Pro Tools or Cubase? Control Interface: Yay or nay?

[alphaWave]

I've decided to get a fast computer with either running Pro Tools or Cubase on it. Now I'm looking for different opinions on which one to choose. The price-tag will be around the same for what I want to achieve. So which one do people around here prefer and why? (amount and quality of available plugins, ease of use, features,...)

And I'm still uncertain whether to buy a control interface (like digidesign 002 or Yamaha 01x) or not. Will it actually pay off or is the advantage in speed and usability only a slight one or none at all?

 

[Andy Sneap]

to be honest I could work easily without the control 24, just the extra mic pre's that are useful and the speaker selection etc. I'd definately put PT ahead of cubase.

 

[drmad69]

Why? The only thing I find cooler about PT is the ability to do
hardware inserts in channels, but the delay compensation in the
new cubase is rad. I had a da7 for a control surface, it was ok, but I
think I too could go without, the new behringer one for $250 looks
like it might be a defacto ticket since it's so cheap.

to be honest I could work easily without the control 24, just the extra mic pre's that are useful and the speaker selection etc. I'd definately put PT ahead of cubase.

 

[mrjumping]

I've decided to get a fast computer with either running Pro Tools or Cubase on it. Now I'm looking for different opinions on which one to choose. The price-tag will be around the same for what I want to achieve. So which one do people around here prefer and why? (amount and quality of available plugins, ease of use, features,...)

And I'm still uncertain whether to buy a control interface (like digidesign 002 or Yamaha 01x) or not. Will it actually pay off or is the advantage in speed and usability only a slight one or none at all?

Andy is absolutely right. If it's between Cubase and Protools then you definately want pro-tools. However, if you want something that can stand up to protools and is cubase style then you should really look into Steinberg's Nuendo.

 

[egan.]

I think that cubase has come a long way and there are certainly a shitload more vst plugins available. At this point it is mostly a matter of preference-- I definitely don't think that PTLE is the obvious home studio choice that it once was. That said if you have no experience with either program I think protools is a much more intuitive program. Also, protools has been a great benifit to me in terms of taking sessions too and from studios allowing me to (easily) move between my home studio and comercial studios. I don't know that is a huge concern to everyone, but I have found it to be extremely valueable.

 

[alphaWave]

I've finally ordered a digi 002 rack-unit. Seeing as how I'm starting with the whole recording-thing, I probably really won't need a control-interface.

Now, I have the problem of which of my already acquired gear to keep. Two of my units I am particularly unsure about:

- TL Audio Ivory 2 5021-stereo-valve-compressor. I bought this thing for guitar but never really put it to use. What do you people think, should I keep this for recording? Are there plugins that do colored compression better than this?
- Alesis PEQ-450 parametric equalizer. Also bought it for guitar-usage, use it sometimes, but not really often. What about the EQs for Pro Tools? Better than that?