[RossWooldridge]

Agreed - I have now got my Focusrite in ready mode only for the Windows sound setup and am now using the Realtek on both ends of the Windows side of things. I am not sure what PT will think of that next time I open it - hopefully it will not be an issue, since I think it was trying to go with what Windows had as it's defaults, and it was confusing the issue.

I intend only using the Focusrite in a track recording aspect - single channel (vocals, horn etc) to stereo keyboards to maybe a few mics the odd time, and for headphone monitoring for the player. We'll see how that shapes up!

The sessions I want to open are from a recent recording date in Toronto where I recorded essentially a 60 pc orchestra. I did eleven tunes, and on some of the bigger tunes there is easily 100 + tracks if not more, on the smaller things, 50 - 80. This is a very big project.

The trouble is that any of the PT experts I have used in the past to do my editing and compiling of tracks with prior to mixing are currently swamped and unavailable, and I really need to keep the project moving for the client. I was given misinformation on crossing platforms (PT to DP) and quickly realized that can't happen without about a 1000 - 2000 hours of work in both directions, and so my only course of action was to buy ProTools and dive in.

While I'm a computer newbie, I am a quick study, so once I get my head around something I think I will be off and running, That being said, I hate the downtime of learning curves and wish to be productive right away.

More misinformation - I was told I would be just fine with standard PT with not having any issues, but now, what I'm gathering from various discussions is that since the original recording was done on HD/Ultimate with massive amounts of tracks, and I have the most up to date yet only standard PT, I may need to divide each individual session (song) into 2 parts, and edit and compile, and port the edited material over to the final session files once completed. This will make things challenging but not impossible - everything is written out musically (by me as the arranger), so I know exactly what is supposed to have been played, and can afford to not hear everything as I can look at the score if I'm not sure about something. If it were an "off the cuff" style recording with people not playing from written parts, that might potentially be a nightmare!

I have been taking lessons from a buddy who uses PT8 - saved a few sessions in PT8 format, and I've been getting some practice time editing bass tracks and such. Really at the moment, editing and compiling is all I want to do as the next step in this particular project. I have no intention of mixing it on my system (although I could), nor doing any recording of overdubs until all the editing and compiling is done, and the session sizes are greatly reduced to their final iterations prior to mixing.

If it were something you would be OK with, I'd love to be able to just talk on the phone about stuff, rather than here on the forum. If you're comfortable with that, please PM me your phone number.

Thanks!

Ross.