{
 "id": "ptx-pro-tools",
 "name": "PTX (Pro Tools)",
 "family": "pro-tools-session-file-format-family",
 "category": "audio",
 "identifiers": {
  "extensions": [
   "ptx"
  ],
  "puid": [
   "fmt/1727"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q247670",
   "Q113534356"
  ],
  "magic": [
   {
    "offset": 0,
    "hex": "0330303130313131313030313031303131",
    "notes": "Pro Tools Session File 10+"
   }
  ],
  "signatures": [
   {
    "name": "Pro Tools Session File 10+",
    "sequences": [
     {
      "position": "bof",
      "offset": 0,
      "pattern": "0330303130313131313030313031303131{3}5a010004"
     }
    ]
   }
  ]
 },
 "status": "readable",
 "summary": "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.",
 "tools": [
  {
   "name": "PhotoRec",
   "url": "http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Pro Tools",
   "url": "https://www.avid.com/pro-tools",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true,
   "license": "proprietary license"
  },
  {
   "name": "Graveman",
   "url": "http://graveman.tuxfamily.org/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License",
   "open_source": true,
   "via": "pro-tools-session-file-format-family"
  }
 ],
 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
   "url": "http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/PTX_(Pro_Tools)",
   "kind": "wiki"
  },
  {
   "name": "PRONOM fmt/1727",
   "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/fmt/1727",
   "kind": "format-doc"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q113534356",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113534356",
   "kind": "wiki"
  }
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "sources": [
   "ffw",
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-24",
 "version": "10+",
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}