PT 10 is worth the price of admission

Just the addition of disk cache and clip gain alone are worth the price of admission to upgrade to Pro Tool 10. I've always been a Pro Tools fan...but these two things alone have moved me up to a whole other level of appreciation. Robby Resnick, my rep at Sweetwater, always always steers me in the right direction, and he hit a home run with this recommendation.

What I like about Pro Tools 10

This is DEFINITELY the BEST version! I am impressed with the channel strip plug-in... It is, now, my most used effect. I use it in my master channel for final compression/limiting, and equalizing. The only other thing on that track is: The LL3 Ultra Maximiser (From Waves). I also use it to "clean up" individual tracks. PT 10 is also much more stable than even PT 9.0.5 that I was using. I also like the "clip gain" function especially because I can see the waveform volume changes and that lets me adjust balance between clips. (Instead of the "old way" which was: "By guess and by gosh!"). I'm using it on my Laptop: duo core, 4Gb memory, Win 7 and it runs flawlessly.

Pro Toos 10

Great software

A worthwhile upgrade!

Avid is moving ProTools to a position in the market where all open platform plug-ins are going to work. I worry less and less about compatibility more than ever. I have invested heavily into ProTools and I am loving the direction they are moving! I really like the support I get from the Sweetwater guys as well. Extremely helpful and willing to go the extra mile in helping you out!

Oh yeah baby!

I was stunned at how easy it was to download and update. I was ready to record as soon as it finished and total took 4 hours from download to record. The new plug ins are great; the channel strip gave my bass and bottom end a sweet, fat sound that was extremely smooth. Worth the upgrade price for that alone! The little extras are proof that avid has been listening to us! I finished a new tune tonight already. I just love this upgrade!

Avid is Stepping it up!

I've always been a Pro Tools user and even though I've had experience with other software my brain is already Pro Tools wired. I would say that just the clip gain and realtime fades justify this upgrade. HUGE time saving tools. Stability is good. I do have an MC Mix and I still need to find out all the 500+ new features but I do see some improvements. Some plugins stability is a minor issue (i.e. Izotope RX).

Love me some new ProTools

Great sound as always. Easily connects to open face sources. Am using Focusrite SAffire 56 w/ Focusrite Octo-pre and my trusty ole prosunus with eight digital outs. I have 24 always ready tracks for fun in the studio, but seriously, have many choices for front end of PT 10, all sounding great.

Pro Tools 10 Rocks Hard!!

No more "DAE" or "Initializing Globals" errors. No more "Can't get info fast enough from drive" errors. "Clip gain" is very useful. Seems to move a bit faster than 9.

We hate to love PT

Pro Tools instills Stockholm syndrome in us. It holds us captive, and against our better judgement we claim to love it. But face it: It's difficult to set up, it's buggy, it's error prompts have no global consistency, and their customer service is abysmal (45 minutes on hold for a tech, Anyone?) once you get it working, you'll avoid any OS upgrade for fear of plummeting you back into the circular miasma of debugging.

And yet, with PT 10, it appears Avid has finally created a version that is seamless with Mac OS10. Currently missing are the illogical error prompts when you know you've followed all protocols. The audio engine sounds pristine, the interface is familiar but with new features that are truly useful. If you've been frustrated with PT in the past, march towards Mecca one last time and seize the upgrade. It may finally get you out of jail and into the open where you know you always belonged.