"mike e" wrote in message
om...

Waht version of PT and what hardware did you
see? It is not hard to use. There is no learning curve to do basic
things. It is so simple that my 6th grade daughter can get around on
the basic functions, helping me do punch-ins.

First, sorry for not proofing my first post for the
redundancy/repetitiveness
of a few concepts in my 'rant' - I have PT LE, version 5.01
incarnations .on a G4; I also prefer OS 9...

It is inherently complex as far as the screen view, TO ME, without a
lot of study on how to create a template.

As mentioned, unless you've worked with simpler and more intuitive
user interfaces such as say, Audicy's - intentionally designed to get
up and
running fast with nominal Manual dependency and an analog style
atmosphere that
prod people used to analog based prod. rooms -- it's difficult to
describe the
difference without a direct comparison to another specific
application.


If you only need 8 channels and tracks, then that's all that you
create is eight. You don't downsize anything. To see waveforms and
channels on screen together, simply re-size the screens. Do it the
first time, then save it as your template (in Mac), and you will never
have to set it up again.

Feel free to drop me a note on specifically how to do that...have not
been able
to find any reference from Digidesign that addresses this precisely.


I won't change your mind. But I think that you haven't experienced a
system set up with preferences the way that you like it. As for just
8 tracks. Most Clear Channel and Cox stations don't use 8, they are
using Cool Edit Pro.

My mind is changeable....I am glad to experiment... As far as Cool
Edit, yes,
I think for my purpose...better...and easier to deal with - Of course,
I am
entirely Mac based so i would need to buy a dedicated Windows machine
just to
run that app...and of course, the audio hardware. Otherwise, yeah I
kinda like
the Cool Edit approach.

the "Session 8" configuration, is it still a compatible option to
try?? I
heard about it but wasn't really searching for a computer-based DAW at
the time..
Kinda forgot that incarnation.

Thanks... No offense intended here to happy PT users mind you.

Regards,
Mike

I understand your frustration. I recently purchased Vegas 4.0. I have long
been a video writer/producer, but I had not done any hands on video editing.
I'm a whiz at Cool Edit Pro. So, I thought that it would be easy getting up
to speed on Vegas. After all, your only adding some pictures. Right?
Well, the immediate frustration I felt at being unable to do even the
simplest things was frustrating.... for about two days of steady effort.
Then, it started to become easier and easier. I'm still not ready to start
whipping together a full production for clients, but I've put together some
passable family video vignettes.

I suspect I would have similar frustrations moving from Cool Edit to Pro
Tools... for about a couple of days. Then the sailing would become
smoother.

You just have to stick with it for awhile. Try to cut down on the time you
spend banging you head against a wall. That slows you down. In the end,
you'll wonder how you did without these wonderful new toys.

To give you some perspective, I started in radio production, when Magnacords
were king.

Steve King