your advice please, i want to move to pro tools.

[jesterroot4]

and i dont know anything about it, i'm on their site now, but non of its making much sense to me,
never used pro tools
never seen anything about it,
but i know i want to make the move.

after talking with Chris Tsangarides, he was shocked to find out i was being taught cubase and told me to instantly get pro tools.

i dont know what i need,
i'm using cubase SX3 atm so i dunno..

any advice on what setups would be good would be most appreciated

cheers guys!!

 

[ffaudio]

I'm moving to protools LE soon because I'm going to start tracking in a room that has an HD system. I don't know if I want to just buy a cheap mbox that has ADAT (do any of them?) or just get a different DAC and use SPDIF.

I don't have any advice, but I'm happy this thread is here because I'm in the same situation.

 

[Noumenon]

why not stick with what you already know and have?
reputation?

 

[AStacy2]

"after talking with Chris Tsangarides"...


Why don't you just ask him what you need?

 

[Metaltastic]

No MBOX's have ADAT, unfortunately - even the Pro only has 4 analog ins and two channels of SPDIF in.

 

[ryanojohn]

You could always use m-powered if you want ADAT inputs, and use the Profire Lightbridge. I love that thing...

 

[smy1]

My mom always used to say: "If everyone jumps off the bridge, you jump, too?" ...

 

[broken81]

My mom always used to say: "If everyone jumps off the bridge, you jump, too?" ...

Hahahah classic

 

[HeadCrusher]

never used pro tools
never seen anything about it,
but i know i want to make the move.

I doubt that you should really make the change if I take your quote into account.

I don't know if I want to just buy a cheap mbox that has ADAT (do any of them?) or just get a different DAC and use SPDIF.

No they don't, the Digi003 (also the older Digi002) has ADAT though.

why not stick with what you already know and have?

I second that question.

Why don't you just ask him what you need?

Not very helpful here...

I'd say if you have to go ProTools (in the sense of "I wanna learn how to use it.") buy one of the cheaper MBoxes. But then again: Why make the change at all? :Smug:

 

[ffaudio]

No MBOX's have ADAT, unfortunately - even the Pro only has 4 analog ins and two channels of SPDIF in.

I didn't think so, but I figure if I'm only mixing at home I only need spdif i/o for listening on my monitors. I guess the SSL Alpha Link could probably be sold for a pretty damn good stereo converter...

 

[garry666]

if your gona switch i would recomend taking he pro tools 101 course

 

[AudioGeekZine]

I don't really have the energy today to explain all you need to know about Pro Tools. I'd be happy to answer any specific questions though.
Briefly: Buy a Digidesign interfaces and you get Pro Tools LE.
Buy an M-Audio interface and to use Pro Tools you need to buy PT M-Powered separately about $250 including iLok dongle.
The difference between LE and M-Powered is slight.

 

[garry666]

I don't really have the energy today to explain all you need to know about Pro Tools. I'd be happy to answer any specific questions though.
Briefly: Buy a Digidesign interfaces and you get Pro Tools LE.
Buy an M-Audio interface and to use Pro Tools you need to buy PT M-Powered separately about $250 including iLok dongle.
The difference between LE and M-Powered is slight.

you can however just buy an m-audio interface and download pro tools but its a bit less reliable.

 

[AudioGeekZine]

you can however just buy an m-audio interface and download pro tools but its a bit less reliable.

As an M-Audio dealer I'm not going to advise doing that.

 

[Deaf Ear]

I second that question.

I'll give it a third. The only reason I could think of to use pro tools is beat detective.

 

[greyskull]

I dont think you necessarily HAVE to switch to pro tools, but if you want to get anywhere in the pro studio world, you need to know it inside and out; sure you can have your cubendo or illogic or reaper (sic) at home coz you prefer that; but 99% of pro studios use pro tools, simple as that.
get your self an m box and start that way.

Hell if you go the m powered route, ive got a m powered installer disk that is still sealed i can sell you.

 

[kaomao]

Pro tools is the fastest editing enviroment, but remember, Cubase (midi wise), can beat the shit out of protools.
I work with both, I just like protools better to cut/paste and such especially if you have a shitty band in the studio and you have to fix their errors.

 

[ahjteam]

Its not the tools you use, but its more about who and how. Even if I would get a $60000 custom made drumset infront of me, I would still suck as much as while playing with my current $900 kit. I would just look cooler.

 

[Keiffer]

Before deciding look at * Samplitude *

 

[James Murphy]

Chris gave you good advice "for an aspiring audio pro". and i'll second it. as a hobbyist, or DJ, or Podcaster, whatever... doesn't matter what you use... but Pro Tools is still the industry standard for pros, so in that light, CT pointed your right.

hey Maurizio.... Pro Tools having inferior midi is old news.. out of date... with version 7.3 Pro Tools finally bridged the midi gap, and is as good with MIDI as anything else out today. i admit it took a while... but you have to understand that when pro tools began, audio and midi programs were not one and the same. by the birth of Pro Tools, and audio editors in general, midi was already developed and several software packages were being marketed. my fave at the time was Opcode Vision. then came the audio editors... Sound Designer, Pro tools, etc... and they had no midi at all.. they were audio programs..... as things developed the two types of software merged, but those that started life as MIDI-only maintained the midi advantage, and those that started life as Audio-only maintained the audio advantage. but pro tools has finally caught up on the midi side, in my estimation, and the general consensus among pros is pretty much the same.... pro tools midi finally came of age with 7.3 .