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Post by kcatthedog on Oct 9, 2022 6:57:58 GMT -6
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Post by notneeson on Oct 9, 2022 12:37:49 GMT -6
It was a few years back, but when I tried it I almost immediately hit a limitation that didn’t work for me. Can’t recall what exactly it was. |
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Post by kcatthedog on Oct 9, 2022 12:50:04 GMT -6
Oh there is a limitation, I think, 7 tracks, I think this article, explores a sort of bounce in place function.
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Post by ericn on Oct 9, 2022 14:18:40 GMT -6
The free PT has always been extremely limited in tracks and functions. Suprised they just don’t port it to IOS and Android!
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Post by sirthought on Oct 9, 2022 22:05:14 GMT -6
This isn't like the old free PT First version. That one only allowed you to use stock Avid sold plugins. Much better now.
If someone was asking you to track guitars, they could send you a stereo rough complete with markers, tempo changes, etc. and you'd have a couple of tracks and buses to play with to get things ready to send them.
Eight tracks is kind of a nice throw back. Certainly enough to get things done if you don't want to buy the whole DAW.
If you wanted to subscribe to the cheapest option for a couple months, you could do your larger projects, but then get things down to eight stems and save that for possible tweaks later in the free version.
I think it's odd that they are only allowing for four track inputs being recorded at once. But you can have MIDI and instrument tracks beyond the eight stereo tracks. So, a drum setup of kick, snare, and two overheads would be the max for tracking.
Think of all the great albums done with just four tracks. And this is kind of luxury if you came up in the 80s and 90s as a home recording guy.
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Post by EmRR on Oct 10, 2022 10:00:24 GMT -6
I tried to use the previous free version to acclimate myself to PT, and for the ratio of bloat on my drive space versus the functionality, plus the active funneling to cloud services, it got deleted pretty quickly. I couldn’t find an existing tracking session small enough to dump into it for learning use.
I worked at another studio this weekend, PT system so needed a tape op, and I got to experience the frequent “it just vanished” crashes I hear mentioned. Pretty basic audio session with zero plugs. Not encouraging.
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Post by notneeson on Oct 10, 2022 11:30:04 GMT -6
I tried to use the previous free version to acclimate myself to PT, and for the ratio of bloat on my drive space versus the functionality, plus the active funneling to cloud services, it got deleted pretty quickly. I couldn’t find an existing tracking session small enough to dump into it for learning use. I worked at another studio this weekend, PT system so needed a tape op, and I got to experience the frequent “it just vanished” crashes I hear mentioned. Pretty basic audio session with zero plugs. Not encouraging. That stinks. Inexcusable in a for hire situation. Cold comfort, but that is just not experience of PT at commercial studios (or anywhere, really). Wonder what was up? |
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Post by EmRR on Oct 10, 2022 14:09:32 GMT -6
I tried to use the previous free version to acclimate myself to PT, and for the ratio of bloat on my drive space versus the functionality, plus the active funneling to cloud services, it got deleted pretty quickly. I couldn’t find an existing tracking session small enough to dump into it for learning use. I worked at another studio this weekend, PT system so needed a tape op, and I got to experience the frequent “it just vanished” crashes I hear mentioned. Pretty basic audio session with zero plugs. Not encouraging. That stinks. Inexcusable in a for hire situation. Cold comfort, but that is just not experience of PT at commercial studios (or anywhere, really). Wonder what was up? Good question. 2 year old Mac Pro, HDX system, Control 24 surface. 14 audio inputs, no processing. I do feel I hear grumbling about this type crash in PT quite a bit. |
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Post by jeremygillespie on Oct 10, 2022 14:14:41 GMT -6
Only time I’ve experienced that is with some sort of corrupted plugin that sends the system into a tail spin when you open it, and the only way to come back to your session with ease is to close out and open your last session file backup. I just so happen to have those set to save every 2 mins so I’m usually good to go.
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