To encourage those users back onto an annual upgrade plan, Avid offered a Reinstatement Plan, which for a price, enabled users with a lapsed upgrade plan to buy back into an annual upgrade plan. What Is Reinstatement?Īvid’s aim was that all perpetual Pro Tools and Pro Tools Ultimate owners would take out and renew an annual upgrade plan every year and so always have access to the latest version of Pro Tools.Īs we know, not everyone chose that option, with some users not prepared to take out an annual upgrade plan choosing instead not to spend the money and allow it to lapse.

Once Avid dealers have sold out it will no longer be possible to buy a Pro Tools Reinstatement Plan. However, it was possible to purchase a reinstatement plan from an Avid dealer for as long as they have stocks of the reinstatement plan you need, either for Pro Tools Standard or Pro Tools Ultimate. We have the details… The BackgroundĪvid released a Reinstatement FAQ Knowledgebase article dated November 27th 2019, announcing that with effect from January 1st, 2020, Avid would no longer be offering Reinstatement Plans to reactivate an annual upgrade and support plan for either Pro Tools or Pro Tools Ultimate software.įrom January 1st 2020 it was no longer be able to purchase a reinstatement plan from Avid Online Store, for either Pro Tools or Pro Tools Ultimate. We were under the impression that the remaining stock held by dealers had long sold out but it transpires that a handful of dealers still have some stock. As we announced back in November 2019 in our article Pro Tools Reinstatement Pricing To End Soon - We Have The Facts, that Avid discontinued their reinstatement plans for users who had allowed their support and update plan to lapse.

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