It depends what you mean by a mediocre sequencer. It's audio editing
features are unparalleled and TDM plug-ins are by far the most advanced
format around (besides pluggo stuff). It's midi handling isn't that perfect
but most people use audio almost exclusively these days.
But I think the best part of PT is it's design. I compare it to Logic Audio,
as they are sort of rivals. Logic has something like 50 different windows
each with there own submenus. I'm not kidding, it's ridiculous. When I first
got it I had to reference the manual to turn off the speaker-click
metronome. Pro Tools, on the other hand, has *two* windows for the entire
program. The edit window and the mix window. You edit your audio in the edit
window, and you mix and balance your tracks in the mix window.
A note about the free version: only 8 tracks of audio and 2 channels of
audio-in, and you can't use TDM plugs.
-l
on 1/28/01 5:12 PM, erik pearson at efric@hotmail.com wrote:
quoted 76 lines true, but PT's power comes from it's propreitary hardware.
> true, but PT's power comes from it's propreitary hardware.
> without it... it's just a mediocre sequencer.
>
> Pedro,
> check http://www.digidesign.com/
> it just might work out for what you need, and you can't beat free...
>
> erik
>
>
>> From: "component" <component@mindstorm.com>
>> To: "erik pearson" <efric@hotmail.com>, <idm@hyperreal.org>
>> Subject: Re: [idm] + OT: Protools and Laptops +
>> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 19:40:11 -0500
>>
>> This really isn't the case anymore. They just released a free version which
>> will run on
>> without the hardware. There have been not hardware reliant version floating
>> around
>> for the mac for a while now.
>>
>> Rob
>> component
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: erik pearson <efric@hotmail.com>
>> To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 7:30 PM
>> Subject: Re: [idm] + OT: Protools and Laptops +
>>
>>
>>> Pro Tools is very expensive and the hardware is essentially desktop
>> (read:
>>> PCI) only...
>>>
>>> *Sounds like a nice set-up tho'*
>>>
>>> erik
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: "Pedro Cevallos" <pedro_cevallos@hotmail.com>
>>>> To: idm_mart@egroups.com, acid-jazz@ucsd.edu, ambient@hyperreal.org,
>>>> idm@hyperreal.org
>>>> Subject: [idm] + OT: Protools and Laptops +
>>>> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 14:17:14 -0500
>>>>
>>>> Please excuse the slightly off-topic post, but I'm finally ordering my
>>>> laptop this week. It'll be a PIII-933, 20 gig HD with 256 RAM. This
>>>> machine will basically be my desktop replacement. I will use it to run
>>>> video/graphics software (Adobe's photoshop, illustrator, premier and
>>>> pagemaker), productivity software (MS Office 2000 Suite) and Audio
>> software
>>>> (CDr, Logic, Soundforge, etc...). I keep hearing about Protools
>>>> and keep wondering if maybe I should go that route. I basically need a
>>>> powerful program to edit soundwaves and master CD recordings. Is
>> Protools
>>>> expensive? Does anybody have any beta or trial versions? If you do,
>>>> please
>>>> backchannel the info to me.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Pedro Cevallos
>
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