They hear that Studio X uses ProTools so they too want to record using ProTools.
Generally musicians aren't very knowledgeable when it comes to recording.
If one has a rather limited budget and wants to get the most bang for his or her buck, one would prefer Cubase on a PC as a PC in general is less expensive than a comparible Mac. If one's computer knowledge is based in Apple and he or she doesn't know what what Windows Explorer is, then he or she would prefer ProTools on Mac.īudget. If one doesn't like Digidesign's or M-audio's audio interfaces, then one would not prefer ProTools on a MAC. If one works with MIDI and needs lots of features there, Cubase (and as a result of your comparison restriction) on a PC would be preferred. As mentioned in the post above, Cubase has much better MIDI implementation than ProTools. Nvemusic wrote: why should one prefer one over the other?įeatures. Anyway, since you've set the rules, I will follow them. However, you can find hundreds of thousands of discussions comparing Cubase vs ProTools and PC vs Mac all over the internet. Comparing running one on one and the other on another isn't really a valid comparison. We should begin by narrowing down the comparison data. I hope the industry becomes a bit more open in the next decade or so.
Someday I want my own studio, and I don't want to use Pro Tools. JesterMasque wrote: I have lost a lot of business because my STUDIO doesn't have Pro Tools. Is it more common to use a PCI interface instead of a USB/Firewire interface? What's out there that competes with PT's HD systems? I don't know what's out there. some non-Digi high end stuff through the same monitoring, mics, room, etc. I wish I could be in the control room of a legit studio and hear a comparison of an HD system vs. My school has an HD system, but our "studio" has such bad rooms that I get a better sound just taking my old MBox and some cheap mics to a church or something. It just sucks how damn expensive digi stuff gets if you need alot of inputs. I wouldn't really have the ear or experience to offer a valuable opinion on Digi's stuff against the rest of the market, but I've heard that the high end Digi stuff (not the LE line, but the 192's, etc.) "has more head room" and holds it's own in the market. Also, you aren't limited to the somewhat inferior selection of RTAS plugins against the horde of VST's unless you use a wrapper of somekind. I've always been much more satisfied working with Virtual Instruments in Cubase than in Pro Tools. Pro Tools' MIDI stuff is so stiff in comparison to that of Cubase or even Digital Performer (or ableton live! My favorite). I do mostly electronic music (minimal live recording), and I've always preferred Cubase to Pro Tools in the realm of MIDI editing.