[MPA] Pro Tools question

[Drew Dalzell]

ProTools software (With the exception of ProTools Free) will only run 
with ProTools hardware.  The cheapest interface is the mBox at $450.

Drew

On Thursday, July 31, 2003, at 12:18  AM, KathyMac! wrote:

> I don't know if this is a profoundly dumb question or not but here 
> goes:
>
> I've been using Cubase since I started and haven't played too much 
> with the other big apps (mostly because when I did look at them in the 
> days of OS 9 I didn't like the interface as well so I never pursued 
> them further).
>
> Trying to expand my universe a bit, I've been thinking about testing 
> Digital Performer 4.0 and also Pro Tools 6. A colleague of mine who 
> works at Eventide just got a Digi001 in trade for another piece of 
> gear and is really enjoying it. He gave me his Pro Tools CD to play 
> around with on my G4 MDD Dual 1Ghz . I installed it and got the error 
> message "could not create DAE deck" or "could not find DigiDesign 
> hardware".
>
> Does the PT software really only run with PT hardware?? My MOTU 2408 
> isn't good enough for it? Will it not work unless I buy the Digi001 
> rack box or the Mbox? I guess that's how they could efficiently stop 
> the "loaning" of software and I suppose it would serve me right for 
> using my friend's CD in this case (but I really didn't want to spend 
> big bucks to only test the waters).
>
> But is it true - will I need the $500 -$1000 hardware pieces in order 
> to run Pro Tools and will it really not utilize third party hardware 
> such as the MOTU interfaces?
>
> Kat
>
>
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