Why is ProTools LE for Windows so great?

Oh please. Rhett, most of these observations are incorect. That is, if we're using the same name for the same tasks. Did you check out this forum before you bought the 001? If so then I am wondering why you didn't know about the stringent requirements on your PC. As far as punching in and out how about trying to auto punch in and/or out. To keep old takes just search the forum. It's in there, it's also in the manual and the VHS tape that Digi used as their sales tool. Maybe you didn't get one. Envelopes, rubber band tools, fades, volume controls and such are in there and very easy to find once you look (or read). Actually, i lied, there is no such in ProTools LE. You may have that confused with TDM. "It seems like Digi has gone out of their way to make ProTools unintuitive." I guess that's why ProTools isn't in many studios. Maybe Digi will learn one day.... So, now that I'm invested in the Digi001 Factory for the tune of about $1500.00 can someone please tell me why it's so great? If this is just a case of newbie ignorance, what am I missing? Goto to the "let's hear your latest stuff...right here" thread and listen to what others are doing. Then you may want to change your answer. If you are a newbie then listen to some good advice. Research anything you buy that you feel is worth the money you are spending on it. You have a great resource here in the forum as well as the Web. Use it. Always and exhaustively. A little research will save you lots of money and tons of heartache when it comes to this stuff.

I'm not that good at the MIDI part as I'm mainly using PT for recording and editing task. I also use Logic at other studio, but what I found out is that PT is the best one. It got lots of recording and edit feature that other system can't give you. Read the manual and search in the forum will get a great help. for the I think you've checked the 'distructive recording" option which makes you replace the old recorded file with the new one, and you can use the editing tools to drag the old one out, and you can keep tracks, duplicate tracks in a single Audio track bla bla bla... good luck and keep asking

For what its worth I have been a Cakewalk user since 6.0 and just traded my Sonar 2.0xl and my Delta 10 10 away for Pro Tools 5.3.1 for XP and a Digi001. I could'nt be happier. The only thing I was worried about was the loss of gigasampler, I just found Sample Tank XL!!! For the record I'm running a P4 1.6, 512 ram, Intel motherboard. It runs ROCK SOLID. Could never say that for any verion of Cakewalk (9.1 almost)

Why is PT LE for Win so great? `cause I can go to any local studio and transfer ADAT tapes onto a cross-platform PT session (on a Mac), brag about more tracks, more plug ins, and laugh when for no reason their Mac decides to no longer lock to the ADATS and nothing works until the session is trashed....LOL true story

Hi Rhett, It just takes learning and getting comfortable with it, like anything. The thing is, almost everything you mentioned has a simple solution, except for Midi program names. Yes, you do have to begin to know that your favorite piano is Bank 1, program 1. But, that gets easy. I think PT is as intuitive as it needs to be for the most part. But, if you do keep it, just ask any questions you have here, and somebody will help you if there's a solution. By the way, I listened to 3 of your songs, and they're very impressive. ~Roy

To an extent Rhett has a point. Digi has made LE less intuitive compared to TDM. There are tools missing and some functions require more work than they ought to.

>>>>>The latency in normal monitoring mode is so bad one can't perform to it. Try using a lower HW buffer setting. On a properly configured & fast PC, you should be able to use the 128-sample buffer setting, which gives you less than 7 ms of round-trip I/O latency. This should be fine for most multi-tracking/overdub situations, even for percussive instruments. To avoid -9092/-9093 type errors with low HW buffer settings, be sure to temporarily disable your network device(s) while using Pro Tools. There are many "evil" network device drivers out there that run for too long during interrupt, and this prevents real-time, low-latency applications like PT to work properly. Regards, Kenn LeGault Director, System Software Digidesign