TNM
01-31-2018, 11:48 AM
I am literally on a natural high from composing the last hour in PT 2018.
it's just so ergonomic.. I used Logic to make a video for some peeps to show them an automation bug with it, and it literally felt SO fiddly after the epicness of Pro tools.
So? Yeah, low latency performance could be better - but freeze takes care of that, i keep on forgetting how darn GOOD the freeze is, cause i can do just the instrument (or commit it to wav) and then do everything else i need to do with FX in realtime.. and the alt-H bug on mac really needs to be fixed, really.. But other than that..software just doesn't get much better than this.
How glorious is offline commit? I mean WTF? And Multiple out freeze! Aux freeze! Watch the Pro tools expert video on freezing and commit to really understand how deep pro tool's implementation is. I love the way you can easily commit aux fx as audio and blend the effected wet render of the audio to mix with anything else you desire. Prosopniq Morph anyone?
I really can't understand how anyone can choose any other DAW.. to an *extent*, I understand why someone would choose Cubase for purely midi composition, but both Logic and Cubase are just *horrid* in comparison to pro tools for any audio editing.
And the midi is getting better and better bit by bit.
How glorious it felt, when i just inserted a high latency linear phase EQ, and automated, a gain plugin below it, and it was bang on grid, on time.. where as in logic, the automation plays late by the latency of said EQ plugin.
How glorious to be able to open a lightning fast browser, where i can audition anything in project tempo..
In Logic i can only audition acid or apple loops, i have to rewire live to audition wav files without metadata in project tempo.
Oh and Cubase and that horrendous media bay that needs to be terminated from existence..Every time it's opened, even on fast SSD's, it can randomly forget and scan for ages all over again.
It drives me batty.
How glorious that avid rhythm mode auto slicing works perfectly on any drum loop i have ever tried, whereas cubase and DP sound like a stabbed cat when you change tempo and have a drum loop following the tempo change.
How glorious everything is on just 2 pages but in reality, the entire mix *can* be done from just the arrange page. But even so, with 2 screens, one arrange one mixer, this is THE cleanest DAW on the planet. BEST gui bar none, nothing even comes close.. Nada. Zip.
How glorious is the real time midi parameters that one can have permanently displayed without going into menus.
How glorious is the warp editing, so easy.. but best of all, pro tools is GREAT at guessing transients on it's own.
How GLORIOUS is the tab to transient feature that just WORKS with one button, unlike the workarounds required for poobase and Bogic.
How glorious is the beat mapping that is so easy to use cause of tab to transient and command I.
How GLORIOUS and divinely unbeatable is the GAIN LINE on pro tools, where you can just select a range, then a handle appears for you to drag up or down, and the clip volume amplification visually adjusts to compensate. I think Reaper copied this, but besides that, not one other DAW can do it like PT.. Check out Cubase's clip gain and you will add 20 hrs work to each project just because of that!
And don't laugh, but i find boom and xpand2, and vacuum glorious too! I have great use for all of them, almost every project. I always use boom to add my own electronic percussion. So easy to do.
But what's the most glorious thing of all? That i haven't even touched on just how amazing pro tools is.. Markers that go beyond any markers of any DAW, awesome VCA's and grouping, lightning fast workflow once you know the key commands (there really is nothing faster but it is imperative to learn all tricks and shortcuts!)
What a glorious time to be alive and be making music. We are very, VERY lucky, believe me!
Be positive. I need to listen to those words myself sometimes.
Pro tools ROCKS.
and that's just the vanilla!
it's just so ergonomic.. I used Logic to make a video for some peeps to show them an automation bug with it, and it literally felt SO fiddly after the epicness of Pro tools.
So? Yeah, low latency performance could be better - but freeze takes care of that, i keep on forgetting how darn GOOD the freeze is, cause i can do just the instrument (or commit it to wav) and then do everything else i need to do with FX in realtime.. and the alt-H bug on mac really needs to be fixed, really.. But other than that..software just doesn't get much better than this.
How glorious is offline commit? I mean WTF? And Multiple out freeze! Aux freeze! Watch the Pro tools expert video on freezing and commit to really understand how deep pro tool's implementation is. I love the way you can easily commit aux fx as audio and blend the effected wet render of the audio to mix with anything else you desire. Prosopniq Morph anyone?
I really can't understand how anyone can choose any other DAW.. to an *extent*, I understand why someone would choose Cubase for purely midi composition, but both Logic and Cubase are just *horrid* in comparison to pro tools for any audio editing.
And the midi is getting better and better bit by bit.
How glorious it felt, when i just inserted a high latency linear phase EQ, and automated, a gain plugin below it, and it was bang on grid, on time.. where as in logic, the automation plays late by the latency of said EQ plugin.
How glorious to be able to open a lightning fast browser, where i can audition anything in project tempo..
In Logic i can only audition acid or apple loops, i have to rewire live to audition wav files without metadata in project tempo.
Oh and Cubase and that horrendous media bay that needs to be terminated from existence..Every time it's opened, even on fast SSD's, it can randomly forget and scan for ages all over again.
It drives me batty.
How glorious that avid rhythm mode auto slicing works perfectly on any drum loop i have ever tried, whereas cubase and DP sound like a stabbed cat when you change tempo and have a drum loop following the tempo change.
How glorious everything is on just 2 pages but in reality, the entire mix *can* be done from just the arrange page. But even so, with 2 screens, one arrange one mixer, this is THE cleanest DAW on the planet. BEST gui bar none, nothing even comes close.. Nada. Zip.
How glorious is the real time midi parameters that one can have permanently displayed without going into menus.
How glorious is the warp editing, so easy.. but best of all, pro tools is GREAT at guessing transients on it's own.
How GLORIOUS is the tab to transient feature that just WORKS with one button, unlike the workarounds required for poobase and Bogic.
How glorious is the beat mapping that is so easy to use cause of tab to transient and command I.
How GLORIOUS and divinely unbeatable is the GAIN LINE on pro tools, where you can just select a range, then a handle appears for you to drag up or down, and the clip volume amplification visually adjusts to compensate. I think Reaper copied this, but besides that, not one other DAW can do it like PT.. Check out Cubase's clip gain and you will add 20 hrs work to each project just because of that!
And don't laugh, but i find boom and xpand2, and vacuum glorious too! I have great use for all of them, almost every project. I always use boom to add my own electronic percussion. So easy to do.
But what's the most glorious thing of all? That i haven't even touched on just how amazing pro tools is.. Markers that go beyond any markers of any DAW, awesome VCA's and grouping, lightning fast workflow once you know the key commands (there really is nothing faster but it is imperative to learn all tricks and shortcuts!)
What a glorious time to be alive and be making music. We are very, VERY lucky, believe me!
Be positive. I need to listen to those words myself sometimes.
Pro tools ROCKS.
and that's just the vanilla!