inMusic Brands and Avid Technology, Inc. announced an unprecedented strategic initiative. This groundbreaking collaboration will have Avid's Pro Tools Express software, an abridged version of the industry-standard recording and digital audio workstation, bundled with select Akai Professional and M-Audio products. This partnership marks that Pro Tools has ever been bundled with hardware from another manufacturer.

inMusic acquired M-Audio and AIR Music Technology from Avid in July of 2012. This acquisition formed the cornerstone of a new synergistic alliance between the two companies. Beginning this year, select M-Audio controller keyboards and audio interfaces, as well as certain Akai Professional products, will be shipping with Pro Tools Express, an abridged version of Avid Pro Tools 10 software.