
However, until the introduction of the MIDI editor it wasn't possible to view multiple MIDI tracks together on the same piano-roll, which could make arranging strings or brass challenging.

It's been possible to edit MIDI from within the Edit window for as long as MIDI has been supported, and it is extremely useful to be able to edit MIDI and audio together on the timeline. Things have changed a lot since I started using Pro Tools back in version 5!įor me there has only ever been one missing MIDI feature serious enough to make me use something else rather than adapt my workflow, and that was a dedicated MIDI editor - which was added in Pro Tools 8, over 10 years ago. I'm very aware that there are some MIDI features which Pro Tools doesn't have, and there are some advanced users who will be frustrated at their omission - but I'm equally sure that for an awful lot of people, the MIDI functions available in Pro Tools are more than adequate.

I've often heard it said that "Pro Tools is no good for MIDI." It's one of those statements that used to be repeated so often that it became a shibboleth, and even when the MIDI functionality of Pro Tools was improved, people still subscribed to this so-called 'fact'. Pro Tools' MIDI implementation still has a bad reputation, but the reality is now very different.
