Protools on XP?

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I've just been looking at Pro Tools Free to use with my Tascam US428 and i cannot find if it works with XP.

Literature from Tascam give me instructions on use with their equipment,but I use XP, and From what I can find only 98 and ME are supported.

Anyone Know about this?
 
Pro Tools free, when it did work, only worked on 98. I once tried it with my old Gadgetlabs 824, but all it did was turn my computer into a bad digital delay!
 
So no hope of Free Pro Tools for me then?!?

My friend just lost acces to his old room mates studio and I wanted Pro Tools so that I could collab with him, and allow him to complete some projects.

[EDIT] I just rememberd I have enough 'guts' to complete a 1.5GHz P4. I can run 98 on that.
 
MadAudio said:
Why not just import his AIFF files into Vegas?
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I didn't know that's what Pro Tools used, I've personally never use PT, I've just seen it in use.
 
thane1200 said:
I didn't know that's what Pro Tools used, I've personally never use PT, I've just seen it in use.
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Well certainly the Mac based verions use AIFF. Not sure about PC based.

I've used Pro Tools a little and while it's a good enough program, the interface is just cumbersome. Takes many clicks to do things you can do with one click in Vegas.
 
fraserhutch said:
Trust me, you do NOT want Pro Tools Free.
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I'll take your word for it, but I'd still like to know what, specifically, makes it such crap.
 
It didn't support a lot of soundcards, and didn't have much in the way of plug-ins as I recall. I think it was a marketing scheme that failed to pan out.
 
hence as to why it was FREE....and why it was created back in the days of Windows 98. ;)
and yes, PT supports all major audio formats...AIFF included.

I've used Pro Tools a little and while it's a good enough program, the interface is just cumbersome. Takes many clicks to do things you can do with one click in Vegas.
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just curious, do you have an example?
 
bennychico11 said:
just curious, do you have an example?
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I have one: anything that's available via right-click in Vegas - which happens to be a shitload of things.
 
everything important is in quick keys in Pro Tools. All the modes, edit functions, zooming, navigation, transport control, etc.
 
bennychico11 said:
everything important is in quick keys in Pro Tools. All the modes, edit functions, zooming, navigation, transport control, etc.
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The same is also true of Vegas, however, I find mouse clicking to be quicker...especially if I have a beer in my other hand.

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I guess I should mention that there are a lot of things in Vegas that are available via right-click that aren't necessarily commonly used functions or are more advanced type stuff that don't have quick keys. Also, the right-click context menu in Vegas is different depending on where you click.
 
thane1200 said:
I'll take your word for it, but I'd still like to know what, specifically, makes it such crap.
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Flaky, unstable, limited, etc. Pro Tools LE is usable, but Free is just a mess.
 
elevate said:
The same is also true of Vegas, however, I find mouse clicking to be quicker...especially if I have a beer in my other hand.

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I guess I should mention that there are a lot of things in Vegas that are available via right-click that aren't necessarily commonly used functions or are more advanced type stuff that don't have quick keys. Also, the right-click context menu in Vegas is different depending on where you click.
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apparently Vegas is not a mac program though...correct?
(in regards to right clicking on a Mac)
 
This thread will turn to madness quickly but........

the original post (I think) eventually got around to asking about Pro Tools Free (and it was free and came with no promises) and could it help in collaborating with someone else's projects. I know a Tascam piece was mentioned but I never really got what software it was coming from and what software it needed to go to.

Then there was mention of importing aiff files into Vegas and then the discussion turned back to Pro Tools free sucks and then on to right clicking advantages.

I hope this helps the original poster......

You can import aiff, wav., broadcast wav. and in most cases SDII files in almost all current applications. The inherent problem there in is those files are usually not time stamped. They will import into the session but you'd most likely have a tough time lining up the files to match one another.

Saving the session as an OMFI file however affords one the opportunity to open a session (in it's entirety minus proprietary "things") in say Digital Performer from Pro Tools. The catch here is Digidesign requires a separate application called "DigiTranslator" to accomplish that. However there are many applications that afford one the luxury of saving as an OMFI and conversely importing that OMFI in another application without the added cost of DigiTranslator.

In other words saving an entire session in one application and opening it in another.
 
I used PT Free for a couple years, and while it got the job done, it was a pain in the ass. Just trying to get MIDI compatability was more than a hefty task on it. Of course, my computer (a PowerMac 4400) and MIDI interface didn't help the issue either. To make a long story short, it discouraged me from recording.

EDIT: I blame my MIDI confusion of my early years of recording on OMS.
 
Thanks to everyone, I just wanted to know if there was a free way to install Pro Tools on my XP machine. I simply wanted to allow my friend to continue using software he was familiar with. As of right now, he'll have to learn my current setup if he wants to come over.
 
Howyadoin,

You could probably set up a dual-boot machine to allow you to boot into Windows 98 to run PT Free... You could use VMWare to do this:

http://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/doc/index.html

You probably won't be able to install 98 on top of an existing XP installation, especially if the hard disk is formatted with the NTFS file system.
 
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