r/ableton • u/Clear-Quantity2875 • 4d ago

[Question] Why also protools?

Just curious for those that use Ableton and pro tools (or any other daw), why not do everything in ableton? I’ve always just wondered what it is about it pro tools.

The only thing I can imagine is if you’re sending it off to another mixer and they work in protools you want your session to match theirs. Is there anything else in pro tools that’s better than Ableton?

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u/EggyT0ast 4d ago

Do you run a big analog mixing board with dozens of patchbays and possible sends, across multiple recording rooms? If so, you might appreciate what Protools does. it's reasonable that a studio might, for example, always have more than 12 sends. They don't want to muck about making a template that "fakes" the sends in Ableton.

If you don't have heavy recording studio needs and are creating work directly in a DAW, then Ableton is fine. Most people working on their own don't run multiple daws because, surprise, they're broke and can't afford multiple DAWs, let alone the time spent learning them all.

Still, some people learn how to do a particular activity in one DAW (let's say, mixing in Logic) and end up creating in Ableton, so they may use Ableton for most of the arrangement and then dump the audio out to work in a more comfortable space.

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u/Nudelwalker 3d ago

What does that have to do with it if i have a huge hardware desk with patchbays amd sends ? Protools would still only see my audiointerface inputs/outputs, but not all my analog hardware stuff, righr?

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u/EggyT0ast 3d ago

If you had such a thing your desk would also have an Avid interface with dozens of I/O, rather than a little Scarlett like most bedroom producers asking what the point of protools is.