Does Pro Tools 9 have sounds!?

[joeyd38]

Hey whats up?

I was wondering if PT9 has a lot of sounds, loops, and instruments that are enough to make instrumentals and beats (good quality). I currently have Pro Tools SE and am thinking about upgrading to PT9-10 ( I have a post regarding this).

My main question was, is pro tools as good as Fruity loops or other PRODUCTION/MUSIC CREATION softwares?? PT seems to be the best for recordings but is it good to create music also??

[albee1952]

For me, the only add-on I needed was a good drum plugin(Addictive Drums is a great budget choice). The other included instruments like DB33 and MiniGrand are both very good. Hybrid can be had cheap if you buy it used. Structure Free is a good basic sampler. BOOM is okay for what it does(just not something i use very often).

[spenner]

Originally Posted by joeyd38

Hey whats up?

I was wondering if PT9 has a lot of sounds, loops, and instruments that are enough to make instrumentals and beats (good quality). I currently have Pro Tools SE and am thinking about upgrading to PT9-10 ( I have a post regarding this).

I would compare the sounds from the Avid Creative Collection to a keyboard workstation. Lot's of goodies that in the right hands can make radio ready music. The separation comes with Acoustic instruments. If you need more realistic sounding instruments and articulations, then 3rd party VI's like EWQL and Kontakt are imperative.

My main question was, is pro tools as good as Fruity loops or other PRODUCTION/MUSIC CREATION softwares?? PT seems to be the best for recordings but is it good to create music also??

When you say creating music I take you're referring to using mostly MIDI (because a lot of people create music with mostly audio and very little MIDI ). If you draw notes, step record, want an arranger track, and need the most MIDI options, then you might want to first look at something like Cubase or Logic. If you are like me and only need a record button, quantize, and minimal MIDI features, then PT is fine.

[joeyd38]

Thanks for the help,

In my studio nearly everything is digital now. The only REAL LIVE instruments we use is the guitars (mostly for base) and the mic, everything else is MIDI/keyboard.

To make things a little easier, we mostly produce and work with artist in pop/hiphop/and some alt rock. A lot of our music is produced and generated with Keyboards and MPCs.