deuce42
Well-known member
I use M Powered with an M Audio lightbridge and then to an Apogee Rosetta 800. For me it means I can use protools, but my AD DA is the Apogee. The lightbridge merely acts as the "dongle" to allow the M Powered to work. To me its the perfect approach, - well at least for my needs and others may experience differently.
Software is such a personal thing. You use what works for you and makes you feel comfortable using it - bottom line. This is especially true if you are location recording. "On location" usually means an environment where you dont have heaps of time to mess around so it's prudent to use software which feels the most comfortable and organic for you to use without acting as an impediment to what you are trying to do. Do you have time to learn different functions or clunk around with a system that isn't as intituative as what you are used to - even if it is considered "better" by recording folk?
This is where I feel the whole debate over protools v logic v cubase v whatever becomes so pathetic. Its not about which software offers the best features or sound necessarily, it's so much about what program allows you to do your stuff your way. I liken it to this - a marshall guitar stack is not necessarily better than a fender twin reverb. One amp suits a particular guitar player's style whilst the other suits a guitar player with a very different style altogether. The choice of one will allow the player to do his sound without getting in the way of his style of playing. Dito for your recording software I would think when you are on the road. Use the platform which works best for your workflow/recording techniques and needs.
For me Pt 8 is the bus I feel most comfortable travelling on, whether its becuase I first learnt on it or otherwise. It affords me the opportunity to not think about commands and just focus on my recording.
Software is such a personal thing. You use what works for you and makes you feel comfortable using it - bottom line. This is especially true if you are location recording. "On location" usually means an environment where you dont have heaps of time to mess around so it's prudent to use software which feels the most comfortable and organic for you to use without acting as an impediment to what you are trying to do. Do you have time to learn different functions or clunk around with a system that isn't as intituative as what you are used to - even if it is considered "better" by recording folk?
This is where I feel the whole debate over protools v logic v cubase v whatever becomes so pathetic. Its not about which software offers the best features or sound necessarily, it's so much about what program allows you to do your stuff your way. I liken it to this - a marshall guitar stack is not necessarily better than a fender twin reverb. One amp suits a particular guitar player's style whilst the other suits a guitar player with a very different style altogether. The choice of one will allow the player to do his sound without getting in the way of his style of playing. Dito for your recording software I would think when you are on the road. Use the platform which works best for your workflow/recording techniques and needs.
For me Pt 8 is the bus I feel most comfortable travelling on, whether its becuase I first learnt on it or otherwise. It affords me the opportunity to not think about commands and just focus on my recording.
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