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| From | Brian Curtis <brioohs@sbcglobal.net> |
| Subject | Pro Tools (for dumb fools), my #$@! |
| Date | Wed, 15 Oct 2003 19:09:44 -0600 |
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I'll take the bait too...what's up with the insult? The last Oohs album was
done entirely in Pro Tools, as were our contributions for two upcoming comp
CDs, and we plan to continue using it as we prepare to record our 3rd album.
Michael and Ryan have asked and so shall I...
All I can add is that Pro Tools, like any other software, can be abused by
"users" just as much as all of the other tools at the disposal of the
recording masses. For my own use, it has certainly made life easier not
having to deal with tape(s), and mixing is a joy rather than a slow painful
process.
Brioohs
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on 10/15/03 5:00 PM, audities-owner@smoe.org at audities-owner@smoe.org
wrote:
>
> Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 02:52:02 +1000
> From: Michael Carpenter <Stagefright@msn.com.au>
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Pro Tools (for dumb fools)
> Message-ID: <000201c3911e$76a9ed00$3e93fea9@endx18b1yaw4so>
>
> "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com> wrote..
>
>> Glad he didnt
>> try to update his sound with midi, drum machines, samples, pro-tools (for
> dumb
>> fools) and other digital automated crap.
>
> I don't know why i'm going against my better judgement and asking this, or
> even why this bugs me...
>
> Why Billy, is Pro Tools for 'dumb fools'? As a full time studio owner who in
> the last 12 years and over 300 projects has been through analogue tape and
> desks, digital tape and desks and now works with Pro Tools every day, why am
> i a dumb fool now? Did you just fall for the 'Pro Tools is evil' bullshit
> that people like to spin when talking about 'the good old days' or do you
> have a bona fide reason for labeling PT users both 'dumb' and 'foolish'? It
> is after all, just a recording medium, but one that, from my point of view
> has seen the quality of my records, as an artist and as a producer,
> generally go through the roof sonically, artistically and creatively in the
> last 2 and a half years.
>
> Not meaning to sound flippant, or in any way accusitory, or to start a
> fight. I'm just fascinated by the psychology behind such statements....
>
> Tweak out..
>
> MC (who once got into a 'pushy-shovey' fight over digital vs analogue
> tape... and hopes he doesn't have to equate the ridicule of technological
> progress to calling Les Paul, Joe Meek, George Martin and Phil Spector to
> name only 4 innovators in the studio 'frauds')
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 18:06:17 -0400
> From: Ryan Williams <ryan@headphonetreats.com>
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: Pro Tools (for dumb fools)
> Message-ID: <CCF1E5F4-FF5B-11D7-874D-000393553A8E@headphonetreats.com>
>
>> Why Billy, is Pro Tools for 'dumb fools'?
>
> I'd like to know this as well. I use it daily (along with analog tape)
> and I agree all the PT bashing is pretty ridiculous. Both have good and
> bad points. I was strictly analog for years, and find DAW recording to
> be very liberating. It's all about the engineer's skill, not the
> recording format.
>
> Ryan
>
>
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