Yeah, totally lost

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:30 pm

Alright so,, [no critics please]

parents buy my all this recording stuff for my band. awesome right.

i recieved:
-pro tools 7.0
-Firestudio project
-akg 200 condenser mic
-and some monitors.

Ok

so i have no idea how to use any of this equiptment.

so i dont even know why i have pro tools because everytime i open it it reads

"Unable to locate M-audio hardware. Make sure your hardware is connected and turned on"

so im guessing that was just a waste of money.

Firestudio is plugged in and came with Cubase LE 4.

ill read up on that.

and the other two items are fine.

basically just tell me if i should take back pro tools.. because it doesnt seem necessary,

Thanks much Very Happy

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:23 pm

You need to have an Mbox to run any protools system. No hardware, no load. Buy your self an Mbox (return 7.0 because all Mboxes come with ProTool LE 7.0) then you can run your Mbox in conjunction with your Firestudio.

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:36 pm

Well, wait a minute.
I don't think you can buy just PT software alone. Can you?
The software is usually always linked to a hardware componet.
And since the software is specifically asking for M-Audio hardware, I would think that version of PT was bundled with some hardware.
Look around under the tree again. There should be another box with your name on it.

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:38 pm

yes you can always buy the software alone...infact there it is in my Sweetwater cataloge...Most likely ProTools M-powered iten PTMP

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:45 pm

alright so if i take pro-tools back and buy an mbox i can run it with my firestudio?

your positive?
ill def check out that myspace btw.

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:48 pm

ah- yes, I see, you are correct.
Well then. So we're dealing with PT M-Powered software.
Someone should have told mom and dad that they needed to get some M-Audio hardware.

Sounds like he has great parents though.
If they might be considering adopting in the near future......

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:49 pm

ahha yeah right man great parents my dick.
i paid 800 of it.
well either way yeah i guess they are great to pick it all up for me.

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:51 pm

is there any way you could possible send me a link to the hardware i need?

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:51 pm

http://www.digidesign.com/index.cfm?langid=100&navid=28

This link should get you pointed in the right direction to begin your research.

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:54 pm

Basically if you want to run protools buy an mbox, and keep the protools, or you can take back protools and use the cubase software with your firestudio. All up to you and depends on how many tracks you'll be recording at once, Mboxes tend to come with two pre's so that's 10 inputs...do you have ten microphones to run at once?

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:55 pm

basically there's 2 camps.
The MBOX camp which is all digidesign. You buy the hardware, and they give you the software.

THe M-Audio camp is where you can buy just the software, but use a 3rd party interface (like those made by the company M-Audio)

It's confusing because they both have the 'M' in their title but it's 2 different things.

Hope that helps a little

Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 12:00 am

well i have to mic guitar, bass, drums (4 mics), and vocals so i really only need 7 or 8,
will using cubase be just as good as pro-tools?

sorry for being such a noob lol.

gotta start somewhere.

Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 12:14 am

anyone there?

Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:28 am

I'm going to leave the Pro-tools vs. Cubase thing for another time... it really all comes down personal preference. But if it was me?.... I would return Pro-tools (if they don't have some kind of "no return" policy for opened software) and use Cubase. I have used Cubase LE for a couple of years and really like it.... it does everything I need it to do for now.

Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:40 am

Thanks alot for the reply.

I figure ill return it.
Cubase LE is only trial though

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