Within the last few years Pro Tools has become an industry standard within the music recording industry, and nearly all music we hear nowadays, Pro Tools has played a part in the production or recording. Not too long ago anybody who wanted to record their music had to spend large amounts of their hard earned money to get themselves into a professional studio. Even a person outside of the music recording industry knows that going into a professional studio means paying a lot of money, most likely an hourly wage, of $35 to $400 dollars and hour, to rent the studio and the services of the engineer, which can add up very fast. This of course only leaves one other option to musicians, which is to invest in your own equipment for recording purposes, which also, could very easily get you in more debt than your college education. Pro Tools has nearly solved this dilemma. It has made it very easy for the common person to produce their own recordings within the privacy of their own home, thus bringing the emergence of the home studio and also changed the operations of many professional studios. Professional recording studios will always have their place within the industry as well as their loyal clientele, but Pro Tools has opened the doors for just about anybody who wants to make a professional recording to be able to do so. Needless to say Pro Tools has revolutionized the recording industry and there are many factors that play a part in the rise of the home studio.
To see how Pro Tools has made such an impact on the recording industry it is necessary to understand what it takes to produce a professional recording, as well as a professional recording from your home studio. People have recorded in their own homes long before Pro Tools stepped onto the scene and even before computers for that matter. I am referring to the four track tape machines that allowed you to record and mix four different instruments at once onto a cassette tape.
