If you’re a budding musician looking to record their own music at home, chances are you turn to either free recording software or cheap ones since you’re just starting out. Now you might have heard of more complex and professional recording software such as Pro Tools which is a software used by many famous musicians and producers.
Previously the cost of Pro Tools was too high for amateurs to get in on the action, but you’re in luck because Pro Tools has gone free, sort of. Avid has recently launched a free version of Pro Tools called Pro Tools First. The software is expected to be released in the next few months and it is basically a way for musicians to try out Pro Tools without having to pay for it.
In some ways it is like a free-to-play game where you can try out the game and some of its features, but if you want more, you’ll have to pay for it. For example you will be limited to a maximum of four track inputs instead of eight, support for only three projects, a limit of 16 MIDI tracks versus the full version’s 512 tracks, and you will not be able to export your projects to the MP3 format.
It is obvious that Avid is trying to get users to purchase the full version of the software, which costs a whopping $899 by the way, but if you’re serious about making music and recording it, we guess Pro Tools First is a good way to try out the software and decide if dropping that amount of money is a good investment.
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