Avid provides a special feauture included inside their renowned production software Pro Tools which allows direct sharing of music to your Soundcloud account. If you love using both Pro Tools and sharing music online through Soundcloud, Pro Tools 10 now features integration for ease of sharing files between the two applications.

As the industry standard for professional audio production, Pro Tools is the tool of choice from musicians, composers, audio engineers and sound editors of film to bedroom beatmakers. The sharing feature included in Pro Tools 10 enables it's users to share creative works of audio on the Soundcloud platform with ease, integrating one of the internet's best audio streaming applications and music sharing networks with a groundbreaking digital workstation. Soundcloud is a revolutionary music sharing network which allows for many useful ways of presenting audio to others efficiently while enjoying a thriving social atmosphere. Now with Soundcloud and Pro Tools combined, users have an array of options at their fingertips, from sharing their audio privately with collaborators, delivery of music projects to clients or creating and uploading presentations of finished works directly from Pro Tools for a large audience to enjoy online.

Pro Tools users can expect a lot more features included in version 10 besides the inclusion of SoundCloud. In 10, updates include real-time fades, ADC, Clip Gain, the support of multiple file formats within one session and higher resolution sound with more headroom. Gain access to over 75 plug-ins, including the new Channel Strip for your audio production. Find out more about the new features in Pro Tools 10 here. “As someone who has worked extensively with Pro Tools, it’s also a personal achievement to see SoundCloud integrated so well with the latest version of the leading audio production software.” says Alexander Ljung, founder and CEO of SoundCloud.

Good news if you are already a proud member of the Soundcloud community! SoundCloud and Avid have teamed up for a special giveaway and are giving away a copy of Pro Tools 10 to a member of SoundCloud who can give their own explaination of how sharing to SoundCloud from Pro Tools will help to improve your music production work flow. Share your recorded explanation with SoundCloud.com/pro-tools-contest.

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