![]() However, having used many of the others, I still jump back into Pro Tools when I need to edit audio. Perhaps it’s because it was the first DAW I got my teeth into. With that said, there are a few reasons I continue to use Pro Tools.įirst, it’s so easy to edit audio. I swear there are error codes that not even those who coded Pro Tools can explain! I’ve also been frustrated seeing features in other younger, more agile DAWs, that have taken an eternity to arrive in Pro Tools… ARA anyone?Īnyway, I write the above to say that in the 25 years or so that I’ve been using Pro Tools, it’s not all been one long honeymoon and there have been plenty of times I wanted a divorce. Sometimes frustrated by it crashing, or running out of power, to then present me with an error message that may as well be written in a long lost language, for all it’s worth. Over the years I’ve had a love/hate relationship with Pro Tools. When it comes to an audio based DAW, then Pro Tools was my first love, coupled with a Digi 001 audio interface. ![]() Yes I know every other DAW does this and some did it then, but Pro Tools had garnered legendary status as the widespread use of tape moved onto hard drives. I recall seeing non-destructive edits and real time plugins. When I first saw it in action I was mesmerised by the magic it did with audio. I first started using Pro Tools in the late 1990s. I use two DAWs, Pro Tools and Studio One, I want to tell you why I still have to take two DAWs into the shower, sorry, studio! Often those selling DAWs claim they have ‘everything we need.’ For some that’s perhaps the case, but for many of us we still have to jump between two, in some cases, three DAWs. However, you can still buy separate shampoo and conditioner, the market for both shampoo and conditioner is probably bigger now than it was then. Forty years on and it’s still on sale, that’s a success in any product lifetime. The suggestion was that with Wash & Go you would no longer need to buy seperate shampoo and conditioner. The strap line for this amazing new product was “Why take two bottles into the shower?” The product was called Wash & Go, which was a combined shampoo and conditioner in one bottle. In Depthīack in the late 1980s an advert hit our TV screens for a ‘revolutionary’ new hair cleaning product. However, in many cases it may take more than one DAW to tick all the boxes required in modern audio production. There’s no such thing as the perfect DAW, just the one that’s perfect for you.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |