For All You Home-Studio/Recorders Out There - Cubase or Pro Tools?

I've been having a lot of driver issues with my old version of Cubase SE 1 on my Macbook Pro. OSX Leopard just seems to have a lot of driver and compatibility issues with old stuff like that.

Anyways, i'm thinking of upgrading to a newer and (hopefully) less troublesome program. Seriously considering Pro Tools.

What's your guys's preferences?

I like the idea of Pro Tools cuz i know someday i'd like to get involved with the music industry in one or more areas and i know lots of big-time studios like using pro tools. Hopefully it might prepare me a bit for what's to come.

Cheers,
Joel

Having used both in a professional setting, Cubase for two years and Pro Tools for 7+....Pro Tools, hands down.

Well, Pro Tools is the "name brand."

mud

Joel, I saw your thread about drum software... if you are student, you can get logic really inexpensively AND it includes drum software (http://www.apple.com/logicstudio/instruments/#ultrabeat)... along with great amp software etc...

otherwise, I guess protools.... or even digital performer or nuendo before cubase.

Joel, I saw your thread about drum software... if you are student, you can get logic really inexpensively AND it includes drum software (http://www.apple.com/logicstudio/instruments/#ultrabeat)... along with great amp software etc...

otherwise, I guess protools.... or even digital performer or nuendo before cubase.Cool, i'll have to check into that. I know there's also some Pro Tools things (software & interface kits, plug-in VST's etc.) that i can get at an academic discount too. But ya, i'll check out Logic. I haven't really looked into it much before.

Thanks,
Joel

Academic version of Logic out there too. Apple bought E-Magic so Logic is an Apple
program now. So it's happy on a Mac. If you've used GarageBand, that's a
truncated version of Logic. Similar work flow.

Tools LE is not compatible with Leopard yet from what I hear.

Logic Studio is one deal that I couldn't even pass up. It has everything and does everything and is compatible with Leopard.

I love Logic but I love Tools too.

Probably Logic like Bent said is your best bet and friendliest to the wallet for now.

From Digidesign:

Mac OS X Requirements with Pro Tools 6 & 7


Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Compatibility Information

Pro Tools LE®, Pro Tools M-Powered™, Pro Tools|HD PCI (not PCIe) systems*, older Intel-based Mac Pro computers, and Avid video peripherals are currently not compatible with the Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) operating system.

From Logic: http://www.apple.com/logicstudio/

Logic Pro 8.0.1 addresses specific customer issues and improves Leopard compatibility of Logic Pro 8.0. It includes Waveburner 1.5.1 and Impulse Response Utility 1.0.1

a good friend has parked his ProTools rig at my studio while he's out of the country for an extended spell ... the awesomeness of its potential is exceeded only by the steep learning curve! i'm feeling my way through and am determined to master it, since it's kind of an industry standard, but i'm keeping my Garageband system up and running for when i need to do something NOW.

i'll probably develop some "serious" projects in PT but will continue to use GB for my sketch-pad in songwriting/arranging ... so quick and easy i can practically work at the speed of thought.

as for Logic, i've got a copy but never could warm up to the interface ... YMMV! there's a lot of love for Logic in these here parts ....

I use Sonar. I don't think ProTools is necessarily "better," but it's what you need to know how to use if you want to work in the recording industry, simply because it's what all the big studios have. If you have no such aspirations, I wouldn't feel any special obligation to use it.

Yup, I am another SONAR user. I find it pretty straight ahead and am able to get things done quickly.

Cubase, Pro Tools and Logic are all very good programs. If you are doing a lot between different studios, then go Pro Tools.

Let me be the first to recommend Reaper. Can't beat the price and can do everything all the big players do.

Dan

They're working on a Mac version of Reaper, but it isn't out yet.

I sure do dig it on my PC, though!

I'd probably go with Logic if I had a Mac...

Cheers, Tim

if you've got a macbook, using Logic is the way to go. installing is a breeze because they're made for each other! and no proprietary hardware issues like with ProTools.

proprietary hardware issues like with ProTools.

yeah, in ProTools, you're subject to that dictatorship. anything you upgrade is subject to a lot of hardware and software issues. but as many in this thread have implied, PT is the lingua franca among studio types in regard to file exchange. if you wanna get into the industry, it's a survival skill.

but it ain't easy and it ain't cheap.

What's your guys's preferences?

I like the idea of Pro Tools cuz i know someday i'd like to get involved with the music industry in one or more areas and i know lots of big-time studios like using pro tools. Hopefully it might prepare me a bit for what's to come.

Cheers,
Joel


I'm probably classed as a mid-sized studio.
I have Protools HD and Logic as my main DAW's.