Protools is sick, I have used it for 3 years and still learning, a studio worked in used TDM now thats the real stuff but thats what made me get LE, there is a whole lot in this program and some amazing features you will not find on a lot of other programs, the new version 6.7 is out but, I have just gotten 6.4, to really tap into it....the mbox is cool but it doesn't do the program justice if they had made it with more inputs that would be the piece I would buy....are you getting 001 or 002?.....you get 8 audio inputs and a stereo digital input.....it rocks....you need to get other plugins but I love protools.