Mikey Ace
04-17-2005, 11:50 PM
I was just thinking lately, cause I want to return my Mbox for a Fire Wire 1814 with Pro-tools M-power.
I was thinking that the M-power series is too good to be true, and usually when something is to good to be true, it usually is not.
But for right now, it seems great and is more powerful and more afforable.
But I have a feeling that LE will soon have a huge update in either software or hardware and the M-power will not.
So I was thinking of how to have the best of both worlds of LE and M-power to secure a future with both,
My idea was to get a Fire Wire 1814 with Pro-tools 6.8 M-power, and get a Command 8 with Pro-tools Le 6.9. The reason behind this is that you can record into M-power and use the command 8 as a control surface.
And if in the future Digi upgrades Pro-tools Le to have more needed software features then the Pro-tools M-power than here is what you can do. Record in Pro-tools M-power software through the M-audio hardware, then save and close your session. detach your M-audio hardware, and open up Pro-tools Le using the Command 8 attach, open up your M-powered session in Le, and now you can mix and use the Le software using the Command 8, and use the Le only features. (Digi Translator, DV Tool kit, and any other future updates etc.)
One flaw to the problem allready, I read some where that you cannot have Pro-tools Le and M-power software on the same drive. If this is is true, can you install them on different drives, different computers or is there a way to install both on the same drive?
If you can install both on the same drive, then this would be the best solution of the best of both worlds, and every one would be happy because Le and M-power can live happily together.
Any thoughts? Will this work?
Mikey Ace
I was thinking that the M-power series is too good to be true, and usually when something is to good to be true, it usually is not.
But for right now, it seems great and is more powerful and more afforable.
But I have a feeling that LE will soon have a huge update in either software or hardware and the M-power will not.
So I was thinking of how to have the best of both worlds of LE and M-power to secure a future with both,
My idea was to get a Fire Wire 1814 with Pro-tools 6.8 M-power, and get a Command 8 with Pro-tools Le 6.9. The reason behind this is that you can record into M-power and use the command 8 as a control surface.
And if in the future Digi upgrades Pro-tools Le to have more needed software features then the Pro-tools M-power than here is what you can do. Record in Pro-tools M-power software through the M-audio hardware, then save and close your session. detach your M-audio hardware, and open up Pro-tools Le using the Command 8 attach, open up your M-powered session in Le, and now you can mix and use the Le software using the Command 8, and use the Le only features. (Digi Translator, DV Tool kit, and any other future updates etc.)
One flaw to the problem allready, I read some where that you cannot have Pro-tools Le and M-power software on the same drive. If this is is true, can you install them on different drives, different computers or is there a way to install both on the same drive?
If you can install both on the same drive, then this would be the best solution of the best of both worlds, and every one would be happy because Le and M-power can live happily together.
Any thoughts? Will this work?
Mikey Ace