#PRO TOOLS SUBSCRIPTION PRO#

#PRO TOOLS SUBSCRIPTION PRO#

If you are one of those people then this article is for not for you, stop reading now - we are not here to convince you to abandon your long held views, perhaps cultivated over several generations of your family, we get that itвЂ™s an important principle that you just wonвЂ™t budge on.ДЇor the rest of you who want to know how the sums add up then weвЂ™ve been looking at the recent offerings announced by Avid to see how they fare as a cost over time and also to dig into the argument that AvidвЂ™s model is now aimed at discouraging anyone but the professional to be a Pro Tools user.ДЇollowing the changes to the Pro Tools pricing and the release of Pro Tools 2019.6, which opened up HEAT to Pro Tools Standard users and then Avid announcing that all Pro Tools subscribers will soon have access to the Complete Plug-in bundle and HEAT at no extra cost, we wondered what the cost comparisons would be to take up the crossgrade offers Avid are offering, both Pro Tools Standard and Pro Tools Ultimate users, to encourage us to move to a subscription plan.

Some have an aversion to them in an almost religious or philosophical way, even when pointing out that no one really owns the software they use when they make a case for вЂowning the stuff they useвЂ™ it seems thatвЂ™s not really the point. Software subscriptions have been at the forefront of many music and post users minds recently, with more brands moving to a Software As Services (SAS) model, and some people get hot under the collar at the mention of them.