it's possible to use Pro Tools LE with a sound blaster PCI-128 ?

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it's possible to use Pro Tools LE with generic sound cards ?

maybe someone ask this before, but i can't find any thing related.

Anyway, i want to know, if it's possible to use pro tools without any hardware by digidesign.
 
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you should really try and upgrade yoursoundcard with respect.
tracertek.com have the maya at 100 bucks. does 24 bit as well as 4 inputs.
also - and this will run on your sb , check out ntrack, powertracks(which i
use) and magix music studio - all good multitrack software with lots of fx capabilities. powertracks for 29 bucks has boatloads of mastering and other fx built in thus saving on buying plug ins. it records 48 tracks. plus has a great midi sequencer. i looked at everything on the planet and bought powertracks and magix. i have everything i need for years to come.
and i'm not tied into proprietary architectures.
if you have loads of dough check out the rme or lynx sound cards.
 
underp said:
maybe someone ask this before, but i can't find any thing related.

Anyway, i want to know, if it's possible to use pro tools without any hardware by digidesign.
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to answer your question....No.


Pro-tools comes with drivers specifically designed to work with the hardware.
 
underp said:
maybe someone ask this before, but i can't find any thing related.

Anyway, i want to know, if it's possible to use pro tools without any hardware by digidesign.
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No. The bigger question is why you would even consider that...

How does using a $50 soundcard with a several hundred dollar professional software package make any sense to you?
 
the reason i asked this, is because, i'm planning to buy another sound card, but not any of the digidesign products. So.... i want to know if i have to buy a specific hardware to work with pro tools.

if the politics of pro tools, is to buy a hardware from digidesign, then... this is monopoly.

so.... should i look for another sound editing program ?
 
The reason ProTools only works with its hardware is so that they can garantee stability. All of their stuff was designed to work together (for the most part) flawlessly. Most of the problems that people have with most other similar programs has to do with people mating the software up with semi-compatable hardware.
Case in point, Nuendo and Cubase do not like to work with the MOTU stuff at 48k. Steinberg points the finger at MOTU and MOTU points back, nothing gets solved. You don't have these problems with ProTools.
 
it's also a very billiant way of beating piracy. hack the program all you want, but you can't get it to work without the hardware.

And no, it's not a monopoly. If digidesign was controlling the entire audio world by not letting anyone else create hardware or software, then yes that would be a monopoly. but that's not even close to the truth. they're just smart.
 
Yes, you can.
There was a "dongle" on Kazaa a year and some odd months ago which fooled the Software into thinking your card was Digi, and it worked.
 
if this is true...it obviously didn't work very well in doing that. otherwise we'd be seeing it all over the net and the many pro tools users would be talking about it. which is something i personally don't see anywhere. and Digidesign also didn't seem to worry that much since they let you download their software of the site.
 
underp said:
what a selfish. Stop suc#ing the balls to digidesign. They are not paying you for say "there's no way to use it just for editing porpouses".

I now it can be done.

I'm really close to get the programming lines that "pro tools free" use to work with standalone soundcards. It can't be so hard to patch.

probably i'm not the one who will make it to work. But if a miracle happens in my computer, I will personally send you pro tools, just to shut up some mouths here.
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What?!!!???
 
underp said:
what a selfish. Stop suc#ing the balls to digidesign. They are not paying you for say "there's no way to use it just for editing porpouses".

I now it can be done.

I'm really close to get the programming lines that "pro tools free" use to work with standalone soundcards. It can't be so hard to patch.

probably i'm not the one who will make it to work. But if a miracle happens in my computer, I will personally send you pro tools, just to shut up some mouths here.
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yeah what farview said.....what?
who the hell is this kid? gimme a fuckin' break
And please do send it to me if you get it done so i can test you're "amazing" hacking skills. But by looking at what you just typed I'm thinking that you'll need to make sure you correct typos in your programing to get it to work right.

and hacking pro tools free is nothing near the same thing has hacking it's LE or TDM verison. because you have to have the damn chip in the hardware. frickin' moron.
 
you're not even close to orient people about what should be better in terms of hardware or software.

your attitude is just to push people to buy a hardware that you just think is better because someone told you.

and who cares about that ? no one.

Editing porpouses, is my interest, and i don't care about stability, or correct functions.

I don't see how could you pretend that someone should buy a hardware just to try a software just to see if it's good or not.
 
my attitude is to clear up misconceptions of pro tools stuff. i keep hearing totally wrong statements about them. i use the hardware and software and i like it. i know not everyone does, but for some reason it has become an industry standard. have fun pirating....i hope someone steals your work too!
 
bennychico11 said:
my attitude is to clear up misconceptions of pro tools stuff. i keep hearing totally wrong statements about them. i use the hardware and software and i like it. i know not everyone does, but for some reason it has become an industry standard. have fun pirating....i hope someone steals your work too!
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Hey Benny,
At first you couldn't pay me enough money to use pro tools I was using nuendo and then I got this job in a pro studio last month I had to learn to use it and now I don't want to use anything but pro tools
 
RD423 said:
Hey Benny,
At first you couldn't pay me enough money to use pro tools I was using nuendo and then I got this job in a pro studio last month I had to learn to use it and now I don't want to use anything but pro tools
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thanks RD. but i think according to our little friend here you must be the only person who likes pro tools and uses it in the professional environment....oh...wait a second....i think there a "FEW" other people that might :rolleyes:
 
underp said:
you're not even close to orient people about what should be better in terms of hardware or software.

your attitude is just to push people to buy a hardware that you just think is better because someone told you.

and who cares about that ? no one.

Editing porpouses, is my interest, and i don't care about stability, or correct functions.

I don't see how could you pretend that someone should buy a hardware just to try a software just to see if it's good or not.
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Dude! I don't use ProTools. I was just trying to explain why you have to have the hardware to make the software work. With ProTools (tdm) the computer is nothing but an interface between you and and the farm cards that do all the work. It works the same way as the UAD plugins, If you don't have the card, it won't do anything.
I use Nuendo.
PS Get a grip!
 
farview....i think he was bitching at me. you know you try and help people with their question, and they have this strange need to attack you about your response.
 
My point is that there is no need to bitch. If you don't want it, it's not for you. Move on.
 
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