![]() Three of the workstations were ones nobody has mentioned yet:Īt $100,000 each in its heyday, it was an incredible, unrivaled machine, and many still feel that way today. And I had to know how to work each one! A daunting challenge, coming out of school with no real DAW training to speak of since we had focused mainly on analog technologies. My first job was at a recording studio with 6 rooms, each with a different DAW. I believe that the owner sold DSP to Fairlight in 2003(?), and went on to form SmartAV The "ergonomic" desk was a joke for my 6'1" frame, but the touch screen mix console (left) and video playback (right) worked great, until the screens died. With no other form of navigation in the editor other than the wheel and 4 arrow keys, I finally understood the benefit of keyboard shortcuts over mousing around. And speaking of, what a scrub wheel! Nice and heavy, with a resolution that made you forget you were at 16-bit / 48k. No need to pull out a region's end, just untail, scrub, and re-tail. Which usually was delivered the next day! Two keys that I still miss are the un-top and un-tail. But being that we had a direct line of communication to the developer, any new system feature we were looking for was only an email and a software update away. It was early in my career that I had to sit down to learn it, and it taught me some valuable lessons like, "It's just a tool, what do they call it & where do they put it? You know how to do this." and thanks to its lack of waveform display "Stop mixing with your eyes, dummy." The DSP PostStationīuilt off the architecture of two ganged Yamaha 02R's, this DAW had very little going for it in terms of processing. Again with the soft keys and that awful blue screen. DAW-wise the AudioFile felt like a huge leap backward from the Mix system I had at home. I hated that screen, but not as much as the soft keys. 4-band EQ, compressor, limiter & gate on every channel. Gear-wise the 元 was great, smooth faders, nice jog wheel. I just didn't know what I had my fingers on. If I could go back in time, I'd kick my own ass for ever trash-talking this machine. I've owned Pro Tools Free, Pro Tools Mix Plus & Pro Tools LE and all have treated me well. I had been forced by employers into relationships with other systems, but always have had a PT system in one form or another on the side. I loved the concept that it was Mac-based and not a proprietary system costing hundreds of thousands of dollars. ![]() ![]() I have a relatively long history with Pro Tools, going back to '95 when I was just a little whelp of an student/editor using a Pro Tools III Nubus (thank you, Tim) system with PT3 and Sound Designer II. What did you use before you found the latest and greatest? Do you miss anything about them? Are you happy they're in the rear view mirror of your life? Lets put some perspective on these new-fangled devices. So we've covered which DAW you currently use. I thought it would be a good topic to put up for discussion. I got into a conversation with the guys at work about the old DAWs they used to use, what's changed, what they miss, and what's stayed the same. This could lead to some very long posts, but here goes anyways.
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