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I NEED ADVICE ON BUILDING MY HOME STUDIO
HELLO, I AM CURRENTLY BUILDING A HOME STUDIO AND I'M TRYING TO FIND AUDIO MIXING SOFTWARE/HARDWARE THAT WILL BEST FIT MY NEEDS. I AM A PICTURE EDITOR USING FINAL CUT PRO/ ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS AND WANTING TO ALSO MIX AND EDIT SOUND TO MY VIDEO PROJECTS. HAVING QUITE A BIT OF EXPERIENCE WITH PRO-TOOLS AND KNOWING HOW POWERFUL IT IS, I WAS HOPING TO INTEGRATE IT IN TO MY HOME STUDIO.
THE FIRST QUESTION I HAVE IS PRO-TOOLS COMPATIBLE WITH FCP AND IF SO WHAT PROBLEMS MAY I FIND WITH COMBINING PT AND FCP ON ONE SYSTEM. THE ADVICE I SEEK IS: WHAT IS THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT WAY TO CONFIGURE MY SYSTEM WITH PRO-TOOLS HAVING FCP PICTURE EDITING IN MIND. IS THERE ANY EXTERNAL SYNC HARDWARE THAT I HAVE TO CONSIDER BUYING? THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP! [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] |
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Re: I NEED ADVICE ON BUILDING MY HOME STUDIO
I have an FCP system and on that same system is ProTools free. They don't run together .... I just export audio form FCP them sweeten then back to FCP.
PTfree can do much for FCP audio but when things get big I have to use the TDM system. PTfree allows you to start using PT with no money spent and find out if it can serve your needs. |
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Re: I NEED ADVICE ON BUILDING MY HOME STUDIO
Hey Key, thanks for your reply. I already have PT free loaded, but the problem I'm running into is being able to sync sound to picture and also mixing to picture. How do you get a picture reference?
thank you. |
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Re: I NEED ADVICE ON BUILDING MY HOME STUDIO
Can you import quicktime movies in PT free?
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Re: I NEED ADVICE ON BUILDING MY HOME STUDIO
Export a QT video that PT can import.
You can spot by eye or use a clapper or .... if you think about things you can rely on the Min/Sec timeline ...difficult to explain here..... takes some practice but can work. I wish FCP had Bars and Beats and a grid like PT .... for making Music Video Clips. |
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Re: I NEED ADVICE ON BUILDING MY HOME STUDIO
Wow, I've had that same thought (the bars & beats.) You know, the first thing I do with a FC project is measure out 1 bar of black, and then dupe it across the whole project. That way I can always snap to my home-made "bar line"... You're right, Apple should implement that.
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