SalParadise
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Pro Tools users
September 09, 2006 at 09:34 PM UTC
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assemble. © ron burgundy
i have questions about a set-up i'm thinking of getting…
i know there's at least one engineer on this board?
MindCage
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Re: Pro Tools users
September 10, 2006 at 04:29 PM UTC
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I'm sure there's more than one.
Ahh I remember when ProTools was only a 4 track system! :) What are you looking into?
MindCage
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SalParadise
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Re: Pro Tools users
September 10, 2006 at 07:52 PM UTC
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the m-box 2 bundle.
interface (2 I/O's, DI & MIDI inputs as well), ProTools 7.0 LE, a bunch of additional little throw-ins (bomb factory software w/ instrument sounds, compressor settings, gates, etc yadda yadda).
and then a 80-gig firewire harddrive to motor it (on my laptop).
i know i can spend a little more and get the rack w/ 8 I/O's… but i'm looking more to just practice my chops on pro tools than have a "real" home studio set-up.
MindCage
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Re: Pro Tools users
September 11, 2006 at 01:09 PM UTC
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The bundle idea is good. The real factor is your laptop setup that's going to really determine how well it work. How fast is that 80GB hard drive? (opt. performance would be at least 7200RPM drive) How much RAM is in the laptop and what processor?
MindCage
Mindless Faith Deep6 Productions
SalParadise
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Re: Pro Tools users
September 11, 2006 at 02:47 PM UTC
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yep, 7200 rpm
my laptop is 2.3ghz/intel4 processor. 512mb of ram. not monstrous, but i probably won't be tracking any orchestras anytime soon.
i can always take it easy on the machine and not put it in "follow insertion cursor during playback" mode?
MindCage
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Re: Pro Tools users
September 11, 2006 at 05:58 PM UTC
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Originally posted by SalParadise:
yep, 7200 rpm
my laptop is 2.3ghz/intel4 processor. 512mb of ram. not monstrous, but i probably won't be tracking any orchestras anytime soon.
i can always take it easy on the machine and not put it in "follow insertion cursor during playback" mode?
As long as you're only running the ProTools and have all other apps closed, 512MB should be enough. If you start noticing issues, then the RAM would be the first to get upgraded.
I think you're ready to rock and or roll ;)
MindCage
Mindless Faith Deep6 Productions
callat703
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Re: Pro Tools users
September 11, 2006 at 06:01 PM UTC
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You'll be fine with 512; I run ProTools on the MBox 1 package and it works out great. Granted, its a Mac rig, but you shouldn't have any issues.