Re: computer recommendations for protools

2017-02-23 Thread John Covici
Well, on my Macbook Pro with 16g or ram and 2.9ghz i5 processor, I have gotten the message about cpu being exceeded (not exact words) and to increase the hardware buffer which I did from 256 to 512 samples. Does this indicate a problem with the computer? On Fri, 24 Feb 2017 02:23:56 -0500, Jed

how to use normalize plugin

2017-02-23 Thread John Covici
Hi. I am a newbie at protools. I am using it on a Macbookpro 2016, but I have an external keyboard. I have been going through the tutorials from protools with speech and they seem pretty good, although they are using a different version of pt then I have. Now, my question right now is that I

Re: computer recommendations for protools

2017-02-23 Thread Jed Barton
oh cool. would a macbook air work or na On 2/24/2017 1:16 AM, Brian Casey wrote: I believe Jed said the main use would be editing for radio etc, in which case I would think 8 gig of ram and a modest machine should do just fine. I have a quad core imac with 32 gig of ram and a macvook with 8

Re: computer recommendations for protools

2017-02-23 Thread Brian Casey
I believe Jed said the main use would be editing for radio etc, in which case I would think 8 gig of ram and a modest machine should do just fine. I have a quad core imac with 32 gig of ram and a macvook with 8 gig of ram and a dual core processor for mobile work and the macbook can really

Re: computer recommendations for protools

2017-02-23 Thread Cameron Strife
I was thinking along the lines of the owc ram upgrade kits... https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaign=sig-email_content=webmail_term=icon;

Re: computer recommendations for protools

2017-02-23 Thread TheOreoMonster
16GB is the max anything apple currently sells except for the Mac Pro. If you are going second hand EveryMac.com is a handy site for seeing just how much RAM a machine can recognize. > On Feb 23, 2017, at 6:03 PM, Cameron Strife wrote: > >

Re: computer recommendations for protools

2017-02-23 Thread Cameron Strife
certainly 16 or 32 if you can afford it... https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaign=sig-email_content=webmail_term=icon; target="_blank">https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif; width="46"

Re: computer recommendations for protools

2017-02-23 Thread Jed Barton
you think i should go with 8 gigs or 16 of ram? On 2/23/2017 7:41 PM, TheOreoMonster wrote: Whatever Mac you get, max out the ram. You may need aEDID display adapter to put on the display out of the Mac mini so it sees a signal like there is a monitor connected as this will cut down on

Re: computer recommendations for protools

2017-02-23 Thread Cameron Strife
Not sure if you'd be interested in a second hand machine but I've got an iMac for sale with Intel I7 quad core processor at 2.8gHz per core, turboboost up to 3.2gHz, 16gb of ddr3 ram, 256gb ssd, 1tb mechanical drive at 7200rpm, Intel Thunderbolt, firewire 800 etc. Shoot me an e mail off list if

Re: Air FX Bundle Not Showing Up in PT after Installation

2017-02-23 Thread Andre Woods
> On Jan 25, 2017, at 12:03 PM, TheOreoMonster wrote: > > ProTOols Experts site has a free plug in database. However not sure if it > specifies which ones can be used as AudioSuite plug ins. I’d say just drop > all the audio on their own tracks and use inserts > >>

Getting up and running with protools

2017-02-23 Thread Jed Barton
Hey guys, Well i should ahve Pt in my hands by next week. Is there any sort of getting up and running file i can start listening to to start learning some of the basics? I'll obviously have to learn a lot of keyboard commands. Any input would be extremely helpful. My goal is to start