And for a
professional user that is irrelevant.
Spending some money on Protools is not really different to doing
the same for a kilometer of microphone cable or some XLR plugs.
You pay license fees for cables and plugs and you would never alter them
in any way?
Again that difference is not really signficant. Paying a license is
an investment that has some return, or maybe hasn't, and that is the
only thing that matters in a professional context. And the cables and
plugs wear out as well and have to be replaced every now and then.
Ciao,
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FA