as a very reliable mixer/engineer once told me. Use Pro Tools or any recording software as a final process and dont rely to heavily on it to make your stuff sound good. Basically, you should already have your sound pretty good by the time it goes into Pro Tools and then you can use it to fine tune the stuff. Most of the time, a sh!tty sound going into pro tools will still be a sh!tty sound coming out of pro tools. Its great to add a little extra punch, some reverb, delay, etc. but you should really get your sounds as good as you can first.
Some people might tell you to record everything as dry as possible and EQ it from there; but, I guess its just a matter of what works for you. Try them both and let you ears decide!
Peace
~B
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