Will this be good for running a music program like Pro Tools for recording music?
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That depends on the version of ProTools you plan on using. The newest version of ProTools requires 4GB of Ram, though this computer has 2GB of RAM in can be easily upgraded to 4GB.
323103
Also, if what you want to do is hook up a studio-quality microphone to your computer (rather than mix several audio inputs in realtime) you're better off with a dedicated mike preamp like the Art Tube Studio and a USB sound card (cheap ones are fine).
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hi! sorry i don't use pro tools 10 but i think you can find some info here : http://recording.org/daw-pro-audio/47845-pro-tools-9-interface-problem.html and here: http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=241539 regarding the oprical output connection...is should work well.
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i don't know anything about "arturia". sorry about that. but you'll be better off with a sound card that has "asio" tech. "asio" tech. doesn't rely on your cpu for the software performance. my acid studio took to it like a hungry dog. i've taken reg. wav. files (songs i recorded years ago", and drag & drop it on a track without a problem. had to burn cd's on the slowest speed, or the program would crash / lock up. its also tempermental with "midi files" and recording them. now, its only $18 so its not a bank breaker. you shouldn't have to get a 2nd mortgage on your home. i have creative sound blaster x-fi platinuim sound card / system. it was a real cool deal about 8 years ago and still is capable of doing a high-end job. you might look in that direction for doing music / computer / studio quality projects. i just invested a small fortune in "avid protools" and a "avid m-box 3". but haven't tried it out yet. i'm trying to get away with what i can on this old computer (os is windows xp with sp3). i don't know how much money your willing to invest or how much you already have invested, so if you can afford better software and have a pc that can handle it, my advice is "you get what you pay for".
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Yes, but the software may be fine or a problem. If you are looking to record anything but drums and samples on Maschine, you may be better off with Ableton Push, which gives you an entire recording suite to record vocals and other external instruments as well. Maschine seems to work best as a standalone instrument, which isn't all that helpful if you want to record entire songs.
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I am pretty sure that it is. When you set up your audio Interface in ProTools this should come up as Firestudio I believe. I apologize, I haven't used pro tools in years.
641905
The unit is designed for line or Mic level processing so you may lose a little high end if you don't run a direct box front of it... with that being said i have run a guitar directly into it and out to a USB XLR link for recording and had good results.
176696
Yes, it should work quite well if you get all the settings correct (in the Control Panel Sound app make sure the "Recording" tab has the "Line" setting turned on).
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Any os you use will be fine on the board, just check the os recommendations for your music software. My guess is that home premium or professional will be just fine.
113408
You have to understand that the Power Mac processor has reached a sort of "end of life." It cannot run any Mac OS newer than 10.5.8 I'm not a user of recording tools, but my understanding of this processor is that it will NOT run Pro Tools 9 or newer. If you are content with older software, my guess would be that this computer would work well for recording.
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It worked fine for me. However, don't expect this device to produce studio quality recordings.
437577
It's hard to say as that's a pretty broad discussion. Pro Tools is essentially an editing/mixing suite. They're not really interchangeable. But they ARE compatible. You can download files from it onto Pro-Tools no problem.
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Definitely! Like any professional portable audio recorder you can record individual tracks in either mp3 or wav format and bring them into any audio program like pro-tools, to layer them, mix and export a finalized audio track. However, if your question is whether you can do that directly from the recorder, no not really. You would always get a better mix from a stand alone audio program like pro tools anyway. Hope this helps!
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You will have to use a DAW to operate for sure. It's not a stand alone. I also notice other comments to this regards. Good luck, Merry Xmas!
2115985
As far as I know, yes, I use it to record with a Samson USB mic through Garageband. You might have a power draw issue where you'll need to use a powered USB hub for the mic, but that isn't always the case.
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Technically yes, but it's not really designed for that. You would have to take the LINK output and run it to an existing audio interface on your computer. If you're looking to record multiple instruments, you may have better success using a mixer and a USB audio interface. Check out the Behringer Xenyx 1204USB.
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no, you would want to buy the Rode Podcaster for that. I run all my stuff thru my studio mixer