Pro Tools

Digital Music Doctor has updated its chart of the top digital music apps, based on recent Internet search activity on Google, Yahoo, AOL & MSN.

Here’s how they rank:

The Top 10 Music Applications

1. DigiDesign Pro Tools (11.4)
2. FL Studio (10.1)
3. Steinberg Cubase (7.3)
4. Cakewalk Sonar (6.0)
5. Apple Logic (3.5)
6. Adobe Audition (3.5)
7. Apple GarageBand (3.1)
8. Sony Sound Forge (2.3)
9. Ableton Live (2.0)
10. MOTU Digital Performer (1.9)

Do you think this is an accurate reflection of the most popular music applications in the world - or do you think it’s just a sign that you’re going to be seeing a lot more posts about Pro Tools at Synthtopia?

Leave a comment with your thoughts!

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Digidesign has announced that it’s now shipping Pro Tools 8.

Here’s what’s new:

Pro Tools 8 features an updated interface, dozens of new plug-ins and virtual instruments, new scoring and MIDI features and expanded editing and mixing capabilities.

New Music Creation Features:

• Fully integrated MIDI and Score Editor windows for enhanced MIDI editing functionality and professional score editing and printing
• 20 new effects and five new virtual instruments—Mini Grand piano, Boom drum machine, DB-33 tonewheel organ, Vacuum tube-modeled synthesizer, and Xpand!2 sample player
• High-quality amplifiers simulation via Digidesign’s guitar amp emulator Eleven Free as well as Tech21 SansAmp amplifier emulator
• An 8 GB bundle of high-quality loops

New Production Features:

• Elastic Pitch, which makes it easy to transpose music in real time right in the Edit window
• 10 inserts per channel
• Enhanced controller integration with Digidesign and M-Audio control surfaces
• ICON integration enhancements that dramatically increase speed and efficiency
• HD QuickTime support on Mac OS X for increased versatility

If you’re a Pro Tools user, let us know what you think about the update in the comments! Read more…

The quality of this video isn’t great, but it captures a “sneak peak” by Sean Halley and Kerry Rose on some of the features of the new version of Pro Tools.

Scott Church from Pro Tools demos the Pro Tools 8 Score Editor. 

“In addition to diving into the details, you’ll learn about some of the lesser known tidbits,” says Church. “I also share some of my thoughts behind why we implemented it the way we did, and some unique aspects to our design. Above all we wanted to create a Score editor that was easy to use as it was beautiful, so hopefully just this brief tutorial is all you need to get scoring.”

Pro Tools guru Scott Church demos the MIDI editor, including “some of the lesser known tidbits and key commands”. I