Midi and Mbox

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Im thinking about a miniKorg, how will that work since mbox doesnt have midi input, can i plug it in direct into my laptop? and if i wanted to play it at live shows, how do i do that? ive never used midi before so take it easy on me :D
 
This is what Detroit Junior is referring to. If you're using a version of PT LE before 6.5 or so, it won't work with midi no matter what you do. You'll have to run some good software instead...
 
ssscientist said:
This is what Detroit Junior is referring to. If you're using a version of PT LE before 6.5 or so, it won't work with midi no matter what you do. You'll have to run some good software instead...
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The Uno will work fine for what you need.

"Drivers support all Windows operating systems 98SE and higher, as well as Macintosh OS 9 and Mac OS X."

Pro Tools has worked with MIDI for sometime now. I use the UNO myself and it works perfect. You won't have to run some "good software" :rolleyes:
 
bennychico11 said:
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The Uno will work fine for what you need.

"Drivers support all Windows operating systems 98SE and higher, as well as Macintosh OS 9 and Mac OS X."

Pro Tools has worked with MIDI for sometime now. I use the UNO myself and it works perfect. You won't have to run some "good software" :rolleyes:
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Thank you for the correct information bennychico, its great to see a bias corrected with a fact :)
 
bennychico11 said:
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The Uno will work fine for what you need.

"Drivers support all Windows operating systems 98SE and higher, as well as Macintosh OS 9 and Mac OS X."

Pro Tools has worked with MIDI for sometime now. I use the UNO myself and it works perfect. You won't have to run some "good software" :rolleyes:
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This scene has been played out SOOO many times before. :rolleyes:
I know it's fun to bash a product, or a company but at least get your facts straight.

+1 for it'll work fine. I use the Edirol PCR50 controller, which is nice since it's USB, plus it has a MIDI IN/OUT to act as an interface for other MIDI gear.
 
KonradG said:
Thank you for the correct information bennychico, its great to see a bias corrected with a fact :)
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And the facts are:

1) protools has grudgingly added midi support to their 'LE' range after hoping midi will go away for many revisions.

2) protools has a cumbersome and clunky midi editing system that is likely to turn the average user off of using midi for life. Case in point - of the three dozen or so protools projects that came thru my studio in 2005 not one user showed any trace of curiousity or asked even a single question about the midi equipment that's all over the place. In contrast, Logic users, Reason users, Cubase users, DP users, Tracktion users all had many questions, inquiries and additions to their wish lists. Some would've talked all night about midi gear if I'd let them, and exactly none of them were protools users.

3) protools in their position as the 'industry standard' software has an obligation to the recording community to present a balanced product. They massively slight the midi side of modern recording and that makes me biased against them and Digidesign in general.

This debate is closed as far as I'm concerned. Thank you and good night.
 
ssscientist said:
And the facts are:

1) protools has grudgingly added midi support to their 'LE' range after hoping midi will go away for many revisions.

2) protools has a cumbersome and clunky midi editing system that is likely to turn the average user off of using midi for life. Case in point - of the three dozen or so protools projects that came thru my studio in 2005 not one user showed any trace of curiousity or asked even a single question about the midi equipment that's all over the place. In contrast, Logic users, Reason users, Cubase users, DP users, Tracktion users all had many questions, inquiries and additions to their wish lists. Some would've talked all night about midi gear if I'd let them, and exactly none of them were protools users.

3) protools in their position as the 'industry standard' software has an obligation to the recording community to present a balanced product. They massively slight the midi side of modern recording and that makes me biased against them and Digidesign in general.

This debate is closed as far as I'm concerned. Thank you and good night.
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there is no debate.
and you didn't give any facts. everything you said is all opinion. including your "get some good software" comment.

you are right in saying that Pro Tools was first an audio editing program that added MIDI later, but this was what....like 10-15 years ago??? come on man! get over it. Maybe then it was "grudgingly" but they have since been using MIDI in all their versions...and have you seen it's capabilities in 7.0? I'm betting your clients (which apparently you make it seem like they consist of 100% of the entire musician population) will start coming to you with more MIDI sessions if that was all that was holding them back from doing so.
 
ssscientist said:
And the facts are:

1) protools has grudgingly added midi support to their 'LE' range after hoping midi will go away for many revisions.

2) protools has a cumbersome and clunky midi editing system that is likely to turn the average user off of using midi for life. Case in point - of the three dozen or so protools projects that came thru my studio in 2005 not one user showed any trace of curiousity or asked even a single question about the midi equipment that's all over the place. In contrast, Logic users, Reason users, Cubase users, DP users, Tracktion users all had many questions, inquiries and additions to their wish lists. Some would've talked all night about midi gear if I'd let them, and exactly none of them were protools users.

3) protools in their position as the 'industry standard' software has an obligation to the recording community to present a balanced product. They massively slight the midi side of modern recording and that makes me biased against them and Digidesign in general.

This debate is closed as far as I'm concerned. Thank you and good night.
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Sorry but this is simply miss information.

I've used Digital Performer for sequencing since the very early days of DP. I've used Pro Tools for audio since the early days of PT. I've love them both.

Where there absolutely was a time when DP was a vastly better sequencer than PT that gap has steadily closed over the last few years to the point where I'd challenge anyone to point out the significant differences in midi performence between PT7 and DP 4.6.1.

Not because I don't like DP but more because now with PT7 I can finally stay in one application all day I have recently retired DP as my go to sequencer.

As far as PT being cumbersome and clunky compared to other sequencers could you be more specific? I don't find ANYTHING more or less clunky in PT than I do in DP...just different.

I will concede some small ground in that freeze tracks is a badly needed feature for PT. That said freeze tracks represents only a minor improvement in work flow over PT.

What specifically can you do in Reason, DP or Sonar that you can NOT do in PT??
 
Joseph Hanna said:
Sorry but this is simply miss information.
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If that's the same miss information that was at the Minnesota State Fair two years ago, she was HOT! I think she liked me too. I could tell because of the way she smiled at me.

As far as your software questions go, if you have to ask you'll never know.
 
ssscientist said:
As far as your software questions go, if you have to ask you'll never know.
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Well then......I'm okay with that logic if you are :)
 
ssscientist said:
If that's the same miss information that was at the Minnesota State Fair two years ago, she was HOT! I think she liked me too. I could tell because of the way she smiled at me.

As far as your software questions go, if you have to ask you'll never know.
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............DUMBASS
 
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