Format
Pro Tools Session File
Summary
- Name
- Pro Tools Session File
- Version
- 10+
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/1727
- Format type
- Text (Structured)
- Description
- File created every time a user sets up a session in Pro Tools, music creation software made by Avid, which allows the user to create, record and mix music. Every time a session is started, a ptx file is created, containing all plug ins, audio and midi tracks and mixer settings. They do not contain actual audio, but have audio files linked to them.
- File extensions
-
ptx - Submitted by
- National Library of New Zealand / National Library of New Zealand
- Developed by
- Avid
- Supported by
- Avid
Internal signatures
Pro Tools Session File 10+
- Description
- BOF Absolute from beginning of file, magic bytes:.0010111100101011{3}Z…
- Provenance
- 04/2024 (v.117)- Signature name updated to include version number 10+. Submited by Preservica.
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
0330303130313131313030313031303131{3}5A010004- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
V118
- Release date
- 30 April 2024
-
Updated
Pro Tools Session File 10+: Version number changed from 10 onwards to 10+ and signature name updated to include version number 10. Submitted by Preservica.
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V108
- Release date
- 5 September 2022
-
Updated
Pro Tools Session File: Amended description of byte sequence to match bytes. Submitted by Digital Preservation Department, The National Archives (UK).
Pro Tools Session File: Changed signature to accomdate a wider variety of ptx files. Submitted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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V107
- Release date
- 21 July 2022
-
Added format
Pro Tools Session File: Full entry added. Submitted by National Library of New Zealand.
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Added signature
Pro Tools Session File: Signature researched and samples provided by National Library of New Zealand.