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ProTools Question for Expert
Probably showing my copious ignorance of ProTools and multitracking
software in general, but I come from graphic design, and the major page-layout programs of that genre can open sessions created with their competitors programs, thus creating a very unique competitive edge. This is a long-winded way to ask: Can ProTools open sessions created by other DSPs? At the moment, I can't afford any type of ProTools rig, and the free versions are unacceptable to my situation, but if ProTools can import a session from a program that I can afford or already have, well, then, I can save a lot of time and angst getting my sessions to mixers and other musicians who use ProTools, which is just about everyone that I interact with at the moment... |
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Doesn't Digidesign still have a free Pro Tools download from there web
sight...? -- Steven Sena XS Sound Recording www.xssound.com "brad ulreich" wrote in message om... Probably showing my copious ignorance of ProTools and multitracking software in general, but I come from graphic design, and the major page-layout programs of that genre can open sessions created with their competitors programs, thus creating a very unique competitive edge. This is a long-winded way to ask: Can ProTools open sessions created by other DSPs? At the moment, I can't afford any type of ProTools rig, and the free versions are unacceptable to my situation, but if ProTools can import a session from a program that I can afford or already have, well, then, I can save a lot of time and angst getting my sessions to mixers and other musicians who use ProTools, which is just about everyone that I interact with at the moment... |
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Doesn't Digidesign still have a free Pro Tools download from there web
sight...? -- Steven Sena XS Sound Recording www.xssound.com "brad ulreich" wrote in message om... Probably showing my copious ignorance of ProTools and multitracking software in general, but I come from graphic design, and the major page-layout programs of that genre can open sessions created with their competitors programs, thus creating a very unique competitive edge. This is a long-winded way to ask: Can ProTools open sessions created by other DSPs? At the moment, I can't afford any type of ProTools rig, and the free versions are unacceptable to my situation, but if ProTools can import a session from a program that I can afford or already have, well, then, I can save a lot of time and angst getting my sessions to mixers and other musicians who use ProTools, which is just about everyone that I interact with at the moment... |
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In article UbSwc.11692$HG.11621@attbi_s53,
"Steven Sena" wrote: Doesn't Digidesign still have a free Pro Tools download from there web sight...? Yes, it's on their web _site_, but it's based on 5.0, which is quite old, so it may not have a lot of relevance to the systems that the OP is dealing with. It also won't edit like a modern system or have nearly the track count of a modern rig. My humble suggestion is to get an MBox and a supported computer. This allows you at least 32 track interchange and very few hassles. Yes, you only have 2 inputs and 2 outputs with the MBox interface, but the sessions themselves could be built for and taken to larger systems with little hassle. Best of luck, Monte McGuire |
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In article UbSwc.11692$HG.11621@attbi_s53,
"Steven Sena" wrote: Doesn't Digidesign still have a free Pro Tools download from there web sight...? Yes, it's on their web _site_, but it's based on 5.0, which is quite old, so it may not have a lot of relevance to the systems that the OP is dealing with. It also won't edit like a modern system or have nearly the track count of a modern rig. My humble suggestion is to get an MBox and a supported computer. This allows you at least 32 track interchange and very few hassles. Yes, you only have 2 inputs and 2 outputs with the MBox interface, but the sessions themselves could be built for and taken to larger systems with little hassle. Best of luck, Monte McGuire |
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Can ProTools open sessions
created by other DSPs? Yes, sort of. You need to buy the $700 Digitranslator. Then you can open sessions created in other DAWs that have been saved as OMF files. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. When it doesn't, you can import the raw audio files & sync them up manually, provided there are no edits or punch ins in the session you're importing. Scott Fraser |
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Can ProTools open sessions
created by other DSPs? Yes, sort of. You need to buy the $700 Digitranslator. Then you can open sessions created in other DAWs that have been saved as OMF files. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. When it doesn't, you can import the raw audio files & sync them up manually, provided there are no edits or punch ins in the session you're importing. Scott Fraser |
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Can ProTools open sessions
created by other DSPs? At the moment, I can't afford any type of ProTools rig, and the free versions are unacceptable to my situation, but if ProTools can import a session from a program that I can afford or already have, well, then, I can save a lot of time and angst getting my sessions to mixers and other musicians who use ProTools, which is just about everyone that I interact with at the moment... I am no pro tools expert so take this with a grain of salt... I am using pro tools le,digi 002 (i guess not the big dog studio "Lexus" version but probably similar what you might be working with too if you decide to use pro tools) It has very flexible file import and export. I have a ton of stuff on dual ADAT (16 channels) (48kbs) and I am importing it 8 tracks at a time via optical cable and then syncing it up again in pro tools edit screen. I am sure you could do the same with -numerous- other software formats.I have some old stereo mixes on DAT tape (spdif 44.1kbs) and it flew right into pro tools via optical, I bounced it to HD disk and opened it right up in Steinberg mastering prg. With the digi002 you can also use 1/4" inputs for up to 8 channels at a time which would probably be fine in a pinch, but i am sure you will find way to digitally transfer. I know about the angst, I spent months learning ADAT Edit software(Emagic) on a Compac pentium 3 that would melt down about every 5 minutes, my first experience with a graphic music program, I simply wanted to die. But now at ~ 2GHz and a gig of ram...in the words of that old spiritual song...free at last.... dB |
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Can ProTools open sessions
created by other DSPs? At the moment, I can't afford any type of ProTools rig, and the free versions are unacceptable to my situation, but if ProTools can import a session from a program that I can afford or already have, well, then, I can save a lot of time and angst getting my sessions to mixers and other musicians who use ProTools, which is just about everyone that I interact with at the moment... I am no pro tools expert so take this with a grain of salt... I am using pro tools le,digi 002 (i guess not the big dog studio "Lexus" version but probably similar what you might be working with too if you decide to use pro tools) It has very flexible file import and export. I have a ton of stuff on dual ADAT (16 channels) (48kbs) and I am importing it 8 tracks at a time via optical cable and then syncing it up again in pro tools edit screen. I am sure you could do the same with -numerous- other software formats.I have some old stereo mixes on DAT tape (spdif 44.1kbs) and it flew right into pro tools via optical, I bounced it to HD disk and opened it right up in Steinberg mastering prg. With the digi002 you can also use 1/4" inputs for up to 8 channels at a time which would probably be fine in a pinch, but i am sure you will find way to digitally transfer. I know about the angst, I spent months learning ADAT Edit software(Emagic) on a Compac pentium 3 that would melt down about every 5 minutes, my first experience with a graphic music program, I simply wanted to die. But now at ~ 2GHz and a gig of ram...in the words of that old spiritual song...free at last.... dB |
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Cakewalk SONAR, for one, can export OMF files.
Ryan |
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For my first transfer I just mixed tracks down to .wav files and then
imported them to PT and wild-synced them with the grabber tool. I mixed to stereo so I could do 2 tracks at once and then split them once I got them into protools. |
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For my first transfer I just mixed tracks down to .wav files and then
imported them to PT and wild-synced them with the grabber tool. I mixed to stereo so I could do 2 tracks at once and then split them once I got them into protools. |
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In other words, if you've edited together several vocal
takes, rendered the final combination, and imported that into ProTools, you couldn't move the edit boundary or crossfade between two chunks in ProTools because that boundary would no longer be there - it would all be one continuous file. That's exactly what OMF is intended to address & although the first version invariably didn't work, OMF 2 (necessary for 24bit files) seems to work much of the time, although not absolutely reliably. Scott Fraser |
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In other words, if you've edited together several vocal
takes, rendered the final combination, and imported that into ProTools, you couldn't move the edit boundary or crossfade between two chunks in ProTools because that boundary would no longer be there - it would all be one continuous file. That's exactly what OMF is intended to address & although the first version invariably didn't work, OMF 2 (necessary for 24bit files) seems to work much of the time, although not absolutely reliably. Scott Fraser |
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Steven Sena wrote:
Doesn't Digidesign still have a free Pro Tools download from there web sight...? Not for current systems AFAIK. /L -- lars farm // http://www.farm.se |
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Steven Sena wrote:
Doesn't Digidesign still have a free Pro Tools download from there web sight...? Not for current systems AFAIK. /L -- lars farm // http://www.farm.se |
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