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offline spasmsixtynine from leicester (United Kingdom) on 2002-04-08 17:39 [#00162698]
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does anyone know where i can download a free version of pro
tools from? and does anyone know of the cracks for a trail
version? any help is greatly recieved!

also - how are you meant to upload your tracks to mp3.com or
peoplesound on a 56k modem? its impossible! it's only 3 megs
but its taking ages then just crashing! does anyone have an
FTP where i can upload a couple of my tracks?

~spasm


 

offline Paco from Gothenburg (Sweden) on 2002-04-08 17:42 [#00162701]
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Have you tried digidesign's homepage? Search on google for
ProTools LE download or something.

56k sucks :)

-P


 

offline Monoid from one source all things depend on 2002-04-08 17:43 [#00162703]
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Well I cant use Pro Tools under WinXp......


 

offline Paco from Gothenburg (Sweden) on 2002-04-08 17:46 [#00162706]
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The software isn't that good anyway. ProTools has always
been about hardware. If you're even half-serious about
hd-recording, check out the Digi001 package.

There's no limit to things I can't afford...

-P


 

offline Monoid from one source all things depend on 2002-04-08 17:48 [#00162707]
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Poop on Pro Tools, i know some bedroom producas who released
12" which where made completly in Fruityloops !


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2002-04-08 18:11 [#00162724]
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I know some published producers who release music made in
fruityloops


 

offline DirtyPriest from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2002-04-08 19:34 [#00162831]
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Protools.

massive attacks choice of software apparently =)


 

offline korben dallas from nz on 2002-04-09 00:18 [#00163321]
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www.digidesign.com -> should find it from there

ive got a 56k modem .. just takes time - dunno bout the
crashing tho ?


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2002-04-09 00:22 [#00163325]
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Pro Tools... the choice of a wank generation!


 

offline Morg DOBWCPT from Davis (United States) on 2002-04-09 03:06 [#00163522]
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for all the shit fruityloops gets, it's really amazing to
find out how many records actually were created in it.

Protools may be powerful, but none too many can afford it


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2002-04-09 03:08 [#00163525]
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Protools is wicked if you want to use it in conjunction with
a hardware baised studio setup, but as music software for
the sake of soley digitaly produced music it won't be nearly
as usefull or as well used.


 

offline -a from Pinole (United States) on 2002-04-09 04:25 [#00163586]
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Monoid, who do you know that released a 12" using only
FruityLoops? Anyway, pro-tools is a great program.
Beautiful editing capabilities. Great EQ, good noise
gate/compressor limiters. The plug-ins are fantastic. You
need to know something about sound engineering to fully
appreciate it.


 

offline zguru from Lindale (Texas) (United States) on 2002-04-09 05:28 [#00163620]
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Squarepusher and NIN use protools...
It can't be that bad.


 

offline nanotech from Sukavasti Amitaba Pureland (United States) on 2002-04-09 05:35 [#00163630]
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i strongly use fruityloops over protools, but i also have a
alrger array of music software that i incorporate...


 

offline nanotech from Sukavasti Amitaba Pureland (United States) on 2002-04-09 05:36 [#00163632]
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yeah, nin is a huge advocate of protools...

i didn't know that squarepusher used it too...



 

offline Ixuol on 2002-04-09 08:08 [#00163708]
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you can't compare pro-tools with fruityloops. pro-tools is
an editing tool. fruityloops is a tool that allows you to
make music/patterns. I mean they're different things. You
can edit sounds in fruityloops, but pro-tools editing is far
greater.


 

offline xlr from Boston (United States) on 2002-04-09 16:29 [#00164156]
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Bjork uses protools too.


 

offline jonesy from Lisboa (Portugal) on 2002-04-09 16:31 [#00164160]
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I want to start making my own tunes. What equipment has
everyone got? What do you guys recommend. I was planning on
getting an Akai sampler and CUBASE. I'm very ignorant when
it comes to equipment. Any magazines that I should read?


 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-04-09 16:37 [#00164174]
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How much do you know about MIDI, jonesy?..also have you got
a PC at home?..


 

offline jonesy from Lisboa (Portugal) on 2002-04-09 16:40 [#00164179]
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I've got a really old Mac. Are there any books I can read? I
know little/nothing about MIDI. Its music in digital form
right?


 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-04-09 16:49 [#00164188]
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MIDI is a but like a roll of that old player piano
stuff...it's not the actual sounds, it's just instuctions of
when to turn notes on & off...

You should be able to get a decent mac/audio/midi book from
amazon... theres quite a lot to learn...

Is there anything like Fruityloops or Reason on the mac,
anyone?...these progs basically give you a whole studio
inside your PC so you don't need to get too much into MIDI
or external hardware...You'd need a decent PC or Mac to run
em on but for not much more that the cost of Cubase & a Akai
sampler you could get far more facilties...

I'm sure there are some MAC specific music sites out
there...do a google...but most software does need a decent
machine...




 

offline Dael from the low end (Australia) on 2002-04-09 16:54 [#00164195]
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has anyone here heard of nasenbluten? they have released a
few albums written in Protracker for the amiga500, a perfect
example of what can be done in 8bit mono


 

offline jonesy from Lisboa (Portugal) on 2002-04-09 16:55 [#00164196]
Points: 6650 Status: Lurker



Cheers. I'll scour the net. Its really daunting.

Really I want to make sample based music like DJ Shadow.


 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-04-09 17:01 [#00164197]
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I'd be tempted to go for a mid priced PC & perhaps ACID 3
Pro...

Thats a very powerful combination...handles a lot of the
hard work for you (like getting loops at the right tempo)
and lets you concentrate on your musical ideas rather than
techy stuff....

PC with a decent soundcard wouldn't cost much more than
£500, & ACID you can get for free (if you know the right
people...(and you know the right people..;))..

You'd probably get around a 1ghz Pc for that...plenty of
power for running ACID...you can pick up a lot of good
secondhand PC deals in the local paper; good old Essex
Chronicle seems packed with em...

Might even be able to get a laptop....I've got a 600Mhz PIII
and even tho it's not blinding fast, it can handle things
like ACID & most other audio software ok...


 

offline xlr from Boston (United States) on 2002-04-09 17:04 [#00164201]
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Yes, there are up to date versions of Reason, rebirth, and
all that good stuff for the mac.


 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-04-09 17:12 [#00164205]
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He's got an old Mac tho...I reckon Reason or even rebirth
would have trouble running...

What sort of machine is it, jonesy?....


 

offline jonesy from Lisboa (Portugal) on 2002-04-10 11:09 [#00165405]
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Its well old. I used it for writing essays at uni. I need a
newer PC and will look out for one when I get rid of some of
my debt. Thanks for the advice.

So you can get the software by copying it from others then?
I hear its really expensive to buy.


 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-04-10 11:18 [#00165410]
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If you get a PC you can get on SOULSEEK and theres tonnes of
stuff on there...Cubase, ACID PRO, FL , all the plugin,
Reaktor, Traktor...

If you can't get on Soulseek then someone not a miles away
can sort you out a cd with everything on..(i.e. me..)..


 

offline jonesy from Lisboa (Portugal) on 2002-04-10 12:02 [#00165464]
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Is Soulseek online? Cheers for the offer mate. I might take
you up and return the favour as best I can. It might be a
while though, the way my bank balance is so static.


 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-04-10 13:51 [#00165623]
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Maybe spending less on "ladies of the night" might spare
some cash up...

or is it the Crack addiction?..;)..

hand on a minute, those 2 may be the same thing...;)..


 

offline korben dallas from nz on 2002-04-11 00:57 [#00166850]
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hey jonesy, the "computer music" mag aint bad for info
[www.computermusic.co.uk], they have a beginner guide
section, which might be (in parts) quite useful.

^ and that offer[?] jand has proposed is well worth going
for!!! (if only risking getting too much stuff in one go!)


 

offline nanotech from Sukavasti Amitaba Pureland (United States) on 2002-04-17 16:02 [#00180179]
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beside FLoops, and acid, what is the alternative to pro
tools? i heard that sonar is a killer. and does anyone know
of these "creamware" cards? what exactly are these? and how
do they work?


 

offline hepburnenthorpe from sydney (Australia) on 2002-04-17 17:32 [#00180298]
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fruityloops and acid are not really an alternative to
protools. protools is as it says a 'pro tool'.

soemthing equivilent would be:

sonar
cubase
cakewalk

personally i find most these proggies to be to much learning
and not enough creating, but there meant to be awesome once
you know what your doing.

still, i cant go past fruityloops / vegas and my trusty ol
tracker.


 

offline xlr from Boston (United States) on 2002-04-17 19:45 [#00180465]
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Protools is great if you know what you're doing.


 

offline Laserbeak from Netherlands, The on 2002-04-17 20:24 [#00180493]
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Most musicprograms are great if you know what you're doing.
I think the closest thing to Pro-tools would be Steinberg
Nuendo.


 

offline plugexpert from Nijmegen (Netherlands, The) on 2002-04-17 20:48 [#00180512]
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fasttracker

all oldskool headz will know,...cornbreads gotta go


 


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