It’s a free copy of Pro Tools, which is perfect for the people it is aimed at, we would all like the aforementioned for free, but perhaps we also need to be a bit more realistic. They are right, it has some limitations, there’s no record deal thrown in, Ferrari, or trip to Vegas. Now I know there’s going to be some people (normally those with too much time on their hands, who trawl around forums all day) kicking off and declaring that it doesn’t have the features of Pro Tools HDX. If they find themselves running out of stuff, then there’s upgrade option to the full version for $399. So for 99% of the time, a person buying an Mbox, say a singer songwriter, home musician or person playing and recording their garage band, is going to have everything they need to make great music with Pro Tools. You get Rewire so you can bolt on Reason, Sibelius or REAPER. The sessions are fully compatible with other Pro Tools sessions. You get Automatic Delay Compensation, Soundcloud, iTunes and all the other bounce features. Boom, Xpand2, Structure FREE and 90% of the plug-ins you get with the regular version.So that’s the new Mbox with a slightly less powerful version of Pro Tools 10 for less than $500! That’s a steal when you consider that the current Mbox is selling at Sweetwater for $449 and the Mini $269. In some cases, as of today you should find both Mbox units at the same or less than they were, but now with Pro Tools Express. How aggressive? Well in my opinion ‘competitors sh*tting themselves’ aggressive. It is tied to the Mbox and also requires an iLok, so you can’t use this version of Pro Tools with any other interface, or no interface for that matter.Įven better the pricing for the bundles is aggressive. Other than that, what you get with Pro Tools Express is Pro Tools 10 free with an Mbox or Mbox Mini. However Pro Tools Express is different from the other versions in the fact that the only difference between Pro Tools Express and the regular version is a limited track count and a few less plug-ins. So no one can be blamed for thinking this is a little like de-ja-vue. If you want a quick history of Pro Tools iterations (one can’t help think there’s someone at Avid employed just to come up with these monikers) we’ve had Pro Tools, Pro Tools HD, Pro Tools LE, Pro Tools M-Powered, Pro Tools Essentials, Pro Tools SE, Pro Tools 9, are you keeping up? Not forgetting Pro Tools FREE. Now there may be some of you thinking, like I did, haven’t we been here before? Well, yes and no. So the accommodating Avid have taken a bold step, to now offer a new version of Pro Tools, Pro Tools Express, free with every Mbox and Mbox Mini. There was now a group of people who still wanted to buy Avid hardware and get a free copy of Pro Tools software. Well, of course what Avid proved when they gave people what they wanted, was that some people are never happy. Now everyone was happy (cue screeching brakes sound effect). Now you could have the joy of Pro Tools software without the need to buy the hardware. So in the end a ‘new open Avid’ relented and Pro Tools 9 marked a new era for Pro Tools, a hardware free era. It wasn’t long ago when you could buy Digidesign, or more recently, Avid hardware and get a free copy of Pro Tools, however, no-one seemed to be happy and everyone complained that they would rather buy the software and not have to buy the hardware. Unlike some of the aforementioned, it’s not denoting the speed at which one can do something, more the product position, let me explain. Some of my favourite things in life contain the word express American Express, McDonalds Express and the Heathrow Express, now comes an iteration of Pro Tools with the same name, Pro Tools Express.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |