Avid have announced an iOS app for controlling Pro Tools, Pro Tools Control, which is ‘coming soon’ and will be free.

Avid say that the Pro Tools Control App will allow Pro Tools users to:

Control and mix with your iPad using a free new app. Pro Tools | Control combines the tight hardware/software communication power of EUCON technology with the multi-touch advancements of iOS, putting a whole new world of creative possibilities at your fingertips.

They claim that the Pro Tools Control App will:

interact with your mix in ways you can’t do with a keyboard and mouse alone.

Furthermore, they allude to the idea of it being able to perform macros:

Take control over hundreds of software commands and functions, from triggering complex macros with Soft Keys, to writing automation, navigating sessions, and recalling surface layouts.