Avid's Pro Tools Studio and Pro Tools Ultimate, with the 2026.4 release, now natively support MPEG-H Audio, integrating immersive and interactive audio production capabilities. This development, powered by Fraunhofer IIS, addresses a growing broadcast standard adopted in markets like Brazil and South Korea, enabling object-based Next Generation Audio within the Pro Tools workflow.
This puts MPEG-H authoring inside a mainstream DAW rather than in a separate toolchain, which lowers friction for object-based and personalized audio production. It also ties Pro Tools more directly to broadcast deployments in Brazil and South Korea, where MPEG-H is already in use. For the wider streaming and post-production stack, the notable detail is workflow integration: renderer access, immersive panning, metadata handling, and format import/export now sit in one release. Watch for whether Avid customers actually use the free renderer through Avid Link and how quickly MPEG-H shows up in Pro Tools-based deliverables.
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