Plug-In Formats

For more information, see the following topics:

AudioSuite Plug-Ins

AAX Plug-Ins

RTAS Plug-Ins

TDM Plug-Ins

There are three plug-in formats used in Pro Tools:

AudioSuite™ plug-ins (non-real-time, file‑based processing)

Native: real-time, host-based plug-ins:

AAX Native plug-ins

RTAS® plug-ins

DSP: real-time, DSP-based plug-ins:

AAX DSP plug-ins (Avid HDX only)

TDM plug-ins (Pro Tools|HD and VENUE only)