[musictlk] pro tools

[Cameron]

Hi.  yes, on the macintosh, the majority of the audio functions in pt are
accessible with voiceover.  Pro tools on windows is not accessible.

Currently, on the mac, we do not have access to the midi event list editor,
elastic audio, and other things.  However, as far as recording, editing, and
mixing audio, there are vi and blind people using it successfully on a daily
basis.

Pro tools comes in three basic flavors.  There is pro tools le, which uses
various USB or firewire interfaces, depending on which package you go for.
They range in price from approx $299 to $3k and include the m box, m box 2,
m box pro, 003 rack, 003 interface and control surface, eleven rack, etc.

Then, you have pro tools M powered.  This version requires an m audio
interface like the project mix, fast track pro, or pro fire 26, or, a Mackie
mixer with expansion card, to run.  Pro tools m powered along with a
compatible piece of hardware, will run you anywhere from $400 to $2k or
more.

Both of these packages have limitations; limited track counts for mono and
stereo tracks in a project, etc.  However, you probably would not have
problems where that is concerned unless you are recording an orchestra for
example...  also, you are limited where your sample rate is concerned.

You can run either of them comfortably on a new mac book pro with I5 or I7
processor for example, or, you could go with the new 27 inch Imac with the
second hard drive option and Intel quad core processor.  Those machines
would range in price from approx $1500 to $3k.

Now, the big player is the pro tools hd system.  This uses PCI cards to
handle processing etc.  these systems can range in price from five or ten
grand, up to over $150k.  also, you'd need at least a fairly new mac pro
desktop, which would run you at least two to four thousand.

That is a short and general explanation.  Please come back with any specific
questions.

Thanks,

Cameron.







-----Original Message-----
From: musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jorge Paez
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 2:46 PM
To: NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List
Subject: [musictlk] pro tools

Hi all.
Just wondering,
is the latest version of Pro Tools accessible?
If so, what's the price range for the software?

Thanks.

Jorge





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