I am both a musician and a studio tech and find that Pro Tools has a great workflow for me and my needs.
With PT8, even LE has become a really great tool for composing, recording and mixing a finished album. I added the Mellowmuse ATA plug to stop thinking about delay, and now I can do anything I like in the software.
I don´t think LE will die, ever, but hopefully it will evolve to an even better product. Adding ideas from recorder too.
However, any software that makes Digi feel the lost revenue, forcing them to innovate (or emulate) is good news.
So this is a winwin for us pragmatics.
I wonder if i can record guitars with Eleven in PT, run it through the Record SSL9k and back into the final PT mix. And maybe these two cheap pieces of software will then make me sound like I`m playing an awesome vintage marshall in a great sounding studio with a great board. (In my home office
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