Re: Moving From ProTools to Linux? Good or bad?

Neil Gould wrote:

I have a different take on it...

And I have a different take on your take

> I'm very happy not to have to keep all those knobs and switches clean!

I am, too. I use mine enough so that the dirt doesn't accumulate. Sure, they wear
after a while and need to be replaced, but doing that is more intuitive to me than
trying to fix the sort of computer problem that "just happens."

I see no reason to have more than the
equivalent of one channel strip's worth of knobs and switches, with separate
level, trim controls and a selection button for each channel to assign which
electronics the buttons and switches will modify. Obviously, this model has
been around for quite a while, but IMO is better implemented in hardware
rather than computer-based software.

I can't be sure if that's one point or two. I'll take it as two. Having a single assignable
set of controls is OK if you're working on only one track at a time, but I equate that
to playing a guitar with only one string on it. As long as I don't need to play chords (and
sometimes you do "play chords" on a console when you move a group of faders, or
crossfader between channels) I can get along on one string, but it's harder to get around
when I have to play every note on the same string. On a console, I find it much easier
to reach over to the strip marked "Guitar" than to scroll through a chanel list (or click
on a track) in order to bring up its controls.

I agree that "the old model" is better impolemented in hardware than software. Software
is not tactile. A proper console (one with a meter bridge) can tell me what's happening
all through my system and I don't have to scroll, zoom, or squint. Similarly, I can control
anything just by reaching for a knob or switch. The control works instantly. I can hear
what I'm doing with no lag or overshoot. If I was the type of person who knows that I
want to add 3.6 dB at 147 Hz, that's definitely easier to do in software (or a software-
based console).



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