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 Wed 18 Jan 2006, 12:30
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Don't get hung up on the software side of things.
They all offer benefits, whether it be for composition. recording, DAW or whatever.
I think Cubase is the simplest in many respects as its interface is probably familiar to all.
Logic is very flexible but has a harder learning curve due to the rather odd 'enviroments' system.
Ableton is probably the hottest at this time as it lends it self very well to DAW as well as the DJ generation, but its interface is very proprietry.
pro Tools is widely used within the industry, not because its good software, but because the hardware options offered a guaranteed track count, where the CPU dependant packages did not.
I'm migrating away from Cubase now towards ableton, as I intend to use it for Live as well as studio use.
I also think that Ableton has the lowest CPU hit of all the packages, where Cubase(SE) has the highest and Logic somewhere in the middle.
You have to think seriously about this when your on a lowly 12" powerbook.
The Firebox is an excellent piece of kit, and seems more stable than my old FW410.
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 articles Presonus FireBox Review Fri 1 Jul 2005, 12:03 CmdrLaForge Thanks for the great article. I will get one of th... Fri 1 Jul 2005, 12:03 tkt2rde Nice Review.
I'm curious if you tested the Fi... Fri 1 Jul 2005, 15:22 yimkin hi
dunno if this helps but the advice i got re FW... Fri 1 Jul 2005, 22:21 CmdrLaForge QUOTE (tkt2rde @ Jul 1 2005, 14:22)Nice Revie... Sat 2 Jul 2005, 08:21 vsmith1 I've recently purchased a Firebox. I have a Po... Sat 2 Jul 2005, 10:29 zeebee Firebox is the best..I researched for months, the ... Sat 2 Jul 2005, 19:44 tkt2rde I should note that the M-Audio FW410 did work with... Sun 3 Jul 2005, 00:18 digimusic sorry,
the firebox has a problem. it is about the... Sun 3 Jul 2005, 17:26 arvidtp Ummm... digimusic i have to disagree with you on t... Sun 3 Jul 2005, 23:21 danielsk Hi all. I wonder, should i buy M-Audio Firewire 41... Sun 7 Aug 2005, 12:23 arvidtp firebox. I like mine. From what i have heard the 4... Sun 7 Aug 2005, 14:07 UnholyConfessions Hello,
Do both passive and active monitors work ... Tue 16 Aug 2005, 21:29 Hugo Cole Hi
I just posted this elsewhere - wondering if an... Wed 17 Aug 2005, 23:25 arvidtp never had any problems with the midi on my firebox... Thu 18 Aug 2005, 00:15 vsmith1 As far as using active and passive monitors then y... Thu 18 Aug 2005, 08:45 JulienGB Hi Firebox users,
What about the cpu peaks with t... Thu 18 Aug 2005, 14:57 adachis I've used M-Audio interfaces for a little over... Mon 29 Aug 2005, 07:04 vsmith1 QUOTE (JulienGB @ Aug 18 2005, 13:57)Hi Fireb... Mon 29 Aug 2005, 19:39 Brizzle Great review and discusion!
I'm sold in c... Wed 21 Sep 2005, 03:38 arvidtp i think u will be OK with an 800 MHz G4. Dont expe... Wed 21 Sep 2005, 05:50 rickenbacker I just posted a similar reply in another thread a ... Wed 21 Sep 2005, 16:41 bravescape Can Firebox be used as stand-alone preamp with AC ... Fri 25 Nov 2005, 23:06 piggy_destruction Hi, I just made an account for this topic. I have ... Thu 1 Dec 2005, 02:24 arvidtp "Can Firebox be used as stand-alone preamp wi... Thu 1 Dec 2005, 05:04 piggy_destruction Thanks for the reply, arvidtp. I am defintely lean... Thu 1 Dec 2005, 05:31 CrowDog Hi Everyone!
I'm completely new to recordi... Mon 12 Dec 2005, 20:17 rickenbacker The Firebox does not have Send and Return insert j... Tue 13 Dec 2005, 12:06 lessthenzero Hello everyone. I just got an account set up here ... Fri 30 Dec 2005, 20:43 yenny Hi there,
I'm interested in getting a Firebox ... Sat 7 Jan 2006, 04:25 mapmap you could plug it in to the midi in of the firebox... Sat 7 Jan 2006, 17:38 rickenbacker Regarding the CPU hit, I've always found Live ... Thu 19 Jan 2006, 11:24 rickenbacker This morning, I got an e-mail from Ableton, saying... Fri 20 Jan 2006, 15:42 Uncle Kvetch QUOTE (mapmap @ Jan 7 2006, 16:38)you could p... Tue 7 Feb 2006, 15:42 arvidtp the keybboard USB input is a MIDI input, not an AU... Tue 7 Feb 2006, 18:26 bcatcho Recently I have been looking to ableton live but i... Tue 7 Feb 2006, 20:48 masbeni I've just bought firebox mostly because of the... Sun 12 Feb 2006, 10:26 arvidtp dunno - i think mine's pretty clean, at least ... Sun 12 Feb 2006, 18:29 audiophotovideo QUOTE (masbeni @ Feb 12 2006, 09:26)Too many ... Sun 12 Feb 2006, 22:43
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