Everyone wanted Pro Tools, even though it was never meant for the home bedroom recording artist.

Cakewalk and Cubase didn't even resemble what they are today. Ableton Live, Reaper, and Reason didn't exist (though ReBirth and ReCycle did!), and most other DAW were moving along into uncharted territory. What was missing - was great audio production software for the masses. Mac's were garbage and Steve Jobs had literally just came back to Apple in 1997 and the iMac couldn't game for shit. Horsepower was more than enough to be a music production machine. Played the original Half-Life on it and it changed my life forever. My PC (hand-built by yours truly) was freaking awesome. PCs in the 90s were not really that great in general, nor were the OSes running on themĭisagree.

I doubt most users downloading a free DAW were Mac users reviewing the software on CNET, as the price disparity between PCs and Macs was even higher back then PCs have always struggled with the Fragmentation issue (similar to Android vs.

I think the relative homogeneity of Macintosh systems has a lot to do with them becoming so popular in the creative space. Pro Tools and Media Composer are practically Enterprise Software, if we're being frank. Running on anything else was not supported, so it was extremely YMMV.Īvid didn't even officially support Ryzen CPUs until quite recently, and they didn't support anything below an i5 for Intel. PCs in the 90s were not really that great in general, nor were the OSes running on them (Windows NT was not standard in the broader Consumer Market in the 90s).Īnd, beyond that, Pro Tools and Media Composer were designed primarily for running on certified PC/Mac systems with Avid hardware, back then. Some don't understand raising upgrade pricing over 30% reduces loyalty and the improvement doesn't match that increase. Some developers understand they need to be competitive. You can also use Bandlab and Tracktion for free. Unfortunately it was the most unstable software I've ever seen. And you can get all the sounds you'll ever need to make chart hits for $10 on Plugin Boutique.įew can remember that Pro Tools offered the first free DAW back in the 90s. , we've got it really good as music makers.

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