First Pro Tools Recording Session

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2011/04/17 17:02:16 (permalink)

First Pro Tools Recording Session

Just completed a three hour session. Worked out well. Pro Tools 9, Mac Book Pro (I'm a PC guy), and a Fireface UFX Interface. No formal training on Pro Tools, very little time reading manuals. First impression... Had a bit of a time struggling to find familiar functions. Assigning IO Paths to Hardware Ports. Assigning tracks to Paths. Once I figured that out, things got a whole lot easier. Everything was straight forward, much like Sonar. One CPU Overload. No other problems. Pretty much what I would have expected from a Sonar session. Five songs, sounded great, burned it to CD and handed it to the customer (okay a very good friend). It's a religious thing. Kind of like, I have a Mackie Mixer, and a Behringer Mixer. They each have their advantages and disadvantages. Hard to say one's better than the other (the Mackie)... :-) Mikey
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    craigb
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    Re:First Pro Tools Recording Session 2011/04/17 18:46:41 (permalink)
    Blasphemy!  LOL!

     
    Time for all of you to head over to Beyond My DAW!
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    Re:First Pro Tools Recording Session 2011/04/17 21:05:00 (permalink)
    Hey Norman,

    I had a similar experience about a month ago. I bought a MacBook Pro, then decided to buy Logic Studio to go with it.

    I learnt something very valuable from it. Unsurprisingly I sounded exactly the same recording myself on a Mac with Logic as I do with a PC and Sonar.

    No doubt a lot of people will say look at all that extra expense etc blah blah blah. However I learnt that when recording audio, the DAW used has absolutely nothing to do with the music that we make.

    I now feel that the inferior/superior complex of which DAW I'm using has been lifted and I can finally see it for what it is/ was. 

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    Rodders

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    timidi
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    Re:First Pro Tools Recording Session 2011/04/17 21:11:17 (permalink)
    I now feel that the inferior/superior complex of which DAW I'm using has been lifted and I can finally see it for what it is/ was. 



    But then, there's still the inferior/superior complex of actually using a Daw as opposed to, er, um, TAPE and circuits.

    With Daws, it's kind of like picking the best of the worst. Kind of like voting for a politician.

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    SeveredVesper
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    Re:First Pro Tools Recording Session 2011/04/17 23:17:48 (permalink)
    Same thing when i switched DAWs, the I/O kept me waiting the most.

    By the way,

    Does Sonar X1 have a control room?
    I didn't recall i had one on my 7PE

    Control rooms are sweet!

    Check out my band's song on YouTube!

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