Pro Tools 2021.7 was released today. Curiously released in August as 2021.7, the last digit represents the month of the year and August is the 8th month but we’ll pass over that. It’s what we would describe as a “housekeeping release” with no new features included but several bug fixes. Do any of these affect your workflow?
Control Surfaces
Panning left using the S6, or other EuControl surfaces will no longer move in increments of two
Cloud / Collaboration
Pro Tools may now upload and download Project media on Windows-based machines with Ice Lake processors. Pro Tools First will also no longer crash after creating a Project on these machines.
Crashes & Errors
Fixed a crash that occurred when importing some video files with audio on macOS Mojave
Fixed a case that could cause an occasional short freeze/SWOD with Pro Tools 2021.6 on macOS
Dolby Atmos Workflows
Bed/Object Groups and Channel Descriptions are no longer carried over when switching connections for the Dolby Atmos Production or Mastering Suite to the Cinema Renderer
Editing
Nudging back/forward by the next largest value is functioning again when a selection is not present
Installer
The Pro Tools plug-in folder is no longer 'Read Only' for Admin accounts after installation on macOS
UI
Color Palette presets can be saved without any permissions issues on macOS
White borders no longer appear on Show/Hide channels dialog in non-English languages
Video
Fixed issue where video clips with non-integer frame rates would not align with timeline frame boundaries if the session start was not zero
Video Engine can be enabled on non-Admin systems without needing to enable on an admin account first
Session open time has been improved for sessions with many video files
Fixed an issue that prevented the import of video by dragging from macOS Finder
For more information, you can find the supporting documentation for this release on Avid’s website here.