Nuendo 4 should increase its' prominence in post. I use and others use it for post with great success, and prefer it over ProTools. Currently ProTools is of course widely used for post, but Nuendo is gaining ground quickly. Nuendo is designed for film/post where Cubase is aimed at music production (both have the same music/midi/audio features but Nuendo adds post capabilities that Cubase doesn't have). I don't know what the next version holds - there are rumors of a significant makeover, at least in the interface, but rumors are just that.įor sure, your personal preference should be the deciding factor, not industry marketing hype, or clients insisting on brands of gear they know little or nothing about, let alone why they should or shouldn't want it. Logic is a great midi app, but imho, is lacking in workflow for extensive audio editing, and a few other areas. You could always keep the 002 system in case a PT project comes in (you can always transfer to Nuendo/Cubase if so desired), and just to say you have ProTools if it really matters that much to your clients, though imho, an audio engineer should be hired for their work, not name brands in the racks and on the desk. I've only used PT a few times, and it has some nice capabilities, but I much prefer Nuendo/Cubase - better workflow, far better midi, etc. The downside of PT as mentioned before is the cost (factor about 4x that of a comparable Nuendo rig for similar plugin/track count), and being locked into a proprietary and expensive system (the same plugin in native form is normally around half the price, or less (Waves, UA, etc), for the same dsp algorithm).

The main advantage of PTHD would be low latency tracking as monitoring/mixing is DSP based rather than native, but with core 2 duos, quads and dual quad cores, that's quickly becoming a non-issue. I don't think PT will get you the best converters though, but you can use most of Apogee's converters with PT's Core and Accel cards. If you do buy into PT HD, you can still use that equipment with Logic. Someone I spoke recently predicted that the next thing is going to be LogicPro, which is Mac only. For me there is nothing in PT that would set it above Cubase or Nuendo. To me it looks like Digi wants you to pay through your nose for anything extra like more simultaneous inputs and the mp3 conversion mentioned above. PT has a few handy things in it, but they're not very generous with plugins. I bought an mBox2 to learn ProTools because it seems like a requirement these days. Today with dual and even quadcore CPUs this point is passed.Ĭubase started out on an Atari 1040STf with midi only and came to PCs when they were getting better at audio natively. PT had a strong point when PCs were lousy performers and you actually needed the ProTools cards to do anything worthwile on an audio PC/Mac. Lots of studios use ProTools HD these days. If they can't provide me with the Tools, to construct a reasonable sounding compressor/limiter in their software? WTF?

I'm not payin' nothin' extra to make a frigin' MP3 or to use a cartoon that resembles an 1176. Some of the most basic things we take for granted now in our 'run-of-the-mill all-purpose audio software' is not included in ProTools. What am I not understanding here? Too many ProTools! And so far, I'm not as impressed with the capabilities of ProTools. For that, I need ProTools MPowered? I'm a little confused now because one would think that the Transit, which is ProTools compatible could run the ProTools LE, that was included with my 'M-Box 2'? But no. I figured I could now run ProTools on my laptop with the Transit, so I could learn it in my spare time. And for the control room I purchased an 'M-Box 2' that included ProTools LE. And since Digi design recently purchased M-audio, I purchased an M-audio Transit which was ProTools capable. So I recently decided to upgrade the studio to include ProTools. But I figured, all the beginners think you're not a professional until you have/know ProTools. I really never cared for anything that required propriety anything, such as ProTools. I really think it has to do with what kind of work you expect to do?

Nuendo 8 vs 10