Avid Have Updated The Pro Tools Control iPad App To Version 1.0.6 And EuControl Software To Version 3.4 marking the completion of the unfinished work we reported in our “Hands On” First Look At The iPad Control Dock back in February 2016.
The iPad App has many bug fixes and some very welcome additions....
The opportunity to get an "Up Close & Personal" look and play with the soon to be released Avid Pro Tools Dock finally arrived.
We had all seen the pictures and video of the unit when it was unveiled back at the AES convention in October 2015 , we reported the news in this post on the blog with all the details that were available at the time but until now we had not actually seen one in the flesh.
Until Today......
Its well know that keyboard shortcuts are a great time and energy saver when working with an application like Pro Tools but the shortcuts included with Pro Tools can be fairly limiting due to the shortage of modifier keys and lack of ability to even create your own not to mention the memory skills required to remember what combo does what - a lot of this comes with repeated use and muscle memory just like learning to type faster on a qwerty keyboard or learning to play an instrument but some casual users do get the exposure time to build up this muscle memory or maybe like me just have a terrible short term memory in the first place!
Tony Cariddi from Avid gave SOS News Editor Will Betts an overview of the brand new Pro Tools Dock earlier today at the AES Show in New York. The Pro Tools Dock is a portable, affordable ($1199) surface that gives audio and music professionals intelligent studio control. Working together with an iPad running the free Pro Tools Control app, it gives users the access, integration, and precision they need to edit and mix projects faster
The second big announcement today (and also shown on the floor of the AES show see video below) is a brand new compact, ergonomic, EUCON control surface for integrating our free iPad app, Pro Tools | Control.
