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deathmonkey
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Hello all.
I've been recording music on my PC a little over a year now. Until now, I've done everything in Reason. I capture guitar and vocals with an SB Live Platinum, and load them as samples into the NN19; then I generate everything else within Reason, and mix it all down within Reason, as well.
But I've decided I've outgrown that system, and I'm going to upgrade, in every sense. I'm planning to buy new audio hardware, and I want to add a new software step, wherein I have greater flexibility and control in the final mix (ie, generate drum and bass loops in Reason, then mix down in something else).
I don't know much about any music software other than Reason. My degree is in film, so I've used Protools to mix film soundtracks before, but that's it. So my question, in its most general sense, is How do Acid and ProTools Compare?
I'm also looking at upgrading the audio hardware, as I said. The best I've found seems to be the Emu 1820M, with its fantastic breakout box, for about $500. I figure I would use the Emu with Acid as the final step in mixing. Or, I could get a ProTools mbox for about that price instead, and then I'd use ProTools instead of Acid for the final mix down. So, my question, in its more specific form, is How Would a ProTools-based System with an mbox Breakout Box Compare with an Acid-based System with an Emu Breakout Box?
I apologize for such a longwinded question, and I will be very grateful to anyone with the patience to answer it.
Thanks.
--jim
I've been recording music on my PC a little over a year now. Until now, I've done everything in Reason. I capture guitar and vocals with an SB Live Platinum, and load them as samples into the NN19; then I generate everything else within Reason, and mix it all down within Reason, as well.
But I've decided I've outgrown that system, and I'm going to upgrade, in every sense. I'm planning to buy new audio hardware, and I want to add a new software step, wherein I have greater flexibility and control in the final mix (ie, generate drum and bass loops in Reason, then mix down in something else).
I don't know much about any music software other than Reason. My degree is in film, so I've used Protools to mix film soundtracks before, but that's it. So my question, in its most general sense, is How do Acid and ProTools Compare?
I'm also looking at upgrading the audio hardware, as I said. The best I've found seems to be the Emu 1820M, with its fantastic breakout box, for about $500. I figure I would use the Emu with Acid as the final step in mixing. Or, I could get a ProTools mbox for about that price instead, and then I'd use ProTools instead of Acid for the final mix down. So, my question, in its more specific form, is How Would a ProTools-based System with an mbox Breakout Box Compare with an Acid-based System with an Emu Breakout Box?
I apologize for such a longwinded question, and I will be very grateful to anyone with the patience to answer it.
Thanks.
--jim
