Re: Waves and UAD Plug-in

[James Lee]

Thanks Matt. That sounds very convenient.

JL

On 9/24/2015 7:46 AM, Matt Diemert wrote:

The only other thing that I would say makes you a D plug-ins spectacular to me, 
is one of the presets are all in the standard ProTools presets drop down. 
Secondly every parameter in the UAD plug-in is numbered. This means if you're 
working with a plug that has 30 40 parameters and you need to get down to say 
number 30, you can quickly use the item chooser to type in the number of the 
parameter you need to move to.k these numbers seem to line up very well with my 
Maki control as well for what it's worth.

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On Sep 23, 2015, at 9:51 PM, James Lee  wrote:

Thanks All. It's good to hear both of them are accessible.

JL


On 9/22/2015 9:05 PM, TheOreoMonster wrote:
The plug ins in Pro Tools are accessible with UA but not much else  is. UA’s 
tech support is good about removing in and authorizing and setting up trials 
for you if you don’t have eyes around.   With something like move mouse or 
better yet keyboard metro you could probably get some scripts going for the 
console and etc though. Think someone did a set but i haven’t gotten a chance 
to play with that myself yet.


On Sep 22, 2015, at 3:32 PM, Nickus de Vos  wrote:

Hi
Matt, how is the UAD application windows? Also accessible?

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On 22 Sep 2015, at 19:27, Matt Diemert  wrote:

Personally, I'm a much bigger fan of the UAD plug-ins! Sound wise I think they 
sound better. From an excess ability standpoint, the layout of the U a D plugs 
trumps many plugs that I've ever worked with.

Sent from my iPhone


On Sep 22, 2015, at 1:06 PM, Poppa Bear  wrote:

The waves stuff shows up in the Pro tools plug-in windows and you can change 
the parameters. The preset lists on the other hand will have to be downloaded 
from somebody around here or put together with sighted help. The waves presets 
are in the waves gie and need to be saved into the pro tools preset list in 
order to be able to scroll through them.
HTH

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Subject: Waves and UAD Plugins

Hi All,

I know few people here are using Waves and UAD, and they also created
presets for them. Having said that, how accessible are they with Voiceover?
Do parameters show up on the plugin window, or do you need to use
control surface and memorize knobs order for each plugin?
Thinking about getting UAD analog classics Plus or Waves ssl.
Any other suggestion?
Thanks,

JL

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Re: Waves and UAD Plug-in

[James Lee]

Thanks All. It's good to hear both of them are accessible.

JL

On 9/22/2015 9:05 PM, TheOreoMonster wrote:

The plug ins in Pro Tools are accessible with UA but not much else  is. UA’s 
tech support is good about removing in and authorizing and setting up trials 
for you if you don’t have eyes around.   With something like move mouse or 
better yet keyboard metro you could probably get some scripts going for the 
console and etc though. Think someone did a set but i haven’t gotten a chance 
to play with that myself yet.


On Sep 22, 2015, at 3:32 PM, Nickus de Vos  wrote:

Hi
Matt, how is the UAD application windows? Also accessible?

Sent from my iPhone


On 22 Sep 2015, at 19:27, Matt Diemert  wrote:

Personally, I'm a much bigger fan of the UAD plug-ins! Sound wise I think they 
sound better. From an excess ability standpoint, the layout of the U a D plugs 
trumps many plugs that I've ever worked with.

Sent from my iPhone


On Sep 22, 2015, at 1:06 PM, Poppa Bear  wrote:

The waves stuff shows up in the Pro tools plug-in windows and you can change 
the parameters. The preset lists on the other hand will have to be downloaded 
from somebody around here or put together with sighted help. The waves presets 
are in the waves gie and need to be saved into the pro tools preset list in 
order to be able to scroll through them.
HTH

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Subject: Waves and UAD Plugins

Hi All,

I know few people here are using Waves and UAD, and they also created
presets for them. Having said that, how accessible are they with Voiceover?
Do parameters show up on the plugin window, or do you need to use
control surface and memorize knobs order for each plugin?
Thinking about getting UAD analog classics Plus or Waves ssl.
Any other suggestion?
Thanks,

JL

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Waves and UAD Plugins

[James Lee]

Hi All,

I know few people here are using Waves and UAD, and they also created 
presets for them. Having said that, how accessible are they with Voiceover?
Do parameters show up on the plugin window, or do you need to use 
control surface and memorize knobs order for each plugin?

Thinking about getting UAD analog classics Plus or Waves ssl.
Any other suggestion?
Thanks,

JL

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Re: Can't Find Controls for elastic audio plug-in?

[James Lee]

Hi,

I'm sorry for the repost, but does anyone has suggestion about finding the 
controls for elastick audio in PT11?
InPT10, I would open edit window, go to inside the track, and find the 
controllers that let me change the audio track to tick base and choose 
elastic audio plug-in. 
However, I can't find them in PT11. Did they move it somewhere else? 
Thanks,

JL

On Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at 4:22:45 AM UTC-4, James Lee wrote:
>
> Hi, 
>
> InPT10, I would open edit window, go to inside the track, and find the 
> controllers that let me change the audio track to tick base and choose 
> elastic audio plug-in. 
> However, I can't find them in PT11. Did they move it somewhere else? 
> Thanks, 
>
> JL 
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Can't Find Controls for elastic audio plug-in?

[James Lee]

Hi,

InPT10, I would open edit window, go to inside the track, and find the 
controllers that let me change the audio track to tick base and choose 
elastic audio plug-in.

However, I can't find them in PT11. Did they move it somewhere else?
Thanks,

JL

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Re: Phase

[James Lee]

Thanks. Do you know what voiceover calls it?
I looked in both 1band eq2 and eq3. Definitely I couldn't find anything 
toward the beginning. However, the last parameter was called inv, but 
not sure if it's the right one.
Although I found the parameter for phase in trim plugin, it'd be nice to 
be able to do it in eq so that I don't have to insert extra.



On 11/16/2013 12:55 AM, Poppa Bear wrote:
A couple of the PT native EQ plugins have a faze inverter setting 
towards the beginning of the list of settings.

HTH
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Subject: Phase


Quick question. What's the quickest way to reverse phase? Any 
lightweight plugin that has phase parameter accessible with VO?


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Quick question. What's the quickest way to reverse phase? Any 
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Re: Questions about Clips

[James Lee]

Hi Slau,

Again, thanks for the clear explanation.
I guess the best way is to audition each files, import the one I want 
onto new track, edit, and move it back to the original track.

I wasn't sure if there was any other easier way to do this.
I have another question which I might know the answer. I just want to 
make sure I'm not missing on a better way to do this.
Let's say you want to punch a certain section a few times and select the 
best one later, and the players also want to hear the little bit of pre 
roll materials that lead into the punch in section. What's the best way 
to do this?
If you create a new playlist for all the tracks, I assume the players 
won't be able to hear the pre-roll material before the punch in begins.
IF you just punch over the original track, you can hear the pre. 
However, you'll just over riding it every time a new pass gets recorded. 
Pro Tools probably keeps the old ones in the clip list, but then you 
have to swap them around with dragging.
Then, is the best way just duplicating the playlist before recording? 
Also, duplicating the playlist doesn't increase the project size, right? 
Pro Tools just refers to the original wave files instead of copying them.

Thanks,

On 10/30/2013 12:40 PM, Slau Halatyn wrote:

Hi James,

1. Use the "Import" command under the File menu and choose "audio." Navigate to the file, 
press Enter and then press the Done button. You'll be prompted whether to import to the session or import to 
a track. Choose the "track" radio button.

2. That's exactly the steps for auditioning the various takes (or playlists). 
The master playlist is simply the very first playlist that is created when a 
track is initially created. There's nothing else that has to be done, it's 
simply the first. Yes, you can use the Control-Option-v shortcut but, first, 
you'll have to pass through the shortcut because VoiceOver uses it for 
adjusting verbosity. Further, once you've pasted it to the master, you can't 
hear it in context, that is, with the audio that precedes or follows it. I 
suppose one can just listen to those transitions later and fix them as needed. 
My personal preference is to actually navigate to the master playlist and 
audition the beginnings and endings on the spot.

3. The scenario you're using in your final question is best achieved with 
either visually dragging in grid mode or simply cutting and pasting on the 
grid. Again, I personally don't use grid mode but I seem to remember somebody 
trying it and having some success. Again, I couldn't verify how 
easy/difficult/successful/unsuccessful it would be.

Cheers,

slau


On Oct 30, 2013, at 4:53 AM, James Lee  wrote:


HI Slau,

Thanks so much for answering my questions! This is awesome! I have a few more 
questions.
You wrote: import the clip to a new audio track , cut the clip and paste it 
into the desired spot on the track you're working on.
Question: How do you import a clip to a new track?

You wrote: If you make a selection in the master "Vocal" playlist, you can 
audition the various takes and the transport will just play the selected area. When you 
find the take that sounds best, copy, then move to the master playlist and paste.
Question: How do you audition the various takes? This is how I do it, but I'm 
not sure if this is what you mean. I click the play list button, choose a 
different playlist, and then play.
Also, how do you mark a playlist as main? It says if I press option,control,v, 
it copies selection to main Playlist. It seems like I could save time by just 
making a selection and press that shortcut instead of click playlist button, 
choose the playlist that I want to paste to, and then paste.

You wrote: I do use nudge mode to essentially accomplish the same thing 
providing I'm moving by bars and beats.
Question: How do you do that with nudge? Let's say if you split a clip at a 
start of a phrase which happens to be on 5.1.270, and you want to move that 
phrase to the beginning of the bar 5.1.0. If you just select and nudge that 
clip to the left, and your nudge value is one beat, wouldn't it move it to 
4.4.270?
Thank you again.

On 10/29/2013 3:30 PM, Slau Halatyn wrote:

Hi James,

I'll try to answer your questions as best as I can for now.


1. How can I preview unused clips from the region list?

Auditioning clips from the regions list is done by Option-clicking on the clip 
in the list. You'd have to route the mouse pointer to the file name and perform 
a physical mouse or track pad click while holding down the Option key. 
VoiceOver does not currently support modified clicks of this type so it has to 
be done with the mouse or track pad.


2. How can I move an unused clip to a track? Let's say I have 4 bars recorded, 
but I want to bring bar 2 and 3 from previously recorded clip.

This is done visu

Re: Questions about Clips

[James Lee]

HI Slau,

Thanks so much for answering my questions! This is awesome! I have a few 
more questions.
You wrote: import the clip to a new audio track , cut the clip and paste 
it into the desired spot on the track you're working on.

Question: How do you import a clip to a new track?

You wrote: If you make a selection in the master "Vocal" playlist, you 
can audition the various takes and the transport will just play the 
selected area. When you find the take that sounds best, copy, then move 
to the master playlist and paste.
Question: How do you audition the various takes? This is how I do it, 
but I'm not sure if this is what you mean. I click the play list button, 
choose a different playlist, and then play.
Also, how do you mark a playlist as main? It says if I press 
option,control,v, it copies selection to main Playlist. It seems like I 
could save time by just making a selection and press that shortcut 
instead of click playlist button, choose the playlist that I want to 
paste to, and then paste.


You wrote: I do use nudge mode to essentially accomplish the same thing 
providing I'm moving by bars and beats.
Question: How do you do that with nudge? Let's say if you split a clip 
at a start of a phrase which happens to be on 5.1.270, and you want to 
move that phrase to the beginning of the bar 5.1.0. If you just select 
and nudge that clip to the left, and your nudge value is one beat, 
wouldn't it move it to 4.4.270?

Thank you again.

On 10/29/2013 3:30 PM, Slau Halatyn wrote:

Hi James,

I'll try to answer your questions as best as I can for now.


1. How can I preview unused clips from the region list?

Auditioning clips from the regions list is done by Option-clicking on the clip 
in the list. You'd have to route the mouse pointer to the file name and perform 
a physical mouse or track pad click while holding down the Option key. 
VoiceOver does not currently support modified clicks of this type so it has to 
be done with the mouse or track pad.


2. How can I move an unused clip to a track? Let's say I have 4 bars recorded, 
but I want to bring bar 2 and 3 from previously recorded clip.

This is done visually by dragging the clip from the regions list into a track. 
For obvious reasons, this is quite challenging to a VoiceOver user. It used to 
be possible to do this relatively easily with the old outSPOKEN screen reader. 
You can still attempt this with a track pad but I can't guarantee success. If 
you hide all tracks except for the track to which you'd like to drag the clip 
and set its display to jumbo or extreme, you can route the mouse pointer to the 
clip, click and drag the clip to the center of the track pad and let go. You'll 
need to pay attention to whether you have any regions in the track already 
because you may inadvertently drop a clip right on top of another. If you 
include a modifier before the mouse down, you can get different results like 
snapping to the insertion point or activating the spot dialog where you can 
specify the location where the clip should go.

The alternative is to import the clip to a new audio track , cut the clip and 
paste it into the desired spot on the track you're working on.

I should also point out that, if you're dealing with clips from various takes, it's best to create playlists 
for each take so that each take is easily accessible. Using the name of the track as the basic playlist works 
best. For example, create a track named "Vocal" and duplicate it. The resulting track name, and 
therefore playlist, becomes Vocal01. As you record onto this track, the filenames will start with 
Vocal.01-01, Vocal.01-02, Vocal.01_03, etc. This is all vocal take one. When you're ready for take two, 
create a new playlist and the track name will automatically be Vocal.02 and the filenames will all be .02_01, 
.02_02, .02_03, etc. In the end, copy the best take into the original playlist named "Vocal" and 
then use bits of whichever take is best for any given line, phrase, word, etc. If you make a selection in the 
master "Vocal" playlist, you can audition the various takes and the transport will just play the 
selected area. When you find the take that sounds best, copy, then move to the master playlist and paste.


3. Also, is there a shortcut to nudge a selected clip to a closest grid without 
cutting and pasting?

I never use Grid mode so I can't comment. I do use nudge mode to essentially 
accomplish the same thing providing I'm moving by bars and beats.


4. Let's say I have clip A on bar 1 and clip B on bar 2, and both are 1 bar 
long. I accidentally nudged Clip A to bar 2, so they overlap exactly on the 
same spot. Then how can I choose clip A or clip B?

If the two clips are exactly the same length and you've nudged one on top of 
another, it's not possible to select the one beneath, at least as far as I can 
tell. Now, that may be different in version 11 and I don't know off the top of 
my head. I won't be able to check that for another day or so

Questions about Clips

[James Lee]

Hi all,

I have a few questions about using clips. I searched the archive, but 
couldn't find answer. Maybe someone could help and point me to a right 
direction.
I've been working mostly in MBT world by entering exact numbers when 
selecting and moving, and most of time, I don't need to worry about 
clips at all. However, I'm trying to see if I could get better at 
working with clips without typing numbers. I know how to nudge, change 
nudge value, and trim/lengthen clips. Anyways, here are my questions.

1. How can I preview unused clips from the region list?
2. How can I move an unused clip to a track? Let's say I have 4 bars 
recorded, but I want to bring bar 2 and 3 from previously recorded clip.
3. Also, is there a shortcut to nudge a selected clip to a closest grid 
without cutting and pasting?
4. Let's say I have clip A on bar 1 and clip B on bar 2, and both are 1 
bar long. I accidentally nudged Clip A to bar 2, so they overlap exactly 
on the same spot. Then how can I choose clip A or clip B?

Thanks so much for your help!

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Re: IO Setup Renaming Paths

[James Lee]

Hi Slau,

I use Rme Babyface. In Audio midi setup, only things checked for pro 
tool aggregate device are sound flower 2ch and babyface. I unchecked all 
the built-in ones. Then I selected pro tools aggregate device in the 
playback engine.

Thanks for your help.

Chi


On 4/24/2012 8:30 PM, Slau Halatyn wrote:

Using both the aggregate device as well as a standard interface is a little 
tricky as it pertains to naming paths. I'm not sure if it's possible to name 
the built-in paths first but I think that's what might have to be done. I'll 
see if I can figure something out. which interface are you using?

Slau

On Apr 24, 2012, at 2:36 PM, Chi Kim wrote:


Hi,

I'm trying to use aggregate device on Pro Tools to combine my interface and 
soundflower. I set aggregate device as play engine. Then I went to io setup, 
and then inputs.
I pressed cmd+a to select all and hit delete. I reset the paths by clicking 
default. I repeated that for output and bus as well.
When I click ok, pro tools complains that there are more than one input path 
named input 1. How can I rename those conflicting path with VoiceOver? Or, is 
there way to rename those inputs outside of Pro Tools, so when I click default, 
Pro Tools would grab the names that don't conflict?
Thanks!

Chi

ProTools mp 9

[James Lee]

Hi,

I'm thinking about buying a new M-Audio interface, fast track c400, and 
I see there's the one that comes with Pro Tools mp9. I'm wondering if if 
ProTool mp9 is accessible like regular Pro Tool.

Thanks for your help,

JL

Re: Video tracks

[James Lee]

I think regular pt supports only 1 video, but hd supports up to 64.

JL


On 10/19/2011 6:03 PM, HF wrote:
I don't remember off the top of my head but on the Avid website there 
is a comparison chart explaining what you get in each version of PT.


On 10/19/2011 5:54 PM, Chris Norman wrote:

PT9, not HD.

What can I do with that? :-D

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On 19 Oct 2011, at 22:42, HF wrote:




It depends on which version of PT you have.


On 10/19/2011 1:50 PM, Chris Norman wrote:

Hiya all,
Is it possible to import more than 1 video file, and have them on
separate tracks?

When I go to import a second video file, it says it'll remove the 
first

one, what's that all about?

Cheers,

Take care,
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PT9 Instrument Pack

[James Lee]

Hi,

I have a quick question. Is Instrument Pack included in PT9, or do I 
need to buy separate? Are they accessible and worth to buy?

Thanks,

JL

Re: Control Surface, What To Buy?

[James Lee]

HI Gordon,

Thanks for the recommendation. Price tag is very appealing, but it seems 
the product is discontinued.


JL

On 7/25/2011 2:32 PM, Gordon Kent wrote:


Hello:
I would recommend the alesis master control, which is a surface and 
audio interface combo that costs around $800.  It is well-built, has 
two mic preamps, and also has two adat inputs to go up to 24 inputs.  
The jog wheel is really smooth and works well with the scrubbing in 
pt, and it is hui compatible.  It has presets for most of the popular 
daw software including Sonar and pro tools, and I've used it with 
both.  I'm not crayzy about the windows audio drivers, they are a bit 
glitchy when running a complex project but it's worth the money just 
as a surface.

Gord
-Original Message----- From: James Lee
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 1:31 PM
To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com
Subject: Control Surface, What To Buy?

Hi,

I finally decided to buy a mac to learn Protool. After going through
list archive, it seems like control surface makes a lot easier for us to
use Protool.
I'm looking at a few choices, and I'm wondering if someone can help me
to choose a right equipment. Digi 003, M-Audio ProjectMix I/O, Mackie
Control Universal Pro, Euphonix Artist Mix, and Digidesign Command 8
I'm looking for something less than $1500. Also, It's not critical, but
I'd love to be able to use it on Windows as well since I haven't
entirely given up on Sonar yet. Also hopefully on Logic when Logic
becomes more accessible. I have RME fireface 800, so the audio interface
combo is not a huge factor.
Would any of them fit my criteria?
Lastly, can you get Protool 9 with Digi 003? It seems like Digi 003
comes with Protool 8 LE.
Thanks for all your help.

JL

Re: Control Surface, What To Buy?

[James Lee]

Thanks Brian. Yes, shortcut to turn on/off phantom would be useful.

JL

On 7/25/2011 6:34 AM, Brian Casey wrote:



It sounds like anything running with macky protocol is the way for you 
so. Yes, the RME DSP chip on the unit can remember settings, and I 
would imagine the same shortcuts for bringing presets on windows would 
also work on the mac.


Either way, having the control surface setup to control total mix 
would be a great tool to have as an option depending on what you want 
to do.


I'm not certain of the differences between your total mix software and 
the total mix FX for my unit, but on mine there are 4 pre-amps on the 
unit, and their phantom power is switched individually per in put 
either on the units digital menus or via the input section of total 
mix, so a short cut for that would be fantastic.


If I make some contact with RME I'll let you know as it may be useful 
to you.


Regards,
Brian.
--
From: "James Lee" 
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 2:08 AM
To: 
Subject: Re: Control Surface, What To Buy?


Hi Brian,

Like you mentioned, I don't have luck with Total Mix either. However, 
I can at least switch preset with shortcuts.
Also, Fireface control panel is accessible with Jaws on Windows to 
make some changes like Phantom power, latency, and so on. I wonder if 
the settings will stay if you change them on Windows and connect to Mac.


JL

On 7/24/2011 1:48 PM, Brian Casey wrote:

Hi James,

While there are others on the list who will probably be able to make 
better recommendations in relation to protools specific questions, I 
will say that if you intend on continuing to use sonar, and your RME 
fireface, I would make sure whatever you do choose opporates on the 
macky control protocol - so you should check about the euphonix, 003 
command 8 etc.


I use the RME fireface UFX myself, and I'm not sure how or if you 
use their total mix software, but in my experience its totally 
inaccessible with jaws, however, you can set up monitor mixes and do 
all kinds of routing with the total mix if you have a control 
surface with the macky control protocol. I myself just bought one of 
the cheep Behringer control surfaces to tie me over and to play 
around with some things, but its fairly cheep feeling and I'm not 
sure how well it would play with protools 9 under macky emulation. 
I'm also going to get in touch with RME directly and see if they 
might be interested in implementing some short cut or midi control 
so I can control the phantom power button and other features, as it 
would be useful, and they update their software quite regularly, so 
it could be a possibility. It might be useful to try and find out 
how many blind engineers etc there are out there using RME stuff, 
because I think they might be willing to play ball based on their 
previous interaction with customers.


Especially with PT 9 being open, RME stuff is a great and cheap way 
to get 0 latency monitoring (well one sample latency) and it will 
work great with sonar too for those who want to keep up on both.


So yeah, I'd recommend you get somethingg that will help you take 
advantage of the RME total mix features too, because it's a very 
cool thing to be able to control and have at your disposal if you 
are setting up monitor mixes, using outboard gear or all kinds of 
things.


Apologies if you already know all this, and or if you have somehow 
gained accessability with the RME total mix software with jaws, 
please do tell!


Cheers,
Brian.
------
From: "James Lee" 
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 6:31 PM
To: 
Subject: Control Surface, What To Buy?


Hi,

I finally decided to buy a mac to learn Protool. After going 
through list archive, it seems like control surface makes a lot 
easier for us to use Protool.
I'm looking at a few choices, and I'm wondering if someone can help 
me to choose a right equipment. Digi 003, M-Audio ProjectMix I/O, 
Mackie Control Universal Pro, Euphonix Artist Mix, and Digidesign 
Command 8
I'm looking for something less than $1500. Also, It's not critical, 
but I'd love to be able to use it on Windows as well since I 
haven't entirely given up on Sonar yet. Also hopefully on Logic 
when Logic becomes more accessible. I have RME fireface 800, so the 
audio interface combo is not a huge factor.

Would any of them fit my criteria?
Lastly, can you get Protool 9 with Digi 003? It seems like Digi 003 
comes with Protool 8 LE.

Thanks for all your help.

JL

Re: Control Surface, What To Buy?

[James Lee]

Hi Brian,

Like you mentioned, I don't have luck with Total Mix either. However, I 
can at least switch preset with shortcuts.
Also, Fireface control panel is accessible with Jaws on Windows to make 
some changes like Phantom power, latency, and so on. I wonder if the 
settings will stay if you change them on Windows and connect to Mac.


JL

On 7/24/2011 1:48 PM, Brian Casey wrote:

Hi James,

While there are others on the list who will probably be able to make 
better recommendations in relation to protools specific questions, I 
will say that if you intend on continuing to use sonar, and your RME 
fireface, I would make sure whatever you do choose opporates on the 
macky control protocol - so you should check about the euphonix, 003 
command 8 etc.


I use the RME fireface UFX myself, and I'm not sure how or if you use 
their total mix software, but in my experience its totally 
inaccessible with jaws, however, you can set up monitor mixes and do 
all kinds of routing with the total mix if you have a control surface 
with the macky control protocol. I myself just bought one of the cheep 
Behringer control surfaces to tie me over and to play around with some 
things, but its fairly cheep feeling and I'm not sure how well it 
would play with protools 9 under macky emulation. I'm also going to 
get in touch with RME directly and see if they might be interested in 
implementing some short cut or midi control so I can control the 
phantom power button and other features, as it would be useful, and 
they update their software quite regularly, so it could be a 
possibility. It might be useful to try and find out how many blind 
engineers etc there are out there using RME stuff, because I think 
they might be willing to play ball based on their previous interaction 
with customers.


Especially with PT 9 being open, RME stuff is a great and cheap way to 
get 0 latency monitoring (well one sample latency) and it will work 
great with sonar too for those who want to keep up on both.


So yeah, I'd recommend you get somethingg that will help you take 
advantage of the RME total mix features too, because it's a very cool 
thing to be able to control and have at your disposal if you are 
setting up monitor mixes, using outboard gear or all kinds of things.


Apologies if you already know all this, and or if you have somehow 
gained accessability with the RME total mix software with jaws, please 
do tell!


Cheers,
Brian.
------
From: "James Lee" 
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 6:31 PM
To: 
Subject: Control Surface, What To Buy?


Hi,

I finally decided to buy a mac to learn Protool. After going through 
list archive, it seems like control surface makes a lot easier for us 
to use Protool.
I'm looking at a few choices, and I'm wondering if someone can help 
me to choose a right equipment. Digi 003, M-Audio ProjectMix I/O, 
Mackie Control Universal Pro, Euphonix Artist Mix, and Digidesign 
Command 8
I'm looking for something less than $1500. Also, It's not critical, 
but I'd love to be able to use it on Windows as well since I haven't 
entirely given up on Sonar yet. Also hopefully on Logic when Logic 
becomes more accessible. I have RME fireface 800, so the audio 
interface combo is not a huge factor.

Would any of them fit my criteria?
Lastly, can you get Protool 9 with Digi 003? It seems like Digi 003 
comes with Protool 8 LE.

Thanks for all your help.

JL

Re: Control Surface, What To Buy?

[James Lee]

Hi Frank,

Thanks so much for the information.
That's good to know that 003 and command 8 don't work on Windows, and 
Euphonix Artist  Mix and Command 8 don't have jog wheel.

It comes down to Mackie Universal Pro and M-Audio ProjectMix then.
I wonder how solid they are on ProTools. Does anyone have used them on 
Protool? At least I heard many problems with M-Audio stuff on Windows, 
especially driver issue.

Thanks,

JL

On 7/24/2011 1:47 PM, Frank Carmickle wrote:

Hi

On Jul 24, 2011, at 1:31 PM, James Lee wrote:


Hi,

I finally decided to buy a mac to learn Protool. After going through list 
archive, it seems like control surface makes a lot easier for us to use Protool.
I'm looking at a few choices, and I'm wondering if someone can help me to 
choose a right equipment. Digi 003, M-Audio ProjectMix I/O, Mackie Control 
Universal Pro, Euphonix Artist
Mix, and Digidesign Command 8

The last two you mention do not have jog/shuttle wheels.


I'm looking for something less than $1500. Also, It's not critical, but I'd 
love to be able to use it on Windows as well since I haven't entirely given up 
on Sonar yet. Also hopefully on Logic when Logic becomes more accessible. I 
have RME fireface 800, so the audio interface combo is not a huge factor.

Stay away from the command|8 and the 003 then.


Would any of them fit my criteria?
Lastly, can you get Protool 9 with Digi 003? It seems like Digi 003 comes with 
Protool 8 LE.
Thanks for all your help.


You can get the crossgrade  to 9 for $250 or so.

Deciding on a control surface is tough.  Try to get your hands on them before 
you decide.

HTH
--FC

Control Surface, What To Buy?

[James Lee]

Hi,

I finally decided to buy a mac to learn Protool. After going through 
list archive, it seems like control surface makes a lot easier for us to 
use Protool.
I'm looking at a few choices, and I'm wondering if someone can help me 
to choose a right equipment. Digi 003, M-Audio ProjectMix I/O, Mackie 
Control Universal Pro, Euphonix Artist Mix, and Digidesign Command 8
I'm looking for something less than $1500. Also, It's not critical, but 
I'd love to be able to use it on Windows as well since I haven't 
entirely given up on Sonar yet. Also hopefully on Logic when Logic 
becomes more accessible. I have RME fireface 800, so the audio interface 
combo is not a huge factor.

Would any of them fit my criteria?
Lastly, can you get Protool 9 with Digi 003? It seems like Digi 003 
comes with Protool 8 LE.

Thanks for all your help.

JL