Avid Pro Tools: Best for studio professionals
Avid Pro Tools is a truly professional audio editor that's used in studios all over the world as the go-to system of choice for music producers, film editors and beyond. As such, it’s made to work well with physical controls, isn't easy to pickup for beginners and costs a tidy sum.
But all that's part of what makes this a very powerful tool. This DAW offers video specific features like 4K, 120fps support, Dolby Atmos editing and even Netflix Post Technology. Beyond video you have the ability to work with 1,024 MIDI tracks, 512 instrument tracks and 128 auxiliary tracks.
Dedicated tools like clip boost for quick volume adjustment, Beat Detective, which easily fixes timing issues, is just some of the powerful features this audio editing package offers to justify its price tag.
Reasons to buy
- +industry standard
- +powerful features
- +music, cinema and broadcast friendly
Reasons to avoid
- -expensive
- -not for beginners
Website: https://www.avid.com/