Hello to everyone from Shanghai
Congrats on a Dynamic and interesting Forum (especially lately!)
I am a Brit and have been using Protools LE (001) this year and created some very useful MIDI tracks to solidify the rhythm ( guitarists, huh?) from my Korg Triton Le Workstation ( 'Le' again?). Somebody advised that Logic was better for MIDI than PT. Could you explain the difference as I only know PT and would like to learn about other possibilities.
[Also, Hope you don't mind me asking but; I read todays topics and somebody stated LE stands for "Light Edition" but I can't get anybody to confirm this is correct?.]
Thanks for a great place to go when you need help
Tone

PT has a moderate amount of midi control. You can feel it comes from tha audio side, midi was added only afterwards as an help not to be obliged to return in a complete sequencer.

If you have only basic needs in midi, PT is right.

Logic on the other side is maybe the fullest soft on midi. You can do whatever you want to in it in midi. The Environement in Logic is a very powerfull feature if not at the beginning something easy to come by.

A Logic user could explain it to you much better than me. I'm on DP.

Dp also is a powerfull solution, good in audio, and good in midi but the midi side can't beat Logic. the real question is do you want to have maximum control on midi or not? Or it's overkill.

Many thanks for the response
I did consider the difference would be down to extent of use for MIDI but having an expert opinion is always better to avoid reinforcing a mistaken belief.
You are perfectly right - in my case it think it would be overkill though I will still try to find out what options are on offer.
What's still buging me is; I know what TDM is and HD I suspect is plain High Definition? but still do not know officially what LE stands for (nothing in the PT books). Could someone confirm the above?
many thanks again
Tone

well, if you are so interested in semantics, LE (as in "Photoshop LE") stands for limited edition.

many thanks for the reply aladinsane
I hope you don't think I was wasting time. I honestly am not interested in semantics (interrelationship of words and phrases) in this case, only the Technical "shorthand" used so I can learn as much as possible on the subjects discussed (if one can't answer questions from one's friends it's sometimes embarrassing). LE is used by Korg and others so "Limited" doesn't seem like the sort of customer-to-product recognition any marketing person would use with their product - unless they only made 100 of them (Watches, Cars etc?). I'll question Digidesign again and let the forum know.
Thanks again
Tone

The "limited" tag refers to the feature set, rather than the production run. You can also take it as "light edition".

This doesn't mean that Pro Tools LE is disappointingly basic, but naturally there is a much bigger brother, known simply as Pro Tools and found in major label recording studios etc. It's similar to Logic having Logic Fun, MicroLogic, Audio, Gold and Platinum, the latter being the main one that Top 40 hits are recorded on.

Which one you buy all comes down to money, really. We'd all like the best, but we've also got to eat!

Thanks Rickenbacker (& Aladinsane)
I now understand the way the product sytem works - which is quite enlightening to somebody like me - I feel like now I am in-the-know so to speak!
Thanks to people like you I can grow in confidence with every little bit of info
Tone