Get Adobe Audition, it's a bigger, better version of Cool Edit Pro.
Protools sucks....too confusing, too many problems. You're better off
saving up some money and buying an m-audio interface and a nice little
preamp...or a preamp built into the interface. You'll save a whole lot
of time and a bottle of Motrin. Once you get Protools running the way
it should, it's pretty good, but I don't really find it any better than
Adobe Audition or Cool Edit Pro. They both get the job done, Protools
just does it the hard way.


A lot of people hate what they don't understand, and won't take the time
to
learn. Pro Tools is a very powerful software.

Agreed. There are reasons to use other programs, but most people who are
biased against Protools have no idea about its advanced features that make
it invaluable to so many. $5 says this pilgrim thinks playlisting is a
feature that lets you play songs in a specified order...