That means you now have the option of putting your trusty old iLok key to rest and freeing an extra USB port for a MIDI keyboard or audio interface. Pro Tools and all Avid audio plug-ins now support iLok Cloud. With numerous MIDI improvements and enhancements, you can fix and finesse every note to perfection-from transposing and trimming notes with the arrow keys, to building chords and scores faster than ever before. With Track Presets, you can quickly save, catalog, and recall your favorite effects chains, vocal processing, session import criteria, and other track settings-boosting your efficiency-so you can spend more time creating. Build sessions on the fly with Track Presets.While the price has come down recently, I always preferred buying the software outright rather than having to pay monthly. The other thing I would say I don't like about Pro Tools is their subscription service. Also I'd highly suggest using Pro Tools with a Mac and not a PC, as with a PC these issues may be even more elevated. If you aren't running the best computer system ever, you'll be sure to encounter some of these bugs, and there's a good chance you'll still run into them even if you have the top of the line Mac. The main problem with Pro Tools does continue to be the often buggy nature of the software, which often crashes unless you have the most updated software and fastest computer available. While there is a well known laundry list of bugs and issues with Pro Tools, to me the pros outweigh the cons. For this reason it's all the features that I would say is my favorite thing about Pro Tools. While it does have a decently high learning curve, it's precisely this features, short cuts and processes that make it such a thorough program that allows the user to take total control of their work. While I won't necessarily say that it's the best DAW for creating music (that is up to your taste and style), I will say that for the processes mentioned above, it continues to be the most thorough and in depth software for audio. If you're new to the profession and reading this review, I'd highly suggest giving it a try and learning at least the basics!Īs a Pro Tools user of more than 15 years, there are a lot of things I love about Pro Tools! It continues to be the go to software for audio recording, editing and mixing in recording studios across the globe. If you're an audio professional or working as an audio engineer, using and knowing Pro Tools is basically a requirement. It's the one software I'm using all day every day. The biggest downside to protools currently is the price, especially now that they’ve moved to the subscription model, but if you know the layout and shortcuts, it’s hard to make the case to go with something else.Ĭomments: Simply put, my business and career could not function without Pro Tools. The rise of faster computers and home studios has given rise to other great DAWs that are functionally quite good and comparably feature wise. If you’re in or working with the music industry, it’s still the standard in many pro studios, but that only matters if you’re moving files back and forth a lot. A good layout, great features and shortcuts, and it lets you do all you need once you put in the time to learn it. ProTools earned the reputation of being the best DAW for a reason in the 90s and 2000s, and it’s still one of the best. Moving from the iLok system was also a good move, but the monthly fee is a hard pill to swallow if you’re not making a living doing audio stuff. Comments: I’ve been using PT since it required proprietary hardware, and I’d say it’s improved a lot since then.
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