Those were my thoughts as well Kevin. I would like to get up with you by phone and pick your brain on the Mackie. I am having great success with it and logic and doing even better and Protools. I can live without flip and Protools.
Ricky Prevatte LMBT1154 > On Feb 17, 2016, at 7:19 AM, Kevin Reeves <reeves...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I wrote a huge message about why I hate Avids new artist line of control > surfaces. > If I'm not mistaken, the s6 is included in that artist line, using the Eucon > protocol. > > I'll give you the readers digest version below. > > Firstly, I hate the Eucon protocol. > In my opinion, it runs completely in the face of the streamed-line workflow > that Pro Tools has always been known for. > Instead of updating an open standard, or building a new one, they bought > Euphonic and clumsily incorporated it into their setup. > > The Eucon control panel has to be running at all times for these mixers to > work inside of PT. > Yaye. 1 more app to crash for whatever reason, bringing down your daw like a > house of cards. > > If you are using more than 1 unit, get ready to set up a router just for > these devices. > As expensive as these devices are, they didn't have the forethought to > incorporate a 1 port Ethernet switch into the guts of the device so you could > daisy chain devices. > > Luckily, the control panel for Eucon is accessible, at least it was 2 years > ago. You could map keys and change basic settings. > > Many users are buying used command 8's. Luckily, that protocol is still > available, even in PT 12. > > I went the Mackie Control route because it works. I really don't care about > fader flip that much. > > In my opinion, This whole Eucon thing is where avid went off the rails on a > lazy train. > Instead of building something great, they bought and bolted on something > inferior. > > Oh well. > > Kevin > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
