Originally posted by The Audacity Works "ProTools" (as in the ProTools mentioned by famous artists/producers in interviews) is a series of
hardware DSP cards installed *inside* a computer which does all mixing, routing, effects, dynamics, etc. The computer is basically left to redraw the screen and if necessary, run host-based plugins (which, since it's doing nothing else, can run way more and run them more efficiently). Because hardware is doing all the work
Oh nice to know, is that "Pro Tools" affordable for a small home studio in any way?