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oh dear....

PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2008 4:26 pm
by Kris
I crossed over. I bought Pro Tools today. I feel so dirty.

PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2008 4:38 pm
by jkhuri44
you dirty, dirty man.

PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2008 4:45 pm
by TimS
"Luke my son, come and feel the Force"
;-)
Good for you Kris.. PT fan here too..

PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2008 4:56 pm
by David W
Congratulations.

You can now make music.

PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2008 4:58 pm
by Chris H
You bloody idiot....................

........................joking. Have fun

PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2008 4:58 pm
by Chinagraf
Now you can make music....
That sounds brittle......


KIDDING....


it's the tradesman, not the tools.

PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2008 5:00 pm
by Chris H
Chinagraf wrote:That sounds brittle......


KIDDING....


it's the tradesman, not the tools.


Tradesperson not the Tool

PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2008 5:01 pm
by mfdu
David W wrote:Congratulations.

You can now make music.


he he he.

c.mfdu

PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2008 5:12 pm
by Ausrock
Wotz Protoolz?

PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2008 5:30 pm
by Linear
Don't feel bad, so did I (well a couple of weeks ago).

Business decision, had to do it.

Still prefer logic though, although I must admit I'm impressed at how stable it is. It hasn't crashed ~once~.

Chris

PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2008 5:53 pm
by Kris
Business for me too. Logic 7.3.2 keeps crashing when importing OMF and AAF files. Apparently it has an aversion to OMF's with over 90 events or something. I picked up an Mbox factory dealy from Sound Devices for a good price and Digi Translator off an ebay seller for $200. It will pay for itself in 2 days..... but no matter how hard I scrub the dirt just won't come off.

PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2008 6:01 pm
by heathen
Do you feel any more pro? A pro with tools could have been more fun.

PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2008 6:07 pm
by Kris
pro.... amateur..... fake it 'til you make it I reckon.

PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2008 9:43 pm
by TimS
pro... amateur... reminders of Rick's recent AT article....

PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 12:20 am
by heathen
Kris wrote:pro.... amateur..... fake it 'til you make it I reckon.


Thats the one.

PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 7:19 am
by Simon B
I joined the club today,

I got a pro tools rig this week

I have been using other people for along time and now I have one and for the first time in history I am researching plug ins and I am at the eventide plug, melodyne and the waves studio bundle

PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 8:42 am
by NYMo
Hi there,

Hope y'all bought a Lynx Aurora 16 instead of that 96 /192 i/o crap ;-)

Cheers
N
Y
M
O

PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 9:11 am
by Aearth
Get over it.

nIC

PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 9:25 am
by TimS
Simon B wrote:I joined the club today,

I got a pro tools rig this week

I have been using other people for along time and now I have one and for the first time in history I am researching plug ins and I am at the eventide plug, melodyne and the waves studio bundle

Si,
Wait for the new Melodyne DNA - released next month I think - looks awesome - check out youtube for details - someone posted a link in a thread a little while back..

PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 9:28 am
by Kris
Just an Mbox 2 for me.... it does the job for TV stuff. Thanks to Jamil I picked up the PSP Xenon, Neon and Vintage Warmer plug ins. Man, they are good. Worth checking out Simon.

PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 10:02 am
by mfdu
it's funny though - all i want to do with tracking is go back to a mackie HDR24 or alesis mx2424 or a similar HDDR.

Barney and ChrisO - you know what i mean.

so yeah, you come on over to the dark-side. and welcome. you can have it.

:)

PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 10:32 am
by Sheer Noise
Pro-Tools.... pfffft... :P

PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 11:35 am
by heathen
Kris wrote:Just an Mbox 2 for me.... it does the job for TV stuff. Thanks to Jamil I picked up the PSP Xenon, Neon and Vintage Warmer plug ins. Man, they are good. Worth checking out Simon.


Yeah the psp plugs sound great, the mastercomp is good too for a plugin comp, cpu hog though. Xenon eats the L2, sounds way more transparent to me.

PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 11:39 am
by toddd
mfdu wrote:it's funny though - all i want to do with tracking is go back to a mackie HDR24 or alesis mx2424 or a similar HDDR.

Barney and ChrisO - you know what i mean.

so yeah, you come on over to the dark-side. and welcome. you can have it.

:)


mfdu,

i have an alesis hd24 gathering dust if you're serious. i'd be willing to let it go for not much, or a decent trade. it doesn't have the analogue 96k card, but i'd factor that into the deal...

PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 11:48 am
by heathen
mfdu wrote:it's funny though - all i want to do with tracking is go back to a mackie HDR24 or alesis mx2424 or a similar HDDR.

Barney and ChrisO - you know what i mean.

so yeah, you come on over to the dark-side. and welcome. you can have it.

:)


I would'nt go back to a mackie, I loooove my pc, well I hate computers but... as far as computers go mines pretty good.

Importing files into the hdr is a PITA. Though I'll admit as a stand alone recorder they are great.

PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 1:10 pm
by Ausrock
mfdu wrote:it's funny though - all i want to do with tracking is go back to a mackie HDR24 or alesis mx2424 or a similar HDDR.

Barney and ChrisO - you know what i mean.

so yeah, you come on over to the dark-side. and welcome. you can have it.

:)



LMAO..............Yep, I know what you mean.

I guess much depends on what "level" a person is working at and what their individual inherent "preferences" are...........I mean, not everyone is trying to make a living (either full or part time) out of recording and not everyone is naturally comfortable with every "methodology" available. Personally, where possible I prefer the more traditional options blended with OTB digital, it's likely to be a cold day in hell before I consider "endorsing" PT or any other multitracking in my PC. Sleeping with the devil just isn't my cup 'o tea ;-)

PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 1:59 pm
by mfdu
todddd - i'll definately have a chat to you. but the way interest rates are is making everything pretty tight. your cheap may not equate to my wifes idea of cheap.

and heathen - i do love my PC. built it myself (well, iteration # 6 or so) it's silent, runs cool and has huge processing power and storage.

but . . . it's still a computer, innit?

i know i can't afford 1" tape (or more to the point, my clients can't), so a HDDR is the next best thing. faster workflow than tape, and it's NOT A FLAMING COMPUTER.

(that said, tracking to HDDR and then editing in 'tools doesn't totally suck arse)

PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 4:33 pm
by Barney Loveland
Well i just started using a Mackie HD24/96 because

a) it was available
b) it is a lot less clutter for mobile recording.

Yes the noise floor isn't great but then again the venues aren't Carnegie Hall. A few racks of pres and a small board to monitor and i'm away. The only downside is the USB 1 for dumping the sessions, but that just means more turtlerock reading time. Then use Pro Fools or Logic whichever the client prefers.

PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 6:28 pm
by Aearth
OK then!!!!!!!!!!
MACS ARE BETTER THAN PC AND PROTOOLS HD IS THE BEST RECORDING SYSTEM EVER.
FLAME EPPING ON ,|,,


nIC

PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 7:17 pm
by smash
OK then!!!!!!!!!!
MACS ARE BETTER THAN PC AND PROTOOLS HD IS THE BEST RECORDING SYSTEM EVER.
FLAME EPPING ON ,|,,


nIC


Well - as they say - 1 out of 2 ain't bad...