Can I use Pro Tools to show lyrics during a live show?
If Pro Tools is already running your backing tracks, the prompter rides the same timeline, so the lyrics on the stage monitor stay locked to the track. Set it up once in the session file and the show runs without anyone cueing text between songs.
Bands running tracks already trust the DAW to hold the show together. Adding the lyrics to that same session means one less device, one less operator and one less thing to resync during a set.
The practical benefit is for the songs you do not play often. Deep cuts, covers and last-minute requests stop being a risk, which makes a setlist easier to change on the night.
Use a bright, high-contrast layout on stage. Stage lighting is far harsher than a control room, and a setting that looked fine at rehearsal can wash out completely under a wash of white light.
14 days free, no card required. Install the VST3, paste a lyric sheet, and record one take start to finish before you decide.
Whatever Pro Tools plays, the prompter follows. Skipping to another point on the timeline moves the lyrics with it.
For track-based shows it usually is, because the timing is inherited instead of tapped. For fully live shows with no tracks, a manual prompter still has a place.