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Punky - Wed May 02, 2012 7:48 am
It seems like there's been a big price drop on the Avid MobilePre with Pro Tools MP9. I'm currently on Ableton Live 7 Suite, looking to do more recording, as well as understand the audio engineering business better. And while Ableton Live 7 is great for what I do, most studios seem to use Pro Tools, and it seems like I should get some experience on that platform. What do you guys think?
Thanks!
LawrenceF - Wed May 02, 2012 8:17 am
PT MP 9 seems ok to me. OTOH, asking (and following) the advice of the net on how and where to spend your money isn't the best idea I've ever heard.
But if the plan is to learn PT, sure, that seems like a relatively inexpensive way to start, although there may be some missing stuff from the full version that you can't learn there, dunno. You'd have to look at the comparison charts (if any) to see.
Ask Dan. He's a pretty well versed PT guy.
P.S. Maybe get the PT10 demo and just don't use anything that isn't available in MP9, to kinda demo? If you have an iLok.
the tone ranger - Tue May 08, 2012 3:30 pm
i love Pro Tools but don't really like the company and their upgrade policies. it can get expensive!
i've got Pro Tools LE 8 but it's going to cost me £300 to upgrade to 10. i'd be happy with LE but i've just got a new mac and it's not compatible with the latest OS.
hibidy - Tue May 08, 2012 4:14 pm
Well, at least the name is good
dgkenney - Wed May 09, 2012 2:49 pm
LawrenceF wrote:
PT MP 9 seems ok to me. OTOH, asking (and following) the advice of the net on how and where to spend your money isn't the best idea I've ever heard.
But if the plan is to learn PT, sure, that seems like a relatively inexpensive way to start, although there may be some missing stuff from the full version that you can't learn there, dunno. You'd have to look at the comparison charts (if any) to see.
Ask Dan. He's a pretty well versed PT guy.
P.S. Maybe get the PT10 demo and just don't use anything that isn't available in MP9, to kinda demo? If you have an iLok.
But if the plan is to learn PT, sure, that seems like a relatively inexpensive way to start, although there may be some missing stuff from the full version that you can't learn there, dunno. You'd have to look at the comparison charts (if any) to see.
Ask Dan. He's a pretty well versed PT guy.
P.S. Maybe get the PT10 demo and just don't use anything that isn't available in MP9, to kinda demo? If you have an iLok.
Unless you are looking for some advanced features that are really aimed at the Post House world, MP9 will give you 90% of what PT10 will give you. You'll get some nice FXs and a few good instruments. Of course you will have limited track count and are locked into using M-Audio HW for the MP9 software. The upside is that you will get to learn PT (which is totally transferable to all PT versions) and have the ability to have compatibility should you need it.
Comparison chart here: http://www.avid.com/US/products/family/Pro-Tools/compare
Dan
Lazerbacon766 - Wed May 09, 2012 3:00 pm
if you feel like you are going to be using one of those studios quite soon i would recommend getting used to it because it is the industry standard. but if i were you i would stick with ableton live for my main daw because pro tools would eat you cpu for lunch and dinner.
whyterabbyt - Thu May 10, 2012 12:52 am
Lazerbacon766 wrote:
if i were you i would stick with ableton live for my main daw because pro tools would eat you cpu for lunch and dinner.
and yet i could run 8 tracks of audio in PT8 on an original 600Mhz eee netbook.
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