Since I've tried just about every other sequencer out there, I've been curious about Protools for a while. I'm on XP so the 'free' version is out.
I'm just wondering - what is the BFD with PT? Is it as popular as it is simply because the studios all adopted it and that gave it some momentum, or is it genuinely such a great and powerful tool?
I'd be particularly interested to hear from people using Tracktion (my sequencer of choice) in terms of the relative merits of each.
Thanks,
G.
Protools
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- KVRist
- 339 posts since 10 Dec, 2002 from USA
I dont think you can compare the 2 of them. Tracktion, which is very cool and simple, simply cannot compare to the Huge-ness and complexity of Protools. Sure, they do the same thing, music, but in a very different approach. Plus with ProTools you get major compatibility pluses, as in, record your project on an Mbox, and then go to a studio and work on it on ProTools|HD. In the end I think its all about taste and what you need the sequencer to do.
P.S. The free version of protools is unstable, outdated and it doesnt work with XP/2000, unless they got something new I dont know of.
P.S. The free version of protools is unstable, outdated and it doesnt work with XP/2000, unless they got something new I dont know of.
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35453 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
ProTools is an excellent multitrack recording/editing system, IMO, and very easy to learn and use.
Its not so great for composing, although its MIDI stuff is getting better with 6.7, and it is dependent entirely on overpriced proprietry hardware; even the MBox is a tad overpriced these days. The plugins are a proprietry format, and there were very few available to the 'consumer level' musician until recently. Those that cost less than half a grand a pop are generally RTAS plugins.
It is an industry standard, but its not the best alternative. I taught PT to animation students for a couple of years, and Sonar gave me everything I used from PT and much, much more.
That said, I'll be teaching it again, real soon now. But Sonar 4, for example, does much, much, much, much more, and my home rig is far more powerful (and cheaper) than the Digi002-based dual-G5 Mac systems we have at work. Wish I had the twin 23" flatscreens though.
Its not so great for composing, although its MIDI stuff is getting better with 6.7, and it is dependent entirely on overpriced proprietry hardware; even the MBox is a tad overpriced these days. The plugins are a proprietry format, and there were very few available to the 'consumer level' musician until recently. Those that cost less than half a grand a pop are generally RTAS plugins.
It is an industry standard, but its not the best alternative. I taught PT to animation students for a couple of years, and Sonar gave me everything I used from PT and much, much more.
That said, I'll be teaching it again, real soon now. But Sonar 4, for example, does much, much, much, much more, and my home rig is far more powerful (and cheaper) than the Digi002-based dual-G5 Mac systems we have at work. Wish I had the twin 23" flatscreens though.
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