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Avid Pro Tools 10 (Upgrade from LE - Download) Reviews

5 4.4/5.0 based on 12 customer reviews
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Tom Whitman
from Rochester NY
May 6, 2012 Music Background:
Singer Song writer

Pro Tools 10

Awsome. Love it ! makes my editing go much faster, My favorite thing about it so far is the clip gain. I can make adjustments on the fly and blend punched in edits that sound as smooth as the original track. Very Glad I bought it from Sweetwater because the technical servise is priceless. Thanks Sweet Water
Abhishek
from New Delhi, India.
April 27, 2012 Music Background:
Electronic Music Producer | Sound Engineer

Still The Best For Me

Have been working with Protools since version 6, later on upgraded to Protools 7 with my Mbox 2 Pro and now after so many years upgraded to Protools 10, what to say it just gets better "no other daw for me". And the best part, it works with any audio interface and more over for which i was worried that will i work with my old ilok and guess what "Yes" it did flawlessly.
Just one thing Avid needs to give us, is a little more track count.
ROOSEVELT
from CLeveland, Ohio USA
April 25, 2012 Music Background:
Recording Engineer/Producer

The best pro tools I've used.

I was using pro tools 8 for a long time now and the update to 10 is crazy. I've used pro tools 9 HD in another studio it was nice but pro tools 10 from 8 in my home studio is the best. And Im happy this time I went through sweetwater to get it because of the support they have and the 30-day pass to groov3 website,thats nice.But the overall software is a lot better on the cpu than 8 great job avid. I love the aax plugins they put more on there when I update it to 10.1.2 I love it. But long story short best upgrade for the money,Plus i will make that money back today in the studio thats the good part.GET THIS UPGRADE!!!! As always thanks to my sales engineer TONY DAYTON You the best.
Dave
from Zion Canyon,UT
February 16, 2012 Music Background:
Singer/Songwriter, Engineer

Awesome upgrades

PT 10 has some amazing upgrades and can support many more active plugins than previous versions. With 32 bit float sessions you have more headroom and the ilok adaptation allows you to do basic mixing of PT sessions on the move without your digi hardware

from Trinidad. W. I.
December 26, 2011 Music Background:
Sound engineer/producer

Best update to date

I like a lot of the new features In PT10. It has made my workflow even faster. Plus the efficiency of CPU usage is a welcomed plus.
Erik
from Whitewater, WI
December 10, 2011 Music Background:
Engineer, producer, bassist and vocalist.

Best Pro Tools yet

Better workflow, better sound, clip volume feature saves a ton of time. I upgraded from PT 8, so it's a real improvement for me, especially the delay compensation feature. Truly great.
Jermaine Thompson
from TX
April 5, 2012 Music Background:
Beat Maker, Producer, Hobbyist

Its Great1

I upgraded from Pro Tools 8 LE, and i must say, this is better than i expected. Love the new features, and its a little easier to use compared to the LE version. Plus the upgrade process was super easy! Im Practically recording everyday now!
Marcos Suzano Martins da Costa
from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
April 27, 2012 Music Background:
Pro Musician, producer.

Great change !!!

Excellent combination with my Prism Sound Orpheus interface.
Easy working, more tracks and plug-ins. Low latency.
Great tool for the home studio owners.
andy
from santa fe, NM USA
April 21, 2012 Music Background:
pro composer / producer / guitarist

great (mostly)

Everything about this version is a major step up from LE 8 which was the last version I had before this.

ADC, more flexible bussing (and more busses too), easier import / export, possibility to record / mix using 32 floating bit engine etc. There are many reviews which have all crowed about this, and its true it all works.

Using this with a RAMdisk application on the MAC makes it run a little faster too (as the native version here doesn't support ram caching like the new HD version)

The only things that are still plaguing this release:

really unstable core audio drivers, especially if you are using Digi's own 002 and 003 interfaces.

still 32 bit - really looking forward to PT 11 which will be 64 bit, this will alleviate the other big issue - that ProTools has lots of CPU overruns once you get a few plugins going.
Jon Paul Robles
from Youngstown, Oh
April 19, 2012 Music Background:
Recording Engineer

the prodigal

I began using Pro Tools back around version 5. The dominance of Pro Tools was drilled in my head in school and at work and soon it became a staple in my workflow. Unfortunately I became jaded with it, and switched over to Logic for quite some time. My reasoning for Logic dealt with, open interface selection, auto-delay compensation, great virtual instruments...I was even convinced that Logic "sounded" better. I can no longer say those things. With version 10, Avid has just raised the bar. For people like me doing a lot of work on a native system, I believe version 10 is the way to go. I'm glad to be back with Pro Tools.
Nerdgirl
from NY, nY
January 19, 2012 Music Background:
animator--use the software for voiceovers.

great software

Pro Tools was and remains a great piece of software. I previously used the LE version and upgraded to 10 when I upgraded my computer. So far, everything has been very smooth with the transition and everything works really well. 10 feels more solid and robust than LE did. The tech support at Sweetwater (as usual) is great and was helpful with the installation. My only issue (which has nothing to do with the software itself) is the cost. I bought my MBox2Pro in 2008 and it came with free Pro Tools LE software. It's not necessary for me to have all the bells & whistles that 10 has and I would've MUCH preferred a pared down version of the software that was less expensive. $500 is A LOT of money for an upgrade (I had no choice--I had 4 years worth of old audio that I needed to reuse that was already down in Pro Tools so couldn't switch to a cheaper software alternative.) Hope Avid is listening! ;-)
John Gebhardt
from Hatboro, PA
April 9, 2012

OK

Not A big upgrade from my Pro Tools 8 considering the price!!! But some of the features save A lot of time for me. But will be A while before upgrading will pay for itself.

Avid Pro Tools 10 (Upgrade from LE - Download)

DAW Software with 96 Tracks, Open Interface Support, Over 70 Plug-ins/Effects/Virtual Instruments, Music Notation, and Automatic Delay Compensation - (Mac/PC)

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