Today was another one of those days working in Pro Tools. I like the program but it does have some short comings. The fact that there is a track limit in the LE version and it seems to be missing something when I’m mixing. Always some last minute effect that just does not seem to be there.
The thing that bothers me most is that i lacks a good delay. I mean delay effect where I can do those dub type delays with lots of feed back. Today’s failure was lack of an overdrive or distortion or bit crunch plugin. I wanted a little bit of color on the drums.
The thing I hate most about Pro Tools is the manual. I with it came with a printed manual. I hate reading pdf files. It’s just the way almost all software is today except logic. My only gripe there is that I wish my Logic manuals were in english.
The more I use Pro Tools, I realize the reason why people like it. It’s pretty simple. Conceptually it’s awesome I think. Just it kind of fails in the execution for LE version. I just wish it had things the other daws have. Thinks like mp3 export, unlimited track count. Be less dependent on the hardware. Lately I find that I wish I could just open up a project to check something, not to really listen or do anything. Example of this is that yesterday I wanted to see the mixer view for track John B’s Hair so I could get a better understanding of how it was mixed before I go back to re-arrange it. Wanted to make sure there were no routing surprises. It would be really cool if Digidesign made a special program or allowed Pro Tools to open a session in a view mode. You can’t edit or do anything at all. just view the automation, mixer and tracks. Those are the things I wish it had the most.
Anyways, the re-arranging of John B’s Hair went well. It could of been done alot faster if I didn’t have to search the manual several times and look for a solution to my coloring problem. In the end I grabbed the Camel Audio free distortion plugin. Overall it was fun as always to play in Pro Tools.