Recording set-up compatible with...

[kelly001]

I'm looking to purchase some small gear to do some rough demos during rehearsals. Having access to a Protools environment I would like to be somewhat compatible. I have an ibook 1.33Ghz and was hoping to record through a firewire interface directly onto it. Been thinking about a Mackie Onyx or a Firepod from Presonus. How easily can I transfer the Cubase sessions to Protools afterwards? Any advise on what mixer/interface I should consider for this type of recording to an ibook? Only need 6-7 mics at most could get away with 5.

 

[Kryptik]

I don't with protules, but I've heard that this is anywhere from a royal pain to impossible. The Digi002 stuff I'm pretty sure is compatible with the TDM stuff. One thing I've heard of people doing is track with the 002 and bring the project to a larger studio for the TDM plugs.

 

[Carter]

If you want to be compatiable with Pro Tools the you should look into a Digi 002 or get a M-Audio interface and buy pro-tools M-powered for $350.00, the second option is cheaper.

 

[MadAudio]

ProFools will only run with Digidesign or M-Audio's "ProTools Powered" hardware.

 

[kelly001]

what about tracking in Cubase and then just using the raw audio files and importing them in a new protools' session?

 

[Carter]

That can be done but can be a pain in ass, What version of Cubase are you using?

 

[kelly001]

I don't have Cubase but isn't that what Firepod is used with to record?

 

[kelly001]

is Firepod compatible with any other recording software other than Cubase?

 

[dgatwood]

In theory, if you use any software that can export OMF (or AAF), Pro Tools should be able to import that, as long as you use an audio file format that PT supports. I'm not sure what the constraints are (possibly having to do split stereo on separate tracks to avoid having a stereo SDII file), and I'd expect transitions to have problems (OMF really sucks), but in theory, Logic or Digital Performer should be able to do a good job of creating something that can relatively easily be brought into Pro Tools.

That said, I don't use PT, so I can't say for certain. I've only used OMF to go -into- Digital Performer (from a scary tool I wrote to scrape the project file format of another piece of audio software that didn't support OMF export.... Don't ask.)

Anyway, I -think- Cubase can do OMF exports, at least in recent versions.

 

[kelly001]

Anyway, I -think- Cubase can do OMF exports, at least in recent versions.

can anyone confirm if Cubase LE can do OMF exports???

 

[dgatwood]

can anyone confirm if Cubase LE can do OMF exports???

SX can, but I couldn't find any info on LE either way. My guess is probably not.

 

[guido #2]

Haven't been here in a while...
I don't think a lot of guys here use PT. I think I'm about the only one
You can get a PT MBox (USB) for about $350, or a used 001 (PCI) off eBay for about the same $.
The 002 are around a grand.
PT will work with WAV, AIFF and SDII files. You won't be able to import "sessions" from other software, just the audio files.
Also, PT will only work with their hardware. Not sure if the new M Audio stuff is cross compatible... the software IS slightly different from what I understand.
As always, check the manufacturers site: digidesign.com

 

[dgatwood]

Haven't been here in a while...
I don't think a lot of guys here use PT. I think I'm about the only one
You can get a PT MBox (USB) for about $350, or a used 001 (PCI) off eBay for about the same $.
The 002 are around a grand.
PT will work with WAV, AIFF and SDII files. You won't be able to import "sessions" from other software, just the audio files.

Actually, you can if that other software can export OMF. That's a cross-platform standard project import/export format designed by Avid (the company that owns Digi now ). A related format is AAF. Same data object format, different underlying representation on disk. Don't ask. I'm probably the only person in the world outside of Avid who is sufficiently massochistic to have written a functional implementation of OMF export from scratch....

Also, PT will only work with their hardware. Not sure if the new M Audio stuff is cross compatible... the software IS slightly different from what I understand.
As always, check the manufacturers site: digidesign.com

That would be ProTools "M-Powered". It's a slightly limited version---I think it maxes out at 32 tracks or some such. But otherwise, yeah..