cclarry
I'm not here to argue semantics boys.....I'm just quoting "INDUSTRY STATISTICS" So, you'd need to
call up Mix Magazine, Sound On Sound, Future / Computer Music, etc...and see who made this call....
But I don't think this would be published by some of the leading industry publications without some
"reliable" source of data....
And their definition WAS Major Recording Studios...WORLDWIDE....Not JUST here in the states..
Not garage bands....WORLDWIDE..
and CUBASE with the highest count...
Cubase is FAR more popular in Europe then here....
And again, in the MAJOR studios here in the states, it's HD....not Pro Tools ad hoc...and there is a HUGE difference..TDM
And if you go by HD...then the numbers shift even MORE DRASTICALLY to Cubase favor...as being in more major studios
Rain, you can bet that all those Studios running Pro Tools ALSO have Cubase...
E Pluribus Unum....ad nauseum...
I'm entitled to my opinion, and PROTOOLS AND AVID AND THEIR CUSTOMER SUPPORT, from my personal experience, are a bunch of overhyped garbage...and they are WAY BEHIND THE TIMES and way overhyped by themselves....and on their way "out the door" ....For being the quote unquote INDUSTRY LEADER....
But, use it all you want..I won't....I'd rather shoot myself in the face...thank you very much...
But that's just IMHO...
The reason I wouldn't bet on those studios I'm talking about (and you've heard of them) also
running Cubase is that they simply don't. Mix and the other mags can say whatever they want about it - yes, maybe they all have a copy of Cubase buried in a locker somewhere. Or maybe they have it installed because folks often bring Cubase projects. Particularly in Europe, I suspect. But they USE Pro Tools. I've also SEEN (not heard of or read about) some running Logic too.
Of course, if we talk HD, the numbers are smaller - many have yet to upgrade and the industry isn't in a particularly good shape.
In the last 2 years, of all the producers, engineers and musicians I have met, only ONE had used Cubase - before switching to Logic. In
my professional entourage, both in the US and in Canada, for home studios, it's Logic 19 out of 20. And I've heard of pals being familiar w/ Sonar more often than w/ Cubase. Most of them also have Live and Pro Tools.
I know it has a strong user base in Europe, which if just for numbers, probably makes it bigger than Pro Tools and the others. But I don't consider all those folks a part of the industry more than I do consider myself a part of the industry, as an independent.
I don't see why people have to dismiss Pro Tools so vehemently - just because "the industry" uses it doesn't discredit what you and I do in our studios w/ other software, doesn't make anyone less a pro. For me, the best way to sum up things is that - a pro picks up the best tool and the one he's most comfortable w/ for the job. In a conventional studio environment, w/ all that's involved, PT may make sense. For creating, it may be something else.
As such, there maybe standards in terms of statistics, but not one single BEST in practice.