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I've been using Pro Tools since PT 5 and have in the past few months grown
increasingly tired of it, currently using the 003.
Constant problems. I have computers that are 'approved' by Digi and they
have admitted my computers are not the source of my problems.
I'm tired of not knowing if it'll launch or not the day after a session. I'm
fed up with constant white noise problem
http://duc.digidesign.com/showflat.p...=5&o=7&fpart=5

The interface is unstable. I get the horizontal scroll bar stuck to the far
right, there are clicks that appear in the recordings, sometimes left and
right channels drop out intermittently, faders often won't work the list
goes on and on. This 003 unit is truly not the rough road warrior Digi makes
it out to be. I find it to be very fragile.

Today when I "launched" PT 7.4 I got a warning message that the program
needed to be reinstalled. And nothing has changed since yesterday's highly
unstable editing session. Anyway I couldn't do anything other than reinstall
the darn thing and go through all the updates again... - and I'm on the
clock.

Simply put: I need something I can count on.
I don't care what it is. Steinberg, Cakewalk anything is better than this.

Could someone PLEASE recommend something?
Also if you could tell me some decent hardware to use with the software you
recommend I would greatly appreciate it.
I'm used to the 003 and use it only to take the signal via optical cable
from the DA converter into the 003 bypass it and go my computer. I need at
least 8 channels - ideally more. But for now I've gotten away with 8.

So far I've been using Millennia HV-3D mic pre and a Lynx Aurora 16 AD
converter. I'm keeping those but need some hardware to get the signal out of
the Lynx into the computer.

Thanks a whole whole lot

J


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http://www.cockos.com/reaper/

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Jay wrote:


Simply put: I need something I can count on.
I don't care what it is. Steinberg, Cakewalk anything is better than
this.
Could someone PLEASE recommend something?


Sony Vegas Pro 8 for audio-only (+ video) , or Acid Pro 6 if you need MIDI.
If you are on Windows that is...

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Lifelong Cakewalk fan here... using Sonar 7.02 right now and it's awesome as
ever. MIDI, audio, VST, DX, multi-cpu processing, 64 bit engine... what more
could you want? :-)


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If you want something that was built from the ground up to be an AUDIO
recording device and not a midi-sequencer ..

Samplitde.

"Jay" wrote in message
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I've been using Pro Tools since PT 5 and have in the past few months grown
increasingly tired of it, currently using the 003.
Constant problems. I have computers that are 'approved' by Digi and they
have admitted my computers are not the source of my problems.
I'm tired of not knowing if it'll launch or not the day after a session.
I'm fed up with constant white noise problem
http://duc.digidesign.com/showflat.p...=5&o=7&fpart=5

The interface is unstable. I get the horizontal scroll bar stuck to the
far right, there are clicks that appear in the recordings, sometimes left
and right channels drop out intermittently, faders often won't work the
list goes on and on. This 003 unit is truly not the rough road warrior
Digi makes it out to be. I find it to be very fragile.

Today when I "launched" PT 7.4 I got a warning message that the program
needed to be reinstalled. And nothing has changed since yesterday's highly
unstable editing session. Anyway I couldn't do anything other than
reinstall the darn thing and go through all the updates again... - and I'm
on the clock.

Simply put: I need something I can count on.
I don't care what it is. Steinberg, Cakewalk anything is better than this.

Could someone PLEASE recommend something?
Also if you could tell me some decent hardware to use with the software
you recommend I would greatly appreciate it.
I'm used to the 003 and use it only to take the signal via optical cable
from the DA converter into the 003 bypass it and go my computer. I need at
least 8 channels - ideally more. But for now I've gotten away with 8.

So far I've been using Millennia HV-3D mic pre and a Lynx Aurora 16 AD
converter. I'm keeping those but need some hardware to get the signal out
of the Lynx into the computer.

Thanks a whole whole lot

J





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Jay wrote:
Could someone PLEASE recommend something?
Also if you could tell me some decent hardware to use with the software you
recommend I would greatly appreciate it.
I'm used to the 003 and use it only to take the signal via optical cable
from the DA converter into the 003 bypass it and go my computer. I need at
least 8 channels - ideally more. But for now I've gotten away with 8.

So far I've been using Millennia HV-3D mic pre and a Lynx Aurora 16 AD
converter. I'm keeping those but need some hardware to get the signal out of
the Lynx into the computer.


Try the RADAR. The hardware and the software are integrated, so you know
they will be compatible. The user interface is very different than Pro Tools,
but you might like it. Or maybe not, especially if you are very dependant on
doing processing in the box (which the RADAR will not really do). The internal
converters are pretty decent.
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Simply put: I need something I can count on.
I don't care what it is. Steinberg, Cakewalk anything is better than this.


Digital Performer. Can use any hardware, including the built in sound
card in your laptop, i.e. no proprietary Digidesign hardware required.
No dongle. Has automatic latency compensation for all plugins, which I
believe PTLE still hasn't figured out. Tracks limited only by your
computer's CPU. Can do a lot of edits which are not available on PTLE.
Can use AU plugins which includes a lot of freeware. I've had a number
of ProTools users look over my shoulder during an edit session & say
they wish ProTools could do what I was doing.

Could someone PLEASE recommend something?
Also if you could tell me some decent hardware to use with the software you
recommend I would greatly appreciate it.


The MOTU hardware works real well with Digital Performer.

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I've been using Pro Tools since PT 5 and have in the past few months grown
increasingly tired of it, currently using the 003.
Constant problems. I have computers that are 'approved' by Digi and they

....

Buy some good convertors, a good interface card (check out RME products.)

Get Reaper http://www.reaper.fm

Ignore the infidel unbelievers. Reaper works reliably and sounds great.

All flames will be deleted.

Carry on.

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On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 22:55:26 -0500, Marc Wielage wrote
(in article ):

Why do I have a feeling you're trying to do this in Windows and not on the
Mac?

Most of the Mac Pro Tools users I know have very few problems unless they
make a major change to the system, and even then, those are solvable.

Digidesign has a long list of do's and don'ts on their website on their
compatibility page:

http://www.digidesign.com/index.cfm?...4&itemid=22904

http://www.digidesign.com/index.cfm?...4&itemid=23957

I've never found a case where the program didn't run, as long as I followed
the guidelines in these charts. But I'm also very careful to dedicate just
for Pro Tools and not for email, web access, or anything else. I have other
computers to do everything else.

It would be much cheaper in the long run just for you to diagnose your
problems and get the system you've already paid for to run. This will also
save you the learning curve and other expenses you're going to go through
with another system.

--MFW


Good words from Mr.Wielage.

To the OP. You may be hearing from someone else about your protools fubar.

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On Mar 4, 10:43*am, Ty Ford wrote:

Why do I have a feeling you're trying to do this in Windows and not on the
Mac?


Good words from Mr.Wielage.



I second that. You need to tell us your platform and more details.
It sounds to me like a general issue (buffer/data flow/CPU spikes)
tied to something going on, rather than a specific incompatibility
between the 003 and your computer.


v


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What's a "protools fubar"?

Thanks

J


To the OP. You may be hearing from someone else about your protools fubar.

Regards,

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It's a meal supplement in bar form. Tastes a bit like peanuts, coconut, and
dreams.

"Jay" wrote in message
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What's a "protools fubar"?

To the OP. You may be hearing from someone else about your protools
fubar.



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On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 12:27:13 -0500, Jay wrote
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What's a "protools fubar"?

Thanks

J


To the OP. You may be hearing from someone else about your protools fubar.

Regards,

Ty Ford


fubar = ****ed up beyond all recognition

"qwangst" is another lesser known word with a similar definition in my
circles.

I've always wondered if it has German origins....anyone?

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Ty Ford wrote:

fubar = ****ed up beyond all recognition

"qwangst" is another lesser known word with a similar definition in my
circles.

I've always wondered if it has German origins....anyone?


"fubar" might be a pun on the german word "furchtbar" which means
"awful/terrible". I remember my mother saying "das ist ja fubar" years
ago.
"Angst" means "fear" so "qwangst" might originate from that.

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On Mar 5, 8:34 am, Ty Ford wrote:

fubar = ****ed up beyond all recognition
I've always wondered if it has German origins....anyone?


US Army.

Curiously, old computer books used to use "foo bar" as an example of
concatenation.


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Ty Ford wrote:

fubar = ****ed up beyond all recognition


This often leads to KMAG ("Kiss My Rear Goodbye") and is often the result
of a JANFU ("Joint Army-Navy Foul-Up").
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Ty Ford writes:

fubar = ****ed up beyond all recognition


or "... repair".
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"Repair" is the most common definition around my parts.

"Randy Yates" wrote in message
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fubar = ****ed up beyond all recognition


or "... repair".



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We still don't know anything about the OP's computer.


r (Uses 003 with no problems with 5 flavors of Macs)
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My computer is running Windows XP Pro.
4 G's of ram with two Intel Core 2.2Ghz.

I never used to have so many problems with PT until 7.3 and then 7.4 has
been ten times worse than 7.3 which was ten times worse than 7.
I have 7.4cs2.

J




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On Mar 5, 6:45 pm, rboy wrote:
We still don't know anything about the OP's computer.


Nor is that likely to help. Every computer is different. He needs to
have someone who understands these things come over and get his system
working for him.

Geez, does everyone expect to get EVERYTHING done on line these days?
Are there no real live people left?

Jay, try something like this: "I live in Screwsbergistan. Is there
another ProTools user nearby who can come by and help me get this damn
thing running right? I'll brew you up a pot of yak tea."



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"Mike Rivers" wrote in message
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On Mar 5, 6:45 pm, rboy wrote:
We still don't know anything about the OP's computer.


Nor is that likely to help. Every computer is different. He needs to
have someone who understands these things come over and get his system
working for him.

Geez, does everyone expect to get EVERYTHING done on line these days?
Are there no real live people left?

Jay, try something like this: "I live in Screwsbergistan. Is there
another ProTools user nearby who can come by and help me get this damn
thing running right? I'll brew you up a pot of yak tea."




Mike,

I don't see anything wrong with me using all my available sources - the
Internet being one of them.
I'm tired of PT and wanted to get some thoughts on other available, and
recommended, software.
Not interested in a PT fix at this point.

Would rather spend the extra time learning a new software that I can trust
and use any hardware I want to with it. Something were I don't need to be
constantly hooked up to "their" hardware or else. . .

I'd like to be able to launch the software and not have to turn on a piece
of hardware to do it.
The software won't launch if I turn on the computer first and then the
hardware.
So if I decide to do some editing, on a day where I've been working on the
computer doing other things, I must start by turning off the computer, turn
on the hardware, turn the computer back on and hope the software will now
start.

I'm just tired of all these constant rules and regulations that Digi makes
out and want something else.
Looks like it's going to be Producer.
With it I can pretty much use any hardware I want. . . AND the hardware does
not have to be on to use the software.

Thanks for your suggestion though.

J


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Mike Rivers wrote:

On Mar 5, 6:45 pm, rboy wrote:
We still don't know anything about the OP's computer.


Nor is that likely to help. Every computer is different. He needs to
have someone who understands these things come over and get his system
working for him.

Geez, does everyone expect to get EVERYTHING done on line these days?
Are there no real live people left?

...snip...


As that old filk song goes:
[...]
Folks say they go on cyber dates
Have cyber sex with cyber mates
Yes it must be true, I read it once in "Star"

[chorus]
But is there any life that's real out there in net-land
Is it just another place to run and hide?
Oh is there any life that's real out there in net-land
Or should we just tell those folks to get a life.

{ ...not that that's any help to Jay}


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"Ron Capik" wrote in message
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Mike Rivers wrote:

Geez, does everyone expect to get EVERYTHING done on line these days?
Are there no real live people left?

...snip...


As that old filk song goes:
[...]
Folks say they go on cyber dates
Have cyber sex with cyber mates
Yes it must be true, I read it once in "Star"

[chorus]
But is there any life that's real out there in net-land
Is it just another place to run and hide?
Oh is there any life that's real out there in net-land
Or should we just tell those folks to get a life.

{ ...not that that's any help to Jay}


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On Mar 5, 9:01 pm, "Jay" wrote:

I don't see anything wrong with me using all my available sources - the
Internet being one of them.


Sure, but you haven't received any useful answers, have you? There are
enough different reasons why your system doesn't work right that even
if everyone who noticed your message offered a suggestion, you might
still never hit on the right one. This is a problem that needs
analysis and diagnosis in order to suggest a meaningful and likely-to-
work solution. Since you're the only one there, it's up to you do do
the diagnosis and you don't seem to be capable of doing that. I'm not
saying you're ignorant or just plain dumb, you're out of your field
and you can't really be expected to dig as deeply as someone who
really understands these things.

I'm tired of PT and wanted to get some thoughts on other available, and
recommended, software.
Not interested in a PT fix at this point.


Oh, OK. That's a different story, but still, it's going to be quite a
personal decision. It could be that you can do everything you need to
do using Audacity, a solid and stable free program. Or maybe you
collaborate with others who are using Audition, or Cubase, or Reaper
(another pretty nice shareware program) and that might influence your
choice. If you're planning to set up a traditional style control room
based around a computer, Nuendo would be my first recommendation. But
if you're taking outside clients, you may need ProTools for business
reasons so you might as well just bite the bullet and make it work so
you can learn to use it.

Would rather spend the extra time learning a new software that I can trust
and use any hardware I want to with it. Something were I don't need to be
constantly hooked up to "their" hardware or else. . .


This is understandable. Too bad the thread went off track, but that
happens a lot when people don't agree with your fundamental idea - in
this case switching from ProTools to something . . . anything . . .
else. That's such a broad question (like "What's wrong with my
ProTools system that it isn't stable?") that eventually you'll have a
large collection of program names, all of which can do anything you
want, but maybe not the way you prefer to work.

I'd like to be able to launch the software and not have to turn on a piece
of hardware to do it.
The software won't launch if I turn on the computer first and then the
hardware.
So if I decide to do some editing, on a day where I've been working on the
computer doing other things, I must start by turning off the computer, turn
on the hardware, turn the computer back on and hope the software will now
start.


Awwwwwwwww . . . . . are worried about wearing out his fingers or his
computer's power switch? Or taking an extra couple of minutes to get
started on what might be a few hours' work? Maybe what you really
need, and this isn't a frivolous recommendation, is a separate
computer for your ProTools system. The fact that you might be doing
something else on your audio computer besides audio, depending on what
"other things" are, could be why ProTools is unstable on your system.
This IS rocket science.

I'm just tired of all these constant rules and regulations that Digi makes
out and want something else.
Looks like it's going to be Producer.


Good! A decision. Is Producer a Cakewalk?


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On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 21:01:19 -0500, Jay wrote
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I don't see anything wrong with me using all my available sources - the
Internet being one of them.
I'm tired of PT and wanted to get some thoughts on other available, and
recommended, software.
Not interested in a PT fix at this point.

Would rather spend the extra time learning a new software that I can trust
and use any hardware I want to with it. Something were I don't need to be
constantly hooked up to "their" hardware or else. . .

I'd like to be able to launch the software and not have to turn on a piece
of hardware to do it.
The software won't launch if I turn on the computer first and then the
hardware.
So if I decide to do some editing, on a day where I've been working on the
computer doing other things, I must start by turning off the computer, turn
on the hardware, turn the computer back on and hope the software will now
start.

I'm just tired of all these constant rules and regulations that Digi makes
out and want something else.
Looks like it's going to be Producer.
With it I can pretty much use any hardware I want. . . AND the hardware does
not have to be on to use the software.

Thanks for your suggestion though.

J



I understand your frustration, but that would indicate you're ready to go
"commando." Good luck with Audio Anarchy. "Rules and regulations" are there
to prevent exactly what you are experiencing now.

" The software won't launch if I turn on the computer first and then the
hardware.


Really? I leave my 003 on pretty much all the time. Occasionally I get a note
that the software can't find the hardware. I reboot and everything is OK.

I've been using pro tools LE for close to 8 years and make my living with it.
It's not perfect, but nothing is. It has been very stable.

Regards,

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Really? I leave my 003 on pretty much all the time. Occasionally I get a
note
that the software can't find the hardware. I reboot and everything is OK.



So is it OK to leave it on over night?

J


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mjs wrote:

"Ron Capik" wrote in message

...snip...

Oh is there any life that's real out there in net-land
Or should we just tell those folks to get a life.

{ ...not that that's any help to Jay}


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Ummm, I covered that in a different song:
"You Can Find Me at the Web Site Called Dot Lonely"


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Good! A decision. Is Producer a Cakewalk?


I don't know if it's a cakewalk or not, it's made by Cakewalk but maybe the
name is misleading.
What I do know is that I downloaded a trial version and I'm not particularly
fond of it. I will definitely play with it some more though and see how I
feel about it in a few more weeks. Might get a book or two about it also.
Next I'll try Cubase and then Nuendo. I don't do much post but only an
occasional project so I guess having Nuendo would be OK. I will stick with
one of these and just handle the learning curve when I have to.
I know that I can install these programs on my laptop so I could be learning
these software if I travel somewhere or go to my local coffee shop or
bookstore or even sitting in front of my TV.
Can't do that with PT - but then again I always thought PT was pretty
intuitive and easy to work with and had a relatively short learning curve -
however I can't take the instabilities any more.

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On Mar 6, 1:13 pm, "Jay" wrote:

What I do know is that I downloaded a trial version [Producer] and I'm not particularly
fond of it. I will definitely play with it some more though and see how I
feel about it in a few more weeks. Might get a book or two about it also.


Well, at least you're doing it right - try it and see how it feels.

Next I'll try Cubase and then Nuendo. I don't do much post but only an
occasional project so I guess having Nuendo would be OK.


Well, Nuendo costs about $2,000, so if you only do an occasional
project, you might want to write this one off you list right now.

I know that I can install these programs on my laptop so I could be learning
these software if I travel somewhere or go to my local coffee shop or
bookstore or even sitting in front of my TV.
Can't do that with PT


Digidesign came up with just what you need, the ProTools Micro, which
plugs into the USB port just like a USB thumb drive and enables
playback, editing, and processing using the computer's built-in
hardware. No recording though.

- but then again I always thought PT was pretty
intuitive and easy to work with and had a relatively short learning curve -
however I can't take the instabilities any more.


This can be fixed with some help and an attitude adjustment, but if
you jsut want to switch, that's OK too.


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I met my wife online. [sheepish look]


Was she ALREADY your wife, and you met her online ?!!!
Wadda-mistaka-2-makka.

geoff


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On Mar 3, 5:38 pm, "Jay" wrote:
I've been using Pro Tools since PT 5 and have in the past few months grown
increasingly tired of it, currently using the 003.
Constant problems. I have computers that are 'approved' by Digi and they
have admitted my computers are not the source of my problems.
I'm tired of not knowing if it'll launch or not the day after a session. I'm
fed up with constant white noise problemhttp://duc.digidesign.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB32&Number=123058...

The interface is unstable. I get the horizontal scroll bar stuck to the far
right, there are clicks that appear in the recordings, sometimes left and
right channels drop out intermittently, faders often won't work the list
goes on and on. This 003 unit is truly not the rough road warrior Digi makes
it out to be. I find it to be very fragile.

Today when I "launched" PT 7.4 I got a warning message that the program
needed to be reinstalled. And nothing has changed since yesterday's highly
unstable editing session. Anyway I couldn't do anything other than reinstall
the darn thing and go through all the updates again... - and I'm on the
clock.

Simply put: I need something I can count on.
I don't care what it is. Steinberg, Cakewalk anything is better than this.

Could someone PLEASE recommend something?
Also if you could tell me some decent hardware to use with the software you
recommend I would greatly appreciate it.
I'm used to the 003 and use it only to take the signal via optical cable
from the DA converter into the 003 bypass it and go my computer. I need at
least 8 channels - ideally more. But for now I've gotten away with 8.

So far I've been using Millennia HV-3D mic pre and a Lynx Aurora 16 AD
converter. I'm keeping those but need some hardware to get the signal out of
the Lynx into the computer.

Thanks a whole whole lot

J


Since it seems that everything but the kitchen sink has been suggested
here, you might want to consider n-track. It works well, is quite
inexpensive and works with just about any hardware. The drawback is
that you can't export the settings to more commonly used software.
Here is the link:

http://ntrack.com/

You can run the unregistered version to try it out but of course that
gets annoying after a bit. :-(
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Since it seems that everything but the kitchen sink has been suggested
here, you might want to consider n-track. It works well, is quite
inexpensive and works with just about any hardware. The drawback is
that you can't export the settings to more commonly used software.
Here is the link:

http://ntrack.com/

You can run the unregistered version to try it out but of course that
gets annoying after a bit. :-(



Thanks for this I will check it out.


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On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 12:13:42 -0600, "Jay" wrote:

Good! A decision. Is Producer a Cakewalk?



I don't know if it's a cakewalk or not, it's made by Cakewalk but maybe the
name is misleading.


Probably is SONAR Producer, by Cakewalk.
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geoff wrote:
mjs wrote:
I met my wife online. [sheepish look]


Was she ALREADY your wife, and you met her online ?!!!
Wadda-mistaka-2-makka.

geoff


"If like pina coladas" duh... dunt-dunt
"And gettin caught in the rain" duh... dunt-dunt


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On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:14:22 -0600, -MIKE-
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geoff wrote:
mjs wrote:
I met my wife online. [sheepish look]


Was she ALREADY your wife, and you met her online ?!!!
Wadda-mistaka-2-makka.

geoff


"If like pina coladas" duh... dunt-dunt
"And gettin caught in the rain" duh... dunt-dunt


I'll call your pina colada and play "All yours, Baboushka, baboushka,
baboushka ya ya"

Who's next?

d

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On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 13:00:42 -0500, Jay wrote
(in article ):

Really? I leave my 003 on pretty much all the time. Occasionally I get a
note
that the software can't find the hardware. I reboot and everything is OK.



So is it OK to leave it on over night?

J


I've done that with the 002 and 003. No problems yet. I usually power down if
I'm leaving the studio for a number of days, or during some thunder storms,
but I'm feeling safer about that since I got the whole house surge protector.

Regards,

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On Mar 5, 8:08*pm, "Jay" wrote:
My computer is running Windows XP Pro.
4 G's of ram with two Intel Core 2.2Ghz.

I never used to have so many problems with PT until 7.3 and then 7.4 has
been ten times worse than 7.3 which was ten times worse than 7.
I have 7.4cs2.




Have you been to the Digi Users Conference, Windows PTLE 003
section?

http://duc.digidesign.com/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=UBB32

If you search and find either no one/several with the same problem
it'll tell you a lot.


I find the Mac sections invaluable.
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On Mar 7, 2:24 am, (Don Pearce) wrote:
On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:14:22 -0600, -MIKE-
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geoff wrote:
mjs wrote:
I met my wife online. [sheepish look]


Was she ALREADY your wife, and you met her online ?!!!
Wadda-mistaka-2-makka.


geoff


"If like pina coladas" duh... dunt-dunt
"And gettin caught in the rain" duh... dunt-dunt


I'll call your pina colada and play "All yours, Baboushka, baboushka,
baboushka ya ya"

Who's next?

d

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We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper,
and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you.
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On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 08:43:48 -0800 (PST), jwvm wrote:

On Mar 7, 2:24 am, (Don Pearce) wrote:
On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:14:22 -0600, -MIKE-
wrote:

geoff wrote:
mjs wrote:
I met my wife online. [sheepish look]


Was she ALREADY your wife, and you met her online ?!!!
Wadda-mistaka-2-makka.


geoff


"If like pina coladas" duh... dunt-dunt
"And gettin caught in the rain" duh... dunt-dunt


I'll call your pina colada and play "All yours, Baboushka, baboushka,
baboushka ya ya"

Who's next?

d

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We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled,
we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo.
We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper,
and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you.


No, that isn't the same sentiment. We're after people who answer
lonely hearts ads and find their own partner when they get there.

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