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*Pro tools is NOT the easiest DAW application to edit audio on. Not by a long shot. Nor is it the most powerful. A simple inspection of the available functions and how they are implemented in a few popular DAW programs will show you that.
That's totally subjective, of course. What are you editing? How are you editing it?

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*Pro Tools is DEFINETELY not the easiest to sequence MIDI on. MIDI implementation is essentially an afterthought to DigiDesign/Avid.
We've said that many times in this thread, but calling it an afterthought is...well, it's true, but it's a negative way of saying that they originally conceived of the program as an audio editor with MIDI playback, then added some MIDI features to it.

There are rumors that it's going to get real MIDI features next revision, which will be interesting to see. I think that making it work well with advanced libraries is going to take a whole new fundamental approach to the program, but we'll see.

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*Pro Tools is NOT the ony DAW out there that uses or can use DSP cards/effects. And even if it were, the native power you have available in a decent modern box pretty much dwarfs all the DSP that the original Pro Tools system built its hallowed reputation on. So, where is Pro Tools' proprietary, closed-ended DSP really going?
It built its reputation when computers were nowehere near powerful enough to do what it did. A whole new cottage industry blossomed: plug-ins.

And at that time there were essentially no alternatives on the Mac other than high-end mastering programs (Sonic, Sadie), and there were no alternatives period on the PC.

But of course add-on DSP isn't going to be necessary forever. They know that too.