RE: pro tools on a laptop?
Hi Cameron, My best wisdom so far has come directly from avid customer support. Unfortunately avid reps are getting rare here, theonly authorized service center is in Quebec. I will check first to see if they do indeed still have the computer approved, list. That was how I outfitted this setup, and I am still hunting for on sight wisdom, since indeed that is best to my mind too. someone here who can actually make recommendations based on my structure. Cameron every radio producer is told not to store their audio on the hard drive of their main machine, that is why I use an external drive. Karen On Tue, 18 Jan 2011, Cameron wrote: Hi Karen. Any Intel based mac book pro with a texas instruments firewire chipset would work. On the newer ones, you'd need a firewire 800 to firewire 400 adaptor but they are pretty cheap. You can get an off brand one for around twenty five dollars US. The newer mac book pros, like the newer Imacs, only have firewire 800 ports. What you'd want to do would be to have a firewire hard drive and daisy chain that with the Digi 002. A USB drive is not recommended if you are using that drive to record/playback sessions. The mac book pros with either an I5 or I7 processor run pro tools with no trouble. The only thing to watch out for is if someone will be using virtual instruments that require a lot of disk streaming. However, from speaking with you previously, you don't seem to be in that camp. Also, a drive that is 7200rpm as opposed to 5400rpm would be a good idea. All the new mac book pros come with 4 gigs of ddr3 ram standard. Depending on track count and plug ins used etc, bumping that up to eight gigs may be a wise investment. You'll need a keyboard with a number pad although you could use the apple desktop keyboard you already own. Good luck and let us know what you get when you decide on a machine. Cameron. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Karen Lewellen Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 9:21 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: pro tools on a laptop? Hi all, As I get closer to this, I have a question. My present pro tools setup with os 9 involves a desktop, but I am considering a laptop for the new mac so as to take advantage of other mac uses. However if I cannot find a fit for my present pro tools hardware, I have and will continue to use a digi 002, then I would have to consider a desktop instead. I also will be connecting an external usb drive. I realize this might be a very basic question, but can anyone recommend a mac laptop that will allow me to connect the digi and the external drive with no major issues? Was going to ask my local pro audio store here with the greatest history with my setup, but sadly they seem to be gone. thanks, Karen
RE: A lightbulb moment for a possible sampler workaround.
Perhaps this would work. Those files contain the saved settings of the plug in. Nearly all can be adjusted from automation except for the actual instrument file to load. Would help if we could make a version of one of these that contains the instrument file name to load, and then we could adjust the other settings ourselves. However, Avid is well known for not being forthcoming with internal details of Pro Tools, including file formats. Don't know what the chances would be of them giving us any info on these files. A search just now didn't turn up any technical information, but it did reveal several people that have fruitlessly searched for this info in the past. Bryan -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Reeves Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 11:45 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: A lightbulb moment for a possible sampler workaround. Ok. The subject doesn't make any sense because my mad scientist brain is swimming with an idea and I'm just gonna write stream of consciousness. Something occurred to me about our problems with using samplers like structure, kontact, etc. All those samplers do is to load an external file that's saved somewhere on the hard drive. They have extensions like .gig, .tki, .exs, etc. If logic serves, when a preset it saved using pro tools, that creates a .tfx file, which points to the above mentioned sampler file. How can we access the actual code of the .tfx file and learn it's hierarchy so that we can write them outside of the pro tools environment? If we can learn how to write them in an advanced text editor or compiler, can't we create an automator script to anylize a folder, get all the file names, and input each one into it's own .tfx file? That way, we could quickly create native pro tools presets of otherwise inaccessible presets. I'm not the only one who thought of this. Check out this link. http://protools.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Preset-Maker-Utility/29275-3779 When I bring the .tfx files up in text edit, it's gibberish. Anyone know what language those are written in? Let's get some dialog going on this, because if we can automate the process of making these files, then we can distribute them to everyone, granted that they've saved the installed instruments into the common path. However, to take this a step further, someone could create a small program whereby they tell it where the instrument files are stored, which then alters the automator script to create the tfx files with the propper paths. Any thoughts? Have a great night. Reeves
RE: pro tools on a laptop?
because Cameron sweetwater cannot make house calls to Canada smiles. Ihave a few doors before I have to knock that far. Thanks, Karen On Tue, 18 Jan 2011, Cameron wrote: Hey Karen. Oh yes, I'm aware. same goes for other areas of music/audio... which is why I mentioned daisy chainigng the 002 with an external firewire hard drive so you use the external as your audio drive and the internal as the system drive. You'll still have better performance in the long run using a 7200rpm internal drive as opposed to 5400rpm. Why not call Sweetwater in Indiana? They are avid and apple dealers and seem to be the best in the business. Cameron. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Karen Lewellen Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 11:17 AM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: pro tools on a laptop? Hi Cameron, My best wisdom so far has come directly from avid customer support. Unfortunately avid reps are getting rare here, theonly authorized service center is in Quebec. I will check first to see if they do indeed still have the computer approved, list. That was how I outfitted this setup, and I am still hunting for on sight wisdom, since indeed that is best to my mind too. someone here who can actually make recommendations based on my structure. Cameron every radio producer is told not to store their audio on the hard drive of their main machine, that is why I use an external drive. Karen On Tue, 18 Jan 2011, Cameron wrote: Hi Karen. Any Intel based mac book pro with a texas instruments firewire chipset would work. On the newer ones, you'd need a firewire 800 to firewire 400 adaptor but they are pretty cheap. You can get an off brand one for around twenty five dollars US. The newer mac book pros, like the newer Imacs, only have firewire 800 ports. What you'd want to do would be to have a firewire hard drive and daisy chain that with the Digi 002. A USB drive is not recommended if you are using that drive to record/playback sessions. The mac book pros with either an I5 or I7 processor run pro tools with no trouble. The only thing to watch out for is if someone will be using virtual instruments that require a lot of disk streaming. However, from speaking with you previously, you don't seem to be in that camp. Also, a drive that is 7200rpm as opposed to 5400rpm would be a good idea. All the new mac book pros come with 4 gigs of ddr3 ram standard. Depending on track count and plug ins used etc, bumping that up to eight gigs may be a wise investment. You'll need a keyboard with a number pad although you could use the apple desktop keyboard you already own. Good luck and let us know what you get when you decide on a machine. Cameron. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Karen Lewellen Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 9:21 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: pro tools on a laptop? Hi all, As I get closer to this, I have a question. My present pro tools setup with os 9 involves a desktop, but I am considering a laptop for the new mac so as to take advantage of other mac uses. However if I cannot find a fit for my present pro tools hardware, I have and will continue to use a digi 002, then I would have to consider a desktop instead. I also will be connecting an external usb drive. I realize this might be a very basic question, but can anyone recommend a mac laptop that will allow me to connect the digi and the external drive with no major issues? Was going to ask my local pro audio store here with the greatest history with my setup, but sadly they seem to be gone. thanks, Karen
RE: pro tools on a laptop?
Hi. That is true, although they do offer lifetime tech support via phone and e mail. And avid gives you a certain amount of free tech support when you purchase avid hardware/software. Still, something based in Canada may be the better bet. Cameron. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Karen Lewellen Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 12:45 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: pro tools on a laptop? because Cameron sweetwater cannot make house calls to Canada smiles. Ihave a few doors before I have to knock that far. Thanks, Karen On Tue, 18 Jan 2011, Cameron wrote: Hey Karen. Oh yes, I'm aware. same goes for other areas of music/audio... which is why I mentioned daisy chainigng the 002 with an external firewire hard drive so you use the external as your audio drive and the internal as the system drive. You'll still have better performance in the long run using a 7200rpm internal drive as opposed to 5400rpm. Why not call Sweetwater in Indiana? They are avid and apple dealers and seem to be the best in the business. Cameron. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Karen Lewellen Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 11:17 AM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: pro tools on a laptop? Hi Cameron, My best wisdom so far has come directly from avid customer support. Unfortunately avid reps are getting rare here, theonly authorized service center is in Quebec. I will check first to see if they do indeed still have the computer approved, list. That was how I outfitted this setup, and I am still hunting for on sight wisdom, since indeed that is best to my mind too. someone here who can actually make recommendations based on my structure. Cameron every radio producer is told not to store their audio on the hard drive of their main machine, that is why I use an external drive. Karen On Tue, 18 Jan 2011, Cameron wrote: Hi Karen. Any Intel based mac book pro with a texas instruments firewire chipset would work. On the newer ones, you'd need a firewire 800 to firewire 400 adaptor but they are pretty cheap. You can get an off brand one for around twenty five dollars US. The newer mac book pros, like the newer Imacs, only have firewire 800 ports. What you'd want to do would be to have a firewire hard drive and daisy chain that with the Digi 002. A USB drive is not recommended if you are using that drive to record/playback sessions. The mac book pros with either an I5 or I7 processor run pro tools with no trouble. The only thing to watch out for is if someone will be using virtual instruments that require a lot of disk streaming. However, from speaking with you previously, you don't seem to be in that camp. Also, a drive that is 7200rpm as opposed to 5400rpm would be a good idea. All the new mac book pros come with 4 gigs of ddr3 ram standard. Depending on track count and plug ins used etc, bumping that up to eight gigs may be a wise investment. You'll need a keyboard with a number pad although you could use the apple desktop keyboard you already own. Good luck and let us know what you get when you decide on a machine. Cameron. -Original Message- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Karen Lewellen Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 9:21 PM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: pro tools on a laptop? Hi all, As I get closer to this, I have a question. My present pro tools setup with os 9 involves a desktop, but I am considering a laptop for the new mac so as to take advantage of other mac uses. However if I cannot find a fit for my present pro tools hardware, I have and will continue to use a digi 002, then I would have to consider a desktop instead. I also will be connecting an external usb drive. I realize this might be a very basic question, but can anyone recommend a mac laptop that will allow me to connect the digi and the external drive with no major issues? Was going to ask my local pro audio store here with the greatest history with my setup, but sadly they seem to be gone. thanks, Karen
