Should I make the shift to pro-tools?

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Slowing becoming un-noob.
Currently I'm using Cubase SX3. Of course I've heard many times that pro-tools is the studio standard, or something of that sorts.

My question is, is it worth if for me to make this shift?
I mainly just do recordings for the band I'm in. But I want to be able to make it seem like I know what I'm doing. With Cubase, it seems that people sort of just are like "why not pro-tools?" type of deal. Which I can deal with. But yeah.

It would be at least $1000 extra for me to switch over, due to the program itself and the interface.
Also, I'm really getting good with Cubase. If I want something done, I don't really question anymore, I can figure out how to do it pretty handily. I haven't looked at pro-tools to see how closely related it is, but based off of what I've seen in other programs such as Logic and Digital Performer, it probably isn't that similar. So that seems like a real pain in the ass to have to learn the ways of a new sequencer.


So what do you guys think I should do?

Thanks in advance!

-Elliot
 
in my opinion...don't worry about buying Pro Tools. Stick with the program you know and ignore the people who ask why you don't have Pro Tools. Pro Tools won't really give you anything more than what Cubase doesn't already have. They both record, edit and mix audio. And in the end, that's all that matters.
 
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bennychico11 said:
in my opinion...don't worry about buying Pro Tools. Stick with the program you know and ignore the people who ask why you don't have Pro Tools. Pro Tools won't really give you anything more than Cubase doesn't already have. They both record, edit and mix audio. And in the end, that's all that matters.
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I agree, the only reason to switch would be if your going to be in an environment which requires PT(or for compatibility reasons), unless you've got the money to go with HD. I don't know what other equiment you've got but you could get a nice mic or pre for the $1000 which would actually effect the "sound/quality" of your recordings. I use Sonar myself, but I'm not one of those that is anti PT people, in fact I just got MPPT for compatibility reasons (plus I had on old Maudio card which was just sitting there), I now can accept PT ses, and then export them to mix in Sonar as I can work faster and my plugins are better then what comes stock in PT
 
Thanks for the replies. I was sort of leaning towards just going with what I have. I have a minimal studio right now. And yeah, $1000 could go towards a lot of other things that could help.

Thanks again for the help. I'll definitely not invest, at least not right now. Maybe when I get a ton of money for some reason...Ha.

Thanks again!

-Elliot
 
I'm thinking of going the other way because of the hardware limitations. Also I have been told [I may be wrong, but I’ve been trying to find this out] there is a constraint with using DSP cards and Pro Tools LE, in that LE doesn't have the architecture to compensate for the latency caused by using the DSP cards. HD is the next step but is a lot of money, compared to getting an rme fireface 800,sx3 and some dsp cards.

I don't want to leave PT, love the software, but I'm feeling the the hardware limitation.

You could always just pickup a second hand mbox off of eBay and test run PT? No need for a big financial commitment like HD.
 
wreckd504 said:
I'm thinking of going the other way because of the hardware limitations. Also I have been told [I may be wrong, but I’ve been trying to find this out] there is a constraint with using DSP cards and Pro Tools LE, in that LE doesn't have the architecture to compensate for the latency caused by using the DSP cards. HD is the next step but is a lot of money, compared to getting an rme fireface 800,sx3 and some dsp cards.

I don't want to leave PT, love the software, but I'm feeling the the hardware limitation.

You could always just pickup a second hand mbox off of eBay and test run PT? No need for a big financial commitment like HD.
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I need to be able to record 8 inputs simultaneously.
 
elenore19 said:
Currently I'm using Cubase SX3. Of course I've heard many times that pro-tools is the studio standard, or something of that sorts.

My question is, is it worth if for me to make this shift?
I mainly just do recordings for the band I'm in. But I want to be able to make it seem like I know what I'm doing. With Cubase, it seems that people sort of just are like "why not pro-tools?" type of deal. Which I can deal with. But yeah.

It would be at least $1000 extra for me to switch over, due to the program itself and the interface.
Also, I'm really getting good with Cubase. If I want something done, I don't really question anymore, I can figure out how to do it pretty handily. I haven't looked at pro-tools to see how closely related it is, but based off of what I've seen in other programs such as Logic and Digital Performer, it probably isn't that similar. So that seems like a real pain in the ass to have to learn the ways of a new sequencer.


So what do you guys think I should do?

Thanks in advance!

-Elliot
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I love Pro Tools, but if what you have is working for you now, I agree that you should stay the course with Cubase. In addition to the money you would spend, you would be burning time learning the ins and outs of the DAW. Sonically, there is probably no difference at all (to our ears anyway), it's just being comfortable with the GUI. Put the $1,100 in an IRA!

bilco
 
I would stick with the prog that your most comortable with , I have Pro Tools , various versions of Cakewalk , and many others , but to this day I still use may old Cool Edit Pro 2 , because I am most comfortable using it. A new prog that cost big buck , won't make your tunes any better. Go with the prog that works for you , screw what everyone else thinks is the best.

Rock On
 
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