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[Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/audio-editing/pro-tools-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/audio-editing/pro-tools-profile/alternatives/) # Pro Tools User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.7/5 - Total reviews: 94 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 3.8/5 - Customer support: 3.9/5 - Value for money: 4.0/5 - Functionality: 4.6/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 74 reviews (79%) - 4 stars: 16 reviews (17%) - 3 stars: 4 reviews (4%) - 2 stars: 0 reviews (0%) - 1 star: 0 reviews (0%) ### Most mentioned pros - I've used it for recording drums, guitars, vocals, and full-band productions, and it's consistently delivered professional results. If you're a hobbyist just starting out, there may be cheaper and easier options. But if you're serious about audio production, recording bands, or working in professional studio environments, Pro Tools is absolutely worth learning. - The stock plugins are solid, especially for someone building their setup, but Pro Tools really shines when paired with quality third-party plugins. - It handles large sessions well, sounds great, and gives me confidence that I can tackle just about any recording or mixing project. ### Most mentioned cons - There’s a very large learning curve to overcome and it doesn’t have the most intuitive GUI. - It's not the most beginner-friendly software on the market. - Plugins are expensive ## Pro Tools customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 94 (page 1). ### Pro Tools, the standard for sound mixing - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Cristhian Josue J. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Pro Tools, is that daw you need if you want to be on par with the musical elite. Years of experience confirm the quality and value that Pro Tools has to offer to any sound artist, whether musician, audio engineer among many other jobs focused on the development of sound projects. This is more than a daw, as it allows the implementation of physical hardware and analog equipment for the development of our projects, years go by and it seems that this daw will never lose the crown as the king of the industry. #### Cons Pro Tools, is that software too elitist, from the fact of blocking the implementation of third party plugins we can notice that pro tools don't try to be for anyone, the target audience of this daw is one that previously had a great journey in the sound field, although this isn't really bad, Pro Tools wants to be that software that would use your experienced self of the future, and not the current you who doesn't even know how to use a compressor. --- ### Decade Long Use, Not Changing Any Time Soon - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jordan M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Media Production - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall, I enjoy using Pro Tools and will continue to do so. I know how to work it, and am fast and efficient with it. The audio quality I get from it is great. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 2/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I've been using Pro Tools for over 10 years. Firstly to record, edit and mix music and band. Now I use it primarily to edit, mix and normalize podcasts. Over the years, Pro Tools has stayed effectively the same version to version, with some changes integrated. What I like, however, is that they rarely make large, sweeping changes to the fundamental tools of the program. This has allowed me to get straight back to work after updating the software, without need to re-learn different tools or find our where they moved certain features. #### Cons I personally feel that Pro Tools has always been a bit expensive, and now that they have moved to the subscription based model, the software is not only expensive, but I don't own it. I used my purchased copy of Pro Tool 11 for as long as I could, until it physically wouldn't work any more with the new system i had, lol. The newer versions crash much less, but there has always been a little bit of instability with it. The positive of this, though, is that I've developed a great habit of saving after every keystroke. #### Reasons for choosing Pro Tools I was taught Pro Tools in school, so it is my default DAW. It is considered the "industry standard", so I felt that paying some extra money to get up and running faster was more worth it than spending less and taking the time learn an entire new software. --- ### A good entry level DAW - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Devon V. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Consumer Goods - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I've used this program to record, edit, and make commercial music. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 2/5 - Customer support: 2/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros It has a lot of basic functions that any person using a digital audio workstation would need to be successful with recording and editing music. #### Cons Doesn't have all the features that may be necessary in terms of mastering and mixing music. --- ### An Essential Program for Mixing and Recording - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Music - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It allows my business access to a common, ubiquitous, and satisfying language of mixing and recording. Wherever I compose, produce, or write a song, I can be confident that it can be finalized and mixed with stability and predictability in Pro Tools, where a vast user base of studios and mixers also have the ability to contribute. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Its prevalence in studios, its approach to mixing, and its careful, thoughtful, and considered approach to updates. The new features that are added may be added slowly and sparsely, but the program’s lack of prevalent bugs is unparalleled. #### Cons My only dislike is tied to its strength in mixing and tracking. It is not a DAW that lends itself effortlessly to the initial production of a song, but once it is time to record the vocal and mix the song, it is fantastic. They obviously prioritize this as it is what it’s user base wants. The catch is that you may find yourself making a beat in one program and then mixing it (or in my case, sending it to a mixer) with Pro Tools. #### Reasons for choosing Pro Tools To be clear, I chose Pro Tools in addition to these products, rather than using a product like Studio One or FL Studio exclusively. --- ### The Industry Standard for A Good Reason! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Michael P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Music - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Simply put, my business and career could not function without Pro Tools. It's the one software I'm using all day every day. If you're an audio professional or working as an audio engineer, using and knowing Pro Tools is basically a requirement. If you're new to the profession and reading this review, I'd highly suggest giving it a try and learning at least the basics! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros As a Pro Tools user of more than 15 years, there are a lot of things I love about Pro Tools! It continues to be the go to software for audio recording, editing and mixing in recording studios across the globe. While I won't necessarily say that it's the best DAW for creating music (that is up to your taste and style), I will say that for the processes mentioned above, it continues to be the most thorough and in depth software for audio. While it does have a decently high learning curve, it's precisely this features, short cuts and processes that make it such a thorough program that allows the user to take total control of their work. For this reason it's all the features that I would say is my favorite thing about Pro Tools. #### Cons While there is a well known laundry list of bugs and issues with Pro Tools, to me the pros outweigh the cons. The main problem with Pro Tools does continue to be the often buggy nature of the software, which often crashes unless you have the most updated software and fastest computer available. If you aren't running the best computer system ever, you'll be sure to encounter some of these bugs, and there's a good chance you'll still run into them even if you have the top of the line Mac. Also I'd highly suggest using Pro Tools with a Mac and not a PC, as with a PC these issues may be even more elevated. The other thing I would say I don't like about Pro Tools is their subscription service. While the price has come down recently, I always preferred buying the software outright rather than having to pay monthly. #### Reasons for switching to Pro Tools Many years ago I switched to Pro Tools because I wanted to work in professional recording studios, which all require an in depth knowledge of the software. --- ### The Real Standard for Audio Recording and Music Production - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Alejandro V. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Music - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Pro tools is my audio editor because it's reliable, and includes all plugins, and tools required to deliver my productions. It shines in audio quality, and works pretty well with any audio interface in the market. Absolutely a must for any audio editor/engineer today. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Very accurate for editing. Best sound processing, all the tools you need to deliver a professional audio media are included in the subscription. #### Cons Requires a lot of memory installed on your system, but once it's ok, it will be running pretty well. #### Reasons for choosing Pro Tools The integration with complex workflows allows me to interact with video editing stations, share media, and get synced digital tape machines. #### Reasons for switching to Pro Tools Pro Tools has a better integration in the audiovisual workflow with video editors --- ### Amazing DAW! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Andy S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Entertainment - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall, it's an incredible DAW with unparalleled editing capabilities. It's the industry standard for tracking and mixing so you'll find that most people are familiar with it which makes collaboration easy. For writing and for certain types of production that involve many software instruments, I would work in another DAW but I always prefer Pro Tools for mixing or tracking live instruments or bands. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Pro Tools is a true professional level DAW that offers an incredible array of features and flexibility in addition to it being an industry standard. The recording and especially the editing capabilities are incredible. Detailed editing and comping is the most accurate of any DAW that I've worked with. The built in free plugins are also great and worthy of use in real production situations. #### Cons It has a decent learning curve compared to other DAW's. It's not technically harder, just a bit more confusing to learn. Once you know key commands and your way around the signal flow, it's just as easy as the others from then on. The midi capabilities are a bit challenging compared to DAW's like Logic Pro as Pro Tools is geared more towards tracking live instruments than writing with software instruments. It's also much more expensive and the new subscription platform makes it even more expensive. #### Reasons for choosing Pro Tools To work in a DAW that is more commonly used amongst top tier mixing engineers. #### Reasons for switching to Pro Tools I switched to be able to work in a DAW that most industry professionals use. --- ### Best of the best - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Anthony C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Media Production - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Love Pro Tools. Makes my day better using it and making it work for me. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Easy to use. Easy to navigate. Great workflow options. Ability to learn the software and implement into daily tasks and activities. #### Cons Video engine needs desperate work. Should be compatible with all video formats. #### Reasons for choosing Pro Tools Easy to use. Easy to navigate. Great workflow options. Studied the course and know if the best. --- ### Pro Tools HD OMNI - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Mostafa J. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Music - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Satisfactory since 2014 #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I've been using Pro tools since 2010 and since then it improved by a great margin.. and by 2014 I had the most satisfaction out of it when I bought the Pro Tools HD OMNI and integrated it into my studio. that made a great difference in quality, stability and flow of work. #### Cons To have superior performance you should switch to IOS ( which I did). #### Reasons for switching to Pro Tools Wasn't having the professional feel from the Cubase final result.. I had to use many other softwares for mastering and mixing to get satisfied --- ### My 1st love Pro Tools - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Christopher J. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Music - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros That it has an incredible sound card , makes me feel inside the mic #### Cons Had a time getting my latency and delay together but it’s good now #### Reasons for switching to Pro Tools At the time I was told pro tools was the elite program and I figured it out as well --- ### Good product - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Education Management - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. A great tool for music students, a nightmare for administrators #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 2/5 - Customer support: 2/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Market leader in music notation and it shows #### Cons The licensing is very complicated and requires an on premise license server --- ### Great Software, Terrible Business Practices - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Kevin S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Online Media - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I used it for over 15 years and loved it. I sang its praise and recommended it to anyone in my field. However, once Avid went to a subscription model, then plugins I'd used for years stopped working, that was the nail in the coffin for me. I switched to one of their competitors and will never go back. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 2/5 - Value for money: 1/5 - Customer support: 1/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Pro Tools, as a mixer, recorder, production application is top notch. It set the bar for every other DAW and none have really matched its high standards. There's a reason so many professional studios use it. #### Cons Where Pro Tools falls flat on its face is in Avid's business practices, as well as in Pro Tools ridiculous system requirements. I purchased Pro Tools, in different iterations, from 2001-2017. After that, Avid no longer offered a perpetual license, and went to a subscription format. I refuse to "rent" software. My latest version of Pro Tools also became very sluggish on my computer. This was a higher end Mac that was perfectly capable of running multiple layers of 4K video in Final Cut. But you're telling me it can no longer run Pro Tools? No thanks. --- ### David's Pro Tools Review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: David M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Protools is a great software, very unlikely to rush and has a smooth work flow. It is the best DAW I have ever used in terms of mastering and mixing. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Protools is an industry standard and as so has been developed over the years, one of the benefits of this is that it is more stable than it has ever been making it very unlikely to crash saving producers time and making work very efficient. #### Cons VST integration is still a difficult process in protools making some of peoples favorite plugins not work in Protools. The interface looks outdated as it looks the same as the old Protools. --- ### Protools 10+ Review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Dashunn H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Entertainment - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered My overall experience with Protools has been amazing and id refer it to my Grandma if she was into music like i am . #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The Free Stock Plug-ins that comes with the software #### Cons I dont like the small bugs that are associated with this program but worked my way around them . --- ### What is Pro Tools? - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Thuso M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Hospital & Health Care - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered It is very Stable ,always current and updated compatibility , Performance and UI customization #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Application and user interface customization (performance, function and appearance). Broad audio format compatibility; simplicity in integrating audio of many formats and sampling rates; and similar simplicity in exporting. widest range of hardware compatibility Hardware has a longer useful life when performance settings may be adjusted. #### Cons Virtual instrument user interfaces are awkward and difficult to use. Subfolder labels should be automatically updated by Rename/Move session activities. Better, more focused in-app access and guidance for the numerous scripts and shortcuts already included in PT. --- ### Makes Recording Easy - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Pressilla D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Insurance - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: December 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Program was great and the quality files produced were amazing. If it wasn't so expensive, I would have been thrilled to keep it. I would recommend it for engineers or music creators who spend a lot more time recording vocals because it has tons of features that will delight creativity. It always ran smoothly on my laptop or desktop computer and was easily accessible for me. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I love that they upgraded the free version to allow collaboration. It's great that you can also purchase more storage by paying a monthly fee currently at a flat rate. The features are pretty much self-explanatory "solo", "mono", "add track" etc. which makes it easy for a beginner to use. It includes many features to mix and fine tune your recordings- making the sound clear and of great quality. Stability of the program is widely known and most of the people I collaborated with already used the software. Great for recording voice overs, songs and other materials. Import audio features uses many formats including mp3 which makes it easy to use different files as a part of my projects. Very flexible with the ability to choose your bit depth and sample rate. Easy to bounce and save your sessions in the cloud or on other devices. #### Cons Free version limits the number of tracks that you can save and sync. Standard version has an expensive upfront cost which is not great for smaller businesses with less employees. Plus you have to continue to pay a yearly upgrade amount to get access to your files after the first year. Without the upgrade, the quality decreases overtime as it will impact the software capabilities. #### Reasons for switching to Pro Tools More features --- ### Handy! - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: June 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. One stop shop for almost everything. It doesn't substitute your hardware Pultec, but do you really need that? You can do more than plenty with basic tools.. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Quick, easy, does anything you might reasonably want to, and does that for a budget too. #### Cons It doesn't go as deep into some features(recording, effects, conversion..) as more niche software and hardware, but you can't really complain. --- ### Lots of whistles and bells, but very expensive. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Thomas H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Media Production - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: February 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I prefer Apple Logic. Pro Tools is very good, but for a fraction of the cost you can get very similar capabilities and it’s equally industry accepted. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 2/5 - Customer support: 2/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Feature heavy! You can do anything with Pro Tools #### Cons It was very expensive and difficult to manage the licensing and different versions. Getting plugins to work correctly wasn’t always easy. --- ### Industry standard - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Dorian C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Music - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: May 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Audio manipulation, recording and mixing are industry standard for a reason with pro tools. #### Cons It’s a dense series of shortcuts to learn, and particularly difficult if you’re used to another DAW like ableton. --- ### Digital editing software - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Alland James S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for free trial - Reviewed: July 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I have used the software for a short time but I have found it very useful and it has allowed me to do a better quality work #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros What I like the most about Pro Tool is the variety of options for digital editing. It is not very easy to use, but it is learned quickly. #### Cons It is not that easy to use, but it is learned quickly. due to the variety of options you have, you must have knowledge for its correct use --- ### I love ProTools - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Nathan W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Been using protocols for 20 years and I love it. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Fantastic platform. Industry standard. Easy to use. Supports all hardware. #### Cons I don’t at all like the subscription model. #### Reasons for choosing Pro Tools Industry standard --- ### Dubbing tool - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Food & Beverages - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: March 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It is an easy over dubbing tool used to dub your audios faster than other softwares that i have used before. I have found good quality of recording on this tool in comparison to other tools. #### Cons The only con I've got to know is that it has very expensive plugins or ad-ons. Also it works very slow on windows as compared to Mac --- ### A Power horse in your laptop - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Adolfo S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: E-Learning - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered It's a must for my post production chain when I'm developing new learning materials. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It allows to work fast and smooth with huge amount of audios and have easy functionalities to work with the audio captured. #### Cons They have to work the midi instruments side of the product, although they have been working on it lately... --- ### Professional tools for a low budget studio - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Flavio V. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Telecommunications - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: April 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 2/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros You can create a home studio with professional capabilities with a low budget. #### Cons Multitrack recording is awesome and demonstrates very low latency with capabilities at same level as a real physical audio recording console. #### Reasons for switching to Pro Tools Cakewalk has many bugs and crashes very frequently, while Pro Tools is much more stable and thus reliable. --- ### Music record - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Nikkie J. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Entertainment - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for free trial - Reviewed: August 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered mix song and remix #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros i Love this to remix and make my own song #### Cons yes i Love [SENSITIVE CONTENT] i help her on her Albums name is [SENSITIVE CONTENT] ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/audio-editing/pro-tools-profile/reviews/?page=2) --- Pro Tools Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice