal takes and speed navigation.
“The reaction from both the post-production and music communities has been incredibly positive,” adds Hilburn. “Speech-to-text is a major step forward, simplifying ADR, editing, and dialogue workflows.”
Building on its unrivaled partner ecosystem, Avid has also extended Pro Tools enhancements and integrations with industry-leading partners, cutting hours from traditional music and post workflows. Avid has expanded Pro Tools’ ARA ecosystem to offer tighter, faster and more flexible integration with key partners for music and audio postproduction, enabling direct timeline access while eliminating the need to roundtrip audio. These include the integration with Waves Sync Vx that quickly aligns multiple vocal tracks, automatically locking the time and pitch to the lead track with pinpoint accuracy, enabling easier editing of vocal arrangements. Another integration is the Dreamtonics Synthesizer V, a vocal tool for generating and sculpting vocal tracks by sketching out melodies, and writing lyrics. The tool allows choosing from a collection of vocals recorded and licensed from real singers, and synthesize custom expressions utilizing AI technology.
Pro Tools 2025.6 also enhances support for industry-leading audio post solutions, including tightly integrated ADR workflows and quicker, and more reliable reconforming through other key partner integrations. Those include Non-Lethal Applications Cue Pro, a streamlined ADR and cueing tool that overlays video directly over the Pro Tools video output to provide instant visual feedback; And The Cargo Cult Matchbox 2.0, a new Smart-Conform automation reconforming process between Pro Tools and NLE’s like Media Composer, saving hours of tedious cleanup work.
Pro Tools 2025.6 will be available to all Pro Tools Artist, Studio, and Ultimate subscribers, as well as perpetual license holders on an active support plan. Many features will also be accessible to Pro Tools Intro users.
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