Pro Tools 8 is up on Digidesign’s website. This may not shake you from your music making tool of choice, but it looks like it could be, at long last, the substantial refresh for Pro Tools users of that platform have been waiting for.
- Get all the instruments and effects in the box: Apple’s Logic Studio set the bar for this by first bundling lots of soundmakers,then cutting the price. Digidesign has been busy with their talented AIR group designing some very nice stuff, so this is a no-brainer.
- Fix the UI (conservatively): Without rocking the boat, obviously Pro Tools was long overdue for a fresh coat of paint and some enhancement.
- Beef up MIDI: This was long Pro Tools’ weak spot, and is now one of it's strong points.
- Edit pitch more fluidly: AutoTune and the magical note-editing Melodyne are always safe, but more fluid editing of audio pitches is making its way into audio software in general.
- Integrate scoring: The fruits of Digi’s Sibelius acquisition, real, modern music notation is finally in a major DAW (not the dated, clunky implementations elsewhere).
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