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Anyone in here use Pro Tools?

Just curious.

just for post audio garbage..

and of course when mixing tracks in the studio..cause its always damn pro tools on systems

I don't know why so many people hate Pro-Tools. I could make some guesses, but after that I'd prolly need to put on a flame suit.
So yea I use Pro-Tools when possible. I love it. I absolutely would take it over any other audio app.

i've used it for recording bands, post-production, sound design... never really for electronic music production cuz it's midi engine eats a big one. summing buss sounds like a monkey's butthole though.

Never touched it, it's all hype.

depends on how you look at it.

Avid pro tools is just as much the standard in big time recordings studio's as Avid itself is big in video eiditing suites.

especially professional acoustic recording depend a lot on protools systems is it just IS the standard for recording studios, and it is a very powerfull tool as well when it comes to recording and editing sound.

And yes of course cubase, logic or whatever is too, but it just doesn't happen to be standard for professionals. Purely Dance related studios often work with other software.

I've heard the difference between a Cubase SX3 track and Pro Tools track and the difference is minimal. I use both because im studying sound engineering and i do feel that its all about preference. If you start with cubase you will love cubase, vise versa.

Only MY opinion.

Sangel

Yes I used it extensively for ages in several studios.
Good for smpte sound to picture syncing, and editing, but thats about it.
Midi side of it is laughable and the audio side is nothing to shout about-plenty of alternatives.
Post prod/editing is its biggest strength.
Whatever floats your boat.

Its boring

Best thing soemone ever said to me once was

"Protools was 15 years ago almost basically same as it is today and was really only pro way to record music.Editing was easier than in 24 track analog tape machines.
24 analog tapes and machines costed fortunes and so did protools hardware.
I think basic 32 track version with some farm dsp cards did cost something like 20 000$
But it was ONLY way to record music with normal MAC.
So since 1990 most studios sold analog tape machines and turn to digital protools was first only option and after 2000 when you got possibilities to buy Nuendo+UAD dsp cads+Powercore dsp cards+"cheap"killer PC machine it was used by all pro producers and studios so its got so big advantage to be so long the first and only name in business.
But if you really compare things and not go for the brand then there is nothing more to protools than most other DAWs.
One advantage is to studios is that if you run comercially studio its good thing that you have most standard gear what every client and producer can use,and protools is so known program.Also many studios record material and then producer wants to take it another studio for mixing so if most studios use protools its easier to transfer sessions"


and that got me off the hype!!

it's biggest selling point is the hardware/software bundle. so when it comes to recording based projects, it will usually outsell cubase/logic. but yea... nowdays i'm finding myself using cubase for post too and only using pro tools at work.

I own Pro tools and Logic. I used to use PT as my main sequencer, but then switched to Logic for a lot of reasons. Pro tools gets the job done, but its just personnal preference. I am sure you can make a kick ass track in Cubase or Digital Performer and so could anyone else but in Logic or PT.
I personnaly have forgotton about Pro tools. I am sucked into Logic and all the other apps and plug ins etc. Back in PT 6 days, 6 didnt utilize both of my processors. I could only run maybe 12 plug ins and 22 tracks in OSX (w/ Mbox)
When i used the Mbox in Logic, I had dual proccessor support, the g5 processor rocked the house.. a lot more plug ins and tracks - no latency!
Also. I would recomend bailing Digi hardware and going M-powered if you decide to go Pro tools.

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Originally posted by SgtFoo I don't know why so many people hate Pro-Tools. I could make some guesses, but after that I'd prolly need to put on a flame suit. So yea I use Pro-Tools when possible. I love it. I absolutely would take it over any other audio app.

Probably because we're electronica artists and pro-tools has some of the worst midi implementation evar!!1

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Originally posted by WirelessEyes Also. I would recomend bailing Digi hardware and going M-powered if you decide to go Pro tools.

Why would you recommend mpowered over normal?

steve porter uses protools

pros:

1) pro tools is really easy to use (much easier than i had anticipated)
2) pro tools HD has a tonne of really really good effects
3) really good converters
4) *zero* latency monitoring, even at 24/192 with a shit load of stuff on each channel
5) compatibility and convenience. 90% of most major studios out there have some sort of pro tools rig. so you can bring your HD with you and work with anyone, anywhere, anytime.

cons:

1) pro tools HD is phucking expensive.

Do you use ProTools is a very very open ended question.

LE & Mpowered are both baby systems (No matter what monster PC / Mac hardware you run it on). I've always hit absolute frustration with those systems very very quickly no matter how high their score on the "Dave C" test (DUCers Know what I'm talking about..)

Pro Tools TDM is an entirely different beast. The screenies may look the same but the way it behaves under load is totally different.

The first thing to get your head around is that Pro Tools comes from an AUDIO PRODUCTION background. It's MIDI facilities are currently lame (Even in PT 7), but further back they were practically non-existant.

Unless you are going to spend a bunch of money on a big (and I mean big, not entry level) TDM system then I would spend the cash elsewhere.

That said, I use it on everything I work on, and for mix automation and shear power of what you can do with it nothing come close. This applies to expanded TDM systems only. By which I mean you're looking at spending over $10k without plugs. Mine was substantially more, and worht every penney even though Digidesign sucks as a company..

No Joke.

My workflow I suppose is one of extreme luxury, but hey if you can do..

So, I write in Cubase with mostly real (as in Physical, not VSTi) sound modules. Once I'm mostly happy with the arrangement I'll move the lot into PT and use that as the heart of building a mix.

That gets me around the left brain / right brain processes you go through when producing a track. That's just me though, i like to work on structure THEN mix, not try and do the whole thing at once..

I can then get results that are incredably hard to do with a regular integrated system (Cubase, Logic, Cakewalk, insert your favorite environment here), and most importantly due to the wonder (also curse!) that is TDM never have a "System too slow" message during playback, or things not behave as they should.

It's rock solid.

Another advantage is I can go back to a project 2 years later open it up and have it just as it was, even though I sold X synth, and Y synth packed up on me. It's a multitrack. very portable, and also very controllable.

So in a nutshell pT is awesome if you are talking about the real deal TDM stuff, and a PITA and disappointing if you are talking about the LE side of things.

For the record I've been using PT since version 2 (Pre TDM, 4 tracks no FX other than basic Hi Lo EQ per track). That's over 10 years now.

Yikes..

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