文档介绍：TOOLS OF THE TRADE
Digidesign's Pro Tools Explained: Part 2
Published in SOS March 2001
Technique : Computers
Simon Price continues his look at Pro Tools, focusing
this month on the software and how it can be used in
the studio alongside other MIDI + Audio recording and
editing applications.
Last month, I provided an
overview of the current
Digidesign and Pro Tools
universe. This time, I want to
look at the Pro Tools software
as pares to other
packages, and offer some
pointers to recent purchasers of
Digidesign systems, especially
those wishing to integrate their
existing MIDI + Audio software.
The last few months has seen large numbers of people trying out Pro Tools
software for the first time. Last year the Digi 001 found its way into many
new and existing home recording setups, and in the short time since its
release, the free version of Pro Tools software (see )
has been downloaded over 150,000 times! I am assuming that most 001
buyers intend to use Pro Tools software for at least some tasks, given that
there are so many other brands of soundcard (without Pro Tools support)
that they could have chosen to use with their MIDI software.
Three issues seem to arise for most of the people who bring Pro Tools
systems into their studio. Firstly, which of its many possible roles will the Pro
Tools sys