“Pro Tools 11 represents a quantum leap in creative power,” said Chris Gahagan, senior vice president of Products and Services at Avid. “The newly designed architecture turbo-charges production with more plug-in processing, the ability to run more virtual instruments—and a host of new features—letting users create ambitiously, without holding anything back.”
Pro Tools 11
As usual, ProTools is LATE to the game. No one cares about their Bouncing to disk. Every DAW has had this for YEARS if not at least a decade (like Digital Performer).
Plus, ProTools 11 drops support for some of the PCI cards a LOT of users have. So users are faced with the question of upgrading for a HUGE amount of money to get to ProTools 11, or stick with ProTools 10, or move to something else.
I moved to something else. ProTools was nice for a while, but there are so many more DAWs that are just as good. Like Logic, Digital Performer, and Cubase.
I’m with ericdano – Logic Pro 9 is only $200, and one could make the argument that it is superior to Pro Tools in many important ways. Paying $700 for Pro Tools is nuts.
As for upgrading… If Pro Tools 10 users want to upgrade, they might consider upgrading to Logic Pro 9. Pro Tools is popular BECAUSE Pro Tools is popular. If Logic is what the studio standard was, Pro Tools would be curtains, especially with their pricing.
Pro Tools does have some features that are better than Logic, but pound for pound you get more bang for your buck in Logic.
There’s also Reaper, which at least deserves a look. At $60 (which is what individual users pay) it’s an absolute steal. If Apple ever kills Logic, I’m headed to Reaper. It’s nerdy, yes, but you can totally customize it to meet your individual needs.