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Audio Random Access

{{Short description|Extension for audio plug-in interface}}

{{Infobox software

| name = Audio Random Access

| logo = File:ARA_Plug-In_Extension_Logo.png

| developer = Celemony Software, PreSonus

| released = {{Start date and age|2011|10}}

| genre = Audio Plug-In Interface Extension

}}

Audio Random Access (commonly abbreviated to ARA) is an extension for audio plug-in interfaces, such as AU, VST and RTAS, allowing them to exchange a greater amount of audio information with digital audio workstation (DAW) software. It was developed in a collaboration between Celemony Software and PreSonus.

Functionality

ARA increases the amount of communication possible between DAW software and a plug-in, allowing them to exchange important information, such as audio data, tempo, pitch, and rhythm, for an entire song, rather than just at the moment of playback.

This increased amount of information exchange, and availability of data from other points in time, removes the need for audio material to be transferred to & from the plug-in, allowing that plug-in to be used as a more closely integrated part of the DAW's overall interface.

History

ARA was developed as a joint effort between Celemony Software and PreSonus, driven by the desire to increase the level of integration between Celemony's Melodyne plug-in and the DAWs using it. It was first published in October 2011 and released as part of PreSonus' Studio One DAW (version 2) and Melodyne (Editor, Assistant and Essential versions 1.3).{{cite web|url=http://www.kvraudio.com/news/celemony-introduces-ara-audio-random-access---extension-for-plug-in-interfaces-17543|title=Celemony introduces ARA Audio Random Access|date=2011-10-27|website=KVR Audio|access-date=2012-07-17}}

Version 2 of ARA was announced during the NAMM Show in January 2018, introducing new features such as the simultaneous editing of multiple tracks, transfer of chord track information, and undo synchronization with the DAW.{{Cite web|url=http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2018/02/11/celemony-intros-ara-2-letting-plugins-daws-share-information/|title=Celemony Intros ARA 2, Letting Plugins & DAWs Share Information|date=2018-02-11|website=Synthtopia|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-11}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.pro-tools-expert.com/production-expert-1/2018/8/21/ara2-demo-video-weve-got-hold-of-a-video-showing-the-amazing-ara2-in-action|title=ARA2 Demo Video - We've Got Hold Of A Video Showing The Amazing ARA2 In Action|date=2018-08-22|work=Production Expert|access-date=2018-09-04|language=en-GB}} DAWs which use ARA version 2 are not automatically backwards compatible with plug-ins using version 1.{{Cite web|url=https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?p=1991404|title=ARA support in REAPER - Page 14|website=Cockos Incorporated|language=en|access-date=2018-05-21}} The first DAWs to support ARA version 2 were Logic Pro X (version 10.4, released in January 2018) and Studio One (version 4, released in May 2018).{{Cite news|url=https://www.pro-tools-expert.com/studio-one/2018/5/20/presonus-announce-studio-one-4|title=PreSonus Announce Studio One 4 - Chord Track, Pattern Mode, AAF Import And Export, Song Data Import, Impact XT and Sample One XT And More...|last=Hughes|first=Russ|date=2018-05-22|work=Pro Tools Expert|access-date=2018-05-22|language=en-GB|archive-date=2018-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140843/https://www.pro-tools-expert.com/studio-one/2018/5/20/presonus-announce-studio-one-4|url-status=dead}}

ARA implementation

To allow software manufacturers to support ARA, a Software Development Kit has been published by Celemony.{{cite web|url=http://www.celemony.com/cms/index.php?id=ara_sdk|title=ARA SDK|publisher=Celemony|access-date=2012-07-17}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.celemony.com/en/service1/about-celemony/technologies|title=Technologies|website=Celemony|language=en|access-date=2018-09-24}}

Current software products which support ARA include the following.

= Digital audio workstations =

class="wikitable"

|+

!DAW

!Developer

!ARA v1 Support

!ARA v2 Support

ACID Pro Next

|MAGIX

|N/A

|Version 1.0.3.32 or later{{Cite web|url=https://www.magix.com/ca/music/acid/acid-pro/features/|title=ACID Pro 10 All New Features|date=2020-09-13|website=MAGIX|language=en-US|access-date=2020-09-13}}

Cakewalk by BandLab

|BandLab Technologies

|SONAR X3 or later{{Cite web|url=http://cdm.link/2013/10/sonar-x3-makes-control-sound-fluid-deep-celemony-integration/|title=SONAR X3 Makes Control of Sound More Fluid with Deep Celemony Integration, More|date=2013-10-04|website=Create Digital Music|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-11}}

|Version 2019.05 or later{{Cite web|url=https://www.musictech.net/news/gear/cakewalk-by-bandlab-adds-support-for-ara-2-in-latest-update/|title=Cakewalk by BandLab adds support for ARA 2 in latest update|last=Ong|first=Daniel|date=2019-05-21|website=MusicTech|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-05-23}}

Cubase

|Steinberg

|N/A

|Version 10.0.30 or later

Digital Performer

|MOTU

|N/A

|Version 11.2 or later{{Cite web |title=Digital Performer {{!}} MOTU.com |url=https://motu.com/en-us/products/software/dp/#ara |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=motu.com}}

Logic Pro X

|Apple Inc.

|N/A

|Version 10.4 or later{{Cite news|url=https://producelikeapro.com/blog/logic-10-4-update-the-first-to-utilize-ara-2/|title=Logic 10.4 Update: the first to utilize ARA-2|last=Libertini|first=Carlo|date=2018-02-04|work=Produce Like A Pro|access-date=2018-04-09|language=en-US}}

Nuendo

|Steinberg

|N/A

|Version 10.1 or later{{Cite web|url=https://www.kvraudio.com/news/celemony-announces-that-steinberg-cubase-and-nuendo-have-added-ara2-support-45531|title=Celemony announces that Steinberg Cubase and Nuendo have added ARA2 support|date=2019-06-26|website=KVR Audio|language=en|access-date=2019-06-26}}

Pro Tools

|Avid Technology, Inc.

|N/A

|Version 2022.9 or later{{Cite web|url=https://www.avid.com/resource-center/whats-new-in-pro-tools-20229|title=What's New in Pro Tools 2022.9|last1=Winsor|first1=Chris|last2=Naito|first2=Daisuke|date=2022-09-28|work=Avid Resource Center|access-date=2022-10-07|language=en-US}}

REAPER

|Cockos

|N/A

|Version 5.97 or later{{Cite web|url=https://rekkerd.org/streamlined-workflow-melodyne-and-reaper-now-communicate-via-ara-2/|title=Streamlined workflow: Melodyne and Reaper now communicate via ARA 2|date=2019-02-22|website=Rekkerd|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-22}}

Samplitude Pro

|Magix

|Version X3 or later{{Cite news|url=http://www.musictech.net/2016/11/magix-news-samplitude/|title=Magix Release Music Maker Premium & Samplitude Pro X3|date=2016-11-23|work=MusicTech|access-date=2018-05-31|language=en-GB}}

|Version X5 or later{{Cite news|url=https://www.gearnews.com/magix-releases-samplitude-pro-x5-with-ara2-and-mpe-support/|title=Magix releases Samplitude Pro X5 with ARA2 and MPE support|date=2020-04-23|website=GearNews|language=en-us}}

Studio One

|PreSonus

|Version 2 or later{{Cite news|url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/celemony-explains-ara-new-vst-au-rtas-plug-in-extension-506999|title=Celemony explains ARA: new VST/AU/RTAS plug-in extension|last=Rogerson|first=Ben|date=2011-10-18|work=MusicRadar|access-date=2018-04-09|language=en}}

|Version 4 or later{{Cite web|url=https://www.presonus.com/press/press-releases/Studio-One-4|title=Presonus Studio One Lets You Create Without Boundaries|date=2018-05-18|access-date=2022-10-07|language=en|archive-date=2018-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143536/https://www.presonus.com/press/press-releases/Studio-One-4|url-status=dead}}

Waveform / Tracktion

|Tracktion Software Corporation

|Version 5 or later{{Cite web|url=https://www.emusician.com/gear/tracktion-5-software-bundles-melodyne|title=Tracktion 5 Software Bundles Melodyne|date=2014-09-16|website=EMusician|language=en-us|access-date=2019-02-11}}

|N/A

= Audio editors and plug-ins =

class="wikitable"

|+

!Plug-In

!Developer

!ARA v1 Support

!ARA v2 Support

Melodyne

|Celemony Software

|Version 1.3 or later

|Version 4.2 or later{{Cite news|url=https://www.pro-tools-expert.com/logic-pro-expert/2018/10/2/melodyne-ara-amp-logic-pro-x-weve-never-been-able-to-edit-audio-like-this-before|title=Melodyne ARA & Logic Pro X - We've Never Been Able to Edit Audio Like This Before|last=Krantzberg|first=Eli|date=2018-10-02|work=Production Expert|access-date=2018-10-02|language=en-GB}}

VocAlign

|Synchro Arts

|Project version 3 /

Pro version 4 or later{{Cite web|url=https://www.soundonsound.com/news/vocalign-gets-high-speed-integration-studio-one|title=VocALign gets high-speed integration in Studio One|date=2016-09-26|website=Sound on Sound|access-date=2019-02-11}}

|Project version 3.6.0.5 /

Pro version 4.5.0.5 or later{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-tools-expert.com/production-expert-1/2019/6/27/synchro-arts-update-vocalign-with-ara2-compatibility|title=Synchro Arts Update VocALign with ARA2 Compatibility|last=Krantzberg|first=Eli|date=2019-06-28|website=Production Expert|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-20}}

RePitch

|Synchro Arts

|N/A

|Version 1

Revoice Pro

|Synchro Arts

|N/A

|Version 4 or later{{Cite news|url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/revoice-pro-4-is-here-and-introduces-a-new-vibrato-warp-function|title=Revoice Pro 4 is here and introduces a new vibrato warp function|last=Arblaster|first=Simon|date=2018-09-19|work=MusicRadar|access-date=2018-09-24|language=en}}

SpectraLayers

|Steinberg

|N/A

|Version 6 or later{{Cite web|url=https://www.musictech.net/news/gear/steinberg-spectralayers-pro-6/|title=Steinberg releases SpectraLayers Pro 6, adds ARA 2 support|last=Ong|first=Daniel|date=2019-07-04|website=MusicTech|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-08-17}}

WaveLab

|Steinberg

|

|

Auto-Align Post 2

|Sound Radix

|N/A

|Version 1

Acoustica

|Acon Digital

|N/A

|Version 7.4 or later{{Cite web|url=https://acondigital.com/news/acoustica-7-4/|title=Acoustica 7.4 with New ARA2 Plug-in Released|date=2022-05-19|website=Acon Digital|language=en-GB|access-date=2022-05-24}}

[https://forum.ircam.fr/projects/detail/asap/ ASAP - Spectral Surface]

|IRCAM

|N/A

|All versions

[https://forum.ircam.fr/projects/detail/asap/ ASAP - Pitches Brew]

|IRCAM

|N/A

|All versions

[https://forum.ircam.fr/projects/detail/asap/ ASAP - Stretch Life]

|IRCAM

|N/A

|All versions

Vocaloid

|Yamaha

|N/A

|Version 6 or later{{Cite web |title=Yamaha New Comprehensive Vocal Synthesis Software VOCALOID™6 |url=https://www.yamaha.com/en/news_release/2022/22101301/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=www.yamaha.com |language=en}}

Synthesizer V Studio

|Dreamtonics

|N/A

|Version 1.11.0 or later{{Cite web |title=Synthesizer V Studio 1.11.0b1 Update |url=https://dreamtonics.com/synthesizer-v-studio-1-11-0b1-update/ |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=dreamtonics.com |language=en}}

[https://www.waves.com/plugins/sync-vx Sync VX]

|[https://www.waves.com/ Waves]

|N/A

|

See also

References

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External links

  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2pG2tEHRK0 Celemony's Tech Talk video ]
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niORB4txByA ARA in Studio One]
  • [http://blog.cakewalk.com/melodyne-essential-with-ara-integration/ ARA in Sonar X3]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20180222044540/http://www.celemony.com/en/pm-logic-ara2 ARA 2 in Apple Logic Pro X 10.4]
  • [https://www.soundradix.com/products/auto-align-post/ Auto-Align Post 2]
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMeeIoflUdA Video Covering Acoustica 7.4 with ARA2 support]

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