I use a Digi 002. I believe they are not available new any more but you'll get one on ebay for a decent price. As has already been said, I wouldn't dream of recording or especially mixing a session without it. It simply will make you work a lot faster and frankly I've found my mixes with it are superior to those I did without it moving one fader at a time with VoiceOver. So definitely a worthy investment. As also mentioned however is the act of editing with the number pad which is proving to be the fly in the ointment for me personally...
Sent from my iPhone > On 13 Dec 2013, at 18:55, Slau Halatyn <slauhala...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Robin, > > A control surface is extremely handy to have for speed and accuracy. That > said, it depends on the kind of work you're doing. Today, I did a brief > editing session for a client who only required some two-track edits. Since > they had sent me some mp3s via email, I simply launched Pro Tools on the > laptop, did the edits using the numeric keypad, consolidated the edits and > threw them on a flash drive. That kind of work can easily be done without a > control surface. Yesterday's session was a live tracking session with drums, > bass, guitar, keyboard and vocals onto 20 audio tracks. I wouldn't dream of > doing a session like that without a control surface. I understand the Artist > series surfaces from Avid are relatively inexpensive. Perhaps others on the > list can comment. > > Best, > > Slau > >> On Dec 13, 2013, at 1:26 PM, Robin Kipp <mli...@robin-kipp.net> wrote: >> >> Hey Slau, >> thanks a lot for your reply! >> Alright, I guess I’ll try that… Just wondering, is there any kind of gear >> that I should get along with PT? For example, a control surface or anything >> like that… >> Thanks! >> Robin >>> Am 13.12.2013 um 15:57 schrieb Slau Halatyn <slauhala...@gmail.com>: >>> >>> The update should be out soon, perhaps a week or two, not sure. It's >>> absolutely worth the upgrade. No details are supposed to be discussed but, >>> put it this way, I just upgraded from 10 HD to 11 HD for $600 and I >>> wouldn't have done it if I didn't think it was worth it. The release >>> that'll come in the first half of next year will be even better. >>> >>> Slau >>> >>>> On Dec 13, 2013, at 8:00 AM, Robin Kipp <mli...@robin-kipp.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> many thanks for your explanation! Is this upcoming release the one that >>>> was supposed to arrive in ‚early December‘? If so, is there a new >>>> timeframe for the release? I’m just asking because by now it’s not really >>>> ‚early December‘ anymore… >>>> Also, is there anything else I should plan on getting other than just the >>>> PT software? E.g. a control surface or anything else that would my PT >>>> experience smoother… >>>> Many thanks for any advice! :-) >>>> Robin >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
