Sunday, September 23, 2007

Cubase or Protools

Short post tonight.
I've been using Ableton for about 7 mths and I like it but I'm finding that nobody else uses it and many don't even know what it is. I am really starting to like the sounds that come from hardware synths instead of vst's anyway so I am going to make the switch to either Pro tools or Cubase. I'm pretty sure I want to go with Pro tools but it will cost me a lot more because I do not have a m audio sound card. I have not used either one of them so I just wanted to get some pro and cons of the two.
It seems that Pro tools is more the industry standard from what I have read online. I just don't want to drop and extra 3 to 4 hundred if its not necessary.
Let me know what you think. Thanks.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'd go with Cubase.

Anonymous said...

I think the whole "industry standard" thing is kind of a myth. Sure, if you work in LA for 10 different producers you'd be dumb not to know Pro Tools.

However, if you aren't working in 15 different studios a month and maybe just recording at home, I can see no benefit to Pro Tools. It costs more and no one is thrilled with it's sequencer.

I'm HUGE on Cubase SX3, which I'm not sure you can get anymore. If you can get it, I couldn't imagine you not being completely blown away.

Then again, why can't you stick with Ableton?

Brandon