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Pro Tools

#21
CROZ,

What don't you like about the Pro Tools interface? I've been using the free version for a few weeks now and really find it extrememly intuitive. I'm running it on my Powerbook G3 w/192mb RAM and have had no problems whatsoever. Our guitarist, on the other hand, has been trying to sell me on the idea of Cakewalk on a Windows machine. What a nightmare! I'm not sure what's worse, Windows or Cakewalk. Yeah, I'm a Mac evangelist. I just got Cakewalk Metro 5 for Mac and look forward to trying it out.

All you Windows guys out there: Have any of you used the free Pro Tools with any success? It'd be great if these companies would make the files cross-platform. Apparently Cubase swings both ways.

Dave
 
#22
It sounds like lots of folks are trying the free Pro Tools and having problems. For those of you on a budget, I seriously recommend you check out Power Tracks by PG Music.
Power Tracks costs all of $30.00 US and has most of the features of the high end recording programs. Until recently it was somewhat hamstringed by the fact that it didn't support DirectX, but the new version remdies that problem.
Here's the link:

http://www.pgmusic.com/powertracks.htm

Check it out. It's hard for me to understand why we aspiring engineers have to spend thousands for Pro-Tools and the like, when something like this can be had for $30.00!!!
 
#23
Digidesign have some work ahead to catch up to Cubase or Nuendo on PC-based systems, but I also suspect it's part of their crippleware principle. There's a patched ProTools version in circulation with better memory management (32 Audio and 127 MIDI tracks) and you can use commercial plugins that are blocked in the original version.

THIS OF COURSE IS ILLEGAL AND I ONLY KNOW THIS ON A HEARSAY BASIS!
 
#24
Just for the record, I've got a P3 700; 64Mb ram ; TB Montego II soundcard; Win98 1st edition. Even though they recommend 128 Mb ram I downloaded ProTools free for the sheer hell of it (I love this fast Lan connection). Loaded up the demo song, which has 8 tracks+ of audio, and it plays fine.

The only thing I don'tl like is the GUI's text is far too small. But I suppose in a studio that can afford the full monty, they'd have a far bigger screen
 
#27
Has anybody heard anything about Digidesign's Digi 001 with Pro Tools LE? It seems like it would be a good deal at $800 considering you wouldn't have to buy a separate mixer or soundcard. But if they are just trying to use the Pro Tools name to make some money I would like to know before I go out and waste my money on it.
 
#28
Sounds to me like a lot of the so called errors in protools people comlain about here is pilot or hardware caused, not software. I attend the RIT program at MI and work with the protools DIGI 001 system all the time. So far no problems what so ever. I recommend protools to anyone, and I will buy a system as soon as I can afford it.
 
#29
I've been spending an obsessive amount of time reading and checking out recording magazines and forums. I want to set up a good home recording studio and record to hard disk and I'm not computer savvy. From my research I'm pretty sure that I'm going with a Mac and Digi 001 and Protools LE 5.1. It is supposed to be (lord I hope so) the most user-friendly of the sophisticated (?) progams like Cubase, Logic, and Digital Peformer. Cakewalk is supposedly excellent but for idiosyncratic reasons I'm leaning towards Protools.

Protools is much better and hasslefree on a Mac than Windows PC. The Windows platform is much less stable and has to be rigidly specked to run Protools (PT) well. PT was designed to work on the Mac and then adapted to PC. There is a difference. Also, for a good digital audio work station to work efficiently and smoothly with maximal effect and minimal down time, the computer is best dedicated to music and little else:no games, no screensavers, etc.
 
#30
I doubt that MS is so much more unstable, DigiDesign's ProTools Free just isn't programmed very well (don't like the GUI concept much either). Go for Steinberg's Nuendo, beats all other stuff out there IMO, especially with Rewire. It's great to simply sync Nuendo with Reason and ReBirth...:)
 
#31
Originally posted by jondiener
ProTools (DigiDesign) is giving away a 'FREE' version of ProTools on their website. Does NOT work with external hardware (other than internal Mac soundcard or PC sound card), but it seems to work fine for those who just need the basics.

Worth a look!
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oh yea its awesome...I have an external 8-track mixer and now I can do multitrack(upto 8 tracks) of recording in my room....now If I had the intiative I could record a vocal/bass/drum/mandolin/guitar/synth/turntable track
and still have room for more! heehehe
 
#32
Originally posted by JMX
I doubt that MS is so much more unstable, DigiDesign's ProTools Free just isn't programmed very well (don't like the GUI concept much either). Go for Steinberg's Nuendo, beats all other stuff out there IMO, especially with Rewire. It's great to simply sync Nuendo with Reason and ReBirth...:)
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protools free gui is almost identical to the full version of protools....I've been using both in the past month.
pro tools is totally awesome I'd wager 99% of all the music you have on cd wa mixed with protools....it allows for total control over your tracks and has alot of really cool hardware designed to work with it.

however reason is so cool that any program that mixes with it is definatly worth a look see.
 
#33
Originally posted by Phat Ham
Has anybody heard anything about Digidesign's Digi 001 with Pro Tools LE?
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I have this. The DIGI001 is a great interface. Pro-Tools LE is a good audio tool, but its MIDI interface sucks, in my taste.

Finally, I use Cubase VST with my DIGI001, and I use Pro Tools LE for... mixing and mastering;) Feels good to me that way.

I use all this on a PowerMac G4.

All the best,
 
#34
Originally posted by Wrong Robot


pro tools is totally awesome I'd wager 99% of all the music you have on cd wa mixed with protools....it allows for total control over your tracks and has alot of really cool hardware designed to work with it.
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That's going a bit far, but certainly a lot of music out has been 'worked over' with ProTools. There are toms of engineers out there that can't 'keep their hands off the knobs' for mixing tho.
 
#35
The keyboard player in my band opened up a studio last year and he has way more than $20,000 in his set-up, but I've gotten some experience on it. For the most part the plugins for pro tools is what makes it. He has so many programs on that thing it's amazing. Pro Tools is awesome though it can do just about anything, and I would imagine that the free version is just the tip of the iceberg. He has a control 24 mixer that is interactive with the Pro Tools set-up and tons of line 6 interfaces for any type of effect or modeling unit you could want. The only draw back isthe cost and memory usage. He has 2 40 gig external and a dvd burner to get stuff off the hard drive as soon as the recording is over. The expenses are endless, more and more companies keep on coming out with interfaces and programs that work with Pro Tools. His Mac g4 that is maxed out sometimes even struggles to handle the capacity of Pro Tools. It isn't because of bad programming it's because of intricate programming and design that takes so many things into account. This stuff is amazing.
Brad
 
#40
I use Pro Tools LE, Digi001, RME ADI-8 Pro ad/da converters, Mac G4 (733 Mhz chip, 512MB RAM, dual hard drives with one 60Gb dedicated to the music), some third party plug-ins.

I love it for audio. I don't do much if any MIDI so that's not a problem for me.

I'll release my first CD this summer.:D
 

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