ProTools LE 7?

[cincy_kid]

I didn't see a forum for ProTools so I decided to post this here

A buddy of mine has a copy of ProTools LE 7 that he was going to hook me up with. I have heard how good it is and after some minimal research I noticed that I need to buy hardware to go with the software? Something like this?

I am not ready (professionally or financially) to make this investment for ProTools. Is there a way to take advantage of PT without buying additional hardware? If not, whats my least expensive route (which hardware piece)?

Should I just stick with Acid 4?

Thanks in advance ~

 

[cincy_kid]

Ok, now I just saw the Mbox which looks like a much cheaper solution. I also saw something from Alesis for ProTools, could this be correct? It doesn't have to be a digidesign product to work with PT LE 7?

 

[bennychico11]

Ok, now I just saw the Mbox which looks like a much cheaper solution. I also saw something from Alesis for ProTools, could this be correct? It doesn't have to be a digidesign product to work with PT LE 7?

take a look at this

 

[cincy_kid]

Hrm, cool Benny, thanks for the reply.

At first glance, my initial concern is that currentl I am using an M-Audio Quattro USB soundcard which is 96/24 and the MBox2 (which would make more sense to me financially) is only up to 48/24? How can my old crappy soundcard have a higher potential?

 

[bennychico11]

Hrm, cool Benny, thanks for the reply.

At first glance, my initial concern is that currentl I am using an M-Audio Quattro USB soundcard which is 96/24 and the MBox2 (which would make more sense to me financially) is only up to 48/24? How can my old crappy soundcard have a higher potential?

it's the internal converters. companies put in different converters in different products. M-Audio decided to allow support up to 96 while Digi decided 48kHz.
However, remember, just because a hardware device says it's A/D converter supports a high sample rate doesn't mean that it's a better unit. A lot goes into make hardware devices. Companies can put in crappy converters and say they support up to 96kHz. A higher number doesn't mean that it's a better unit.
Also, I'm not familiar with the Quattro, but it could be they utilize USB 2.0 while the Mbox2 uses 1.1. However, I do know that the Quattro only supports 2 channels of I/O at 96kHz...otherwise if you want 4 you need to go to a lower sample rate. Very common with USB units that advertise up to 4 I/O that contain up to 96kHz.

 

[TuoKaerf]

Pro Tools LE is included when you buy Digidesign LE Hardware.

If you want to use a supported M-Audio Interface, you have to get Pro Tools M-Powered, which is sold seperately from the M-Audio hardware.