[Pro Tools] smooths up my mixing process a lot when I have a good grip on what the editor has in mind... [it's] amazingly robust... [and] steady as a rock.
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[The sessions] just flew like lightning, sounded amazing, and the plug-ins opened so much quicker, even while a track was playing
GREG WELLS, PRODUCER/SONGWRITER (KATY PERRY, ADELE, ALL-AMERCAN REJECTS)
From Orchestral to Urban, Pro Tools Delivers for Brian Tyler
People ask me what my main instrument is, and at first I think of piano or guitar, but really, for the past twelve years, Pro Tools has been my main axe.
BRIAN TYLER, MUSICIAN/COMPOSER (AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON, FURIOUS 7, THOR: THE DARK WORLD)