I'm a long time Pro Tools user debating between paying $200 to upgrade and stick with PT for another year or move on to another DAW. With Avid moving to a subscription model, if I don't leave now, I probably will in a year... so I might as well seriously consider biting the bullet now.
Here's what I do & what I need:
I'm using a Mac Mini, an Apogee Duet and PT 9. I do radio imaging, which is basically like doing commercials except my imaging work tends to be more edit intensive than any spots I've ever done. I don't do any actual recording. I'm importing voicework, music and sfx in various formats (mp3, aac, vav, mostly). I chop it up, mix it and bounce it out. I don't use a ton of plugins, but EQ, compression and reverb are a must along with some form of brick wall limiting (I used the Waves L1 for years but finally sold my gold bundle a few years ago. I've been using the Maxim plugin in PT since then. It's ok).
I'm giving Reaper a test run, but it has all kinds of crazy behavior that I'm struggling with - even simple things like moving around the edit area are baffling me, and I haven't figured out how to highlight a tiny section in a piece of audio to delete it - such as immediately before a beat in music to split the piece of music into two, or to chop a voicework file into parts.
If I could figure out how to make editing in Reaper behave similar to PT, I could be tempted to stick with it.
Years ago, I tried Logic 8 and it was great for making music beds (though I don't do that often), but editing was a bear!!! I need to be able to move around audio to exactly where I want it. Snapping in place isn't something I need. And mixing with a volume graph is a must. The ability to hit Command-F and do a fade is fine for down & dirty quick editing, but I live and die by the volume graph for precise volume editing. In PT, it's easy to click click click and drop dots for volume/pan/etc graphs. If editing in Logic X is more like PT, I could go this route. God I wish there was a demo!
I really want to leave PT rather than move into a subscription model.
Is there a better affordable DAW for someone who does the sort of editing I do? What should I be considering?
Here's what I do & what I need:
I'm using a Mac Mini, an Apogee Duet and PT 9. I do radio imaging, which is basically like doing commercials except my imaging work tends to be more edit intensive than any spots I've ever done. I don't do any actual recording. I'm importing voicework, music and sfx in various formats (mp3, aac, vav, mostly). I chop it up, mix it and bounce it out. I don't use a ton of plugins, but EQ, compression and reverb are a must along with some form of brick wall limiting (I used the Waves L1 for years but finally sold my gold bundle a few years ago. I've been using the Maxim plugin in PT since then. It's ok).
I'm giving Reaper a test run, but it has all kinds of crazy behavior that I'm struggling with - even simple things like moving around the edit area are baffling me, and I haven't figured out how to highlight a tiny section in a piece of audio to delete it - such as immediately before a beat in music to split the piece of music into two, or to chop a voicework file into parts.
If I could figure out how to make editing in Reaper behave similar to PT, I could be tempted to stick with it.
Years ago, I tried Logic 8 and it was great for making music beds (though I don't do that often), but editing was a bear!!! I need to be able to move around audio to exactly where I want it. Snapping in place isn't something I need. And mixing with a volume graph is a must. The ability to hit Command-F and do a fade is fine for down & dirty quick editing, but I live and die by the volume graph for precise volume editing. In PT, it's easy to click click click and drop dots for volume/pan/etc graphs. If editing in Logic X is more like PT, I could go this route. God I wish there was a demo!
I really want to leave PT rather than move into a subscription model.
Is there a better affordable DAW for someone who does the sort of editing I do? What should I be considering?
Leaving Pro Tools. Which DAW can fit my needs?
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