Talk:Pro Tools

message: Hey guys I've started working through this page and adding the information that will help other readers such as history etc. I will also address the impact of PT on popular culture and the recording industry as requested. 17:46, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I've noticed that someone's cunningly redirected the Alsihad article to the ProTools article... For those who are unaware of this reference and association, some more information and historical references should be provided imo - but by someone who is better-informed than I am! I agree with the Alsihad sentiment personally, I have to use ProTools in my daily life and I'm quite firmly within the cynical camp ;) but for many people it would just be lost on them. So, I suppose one could consider this an RFI on the connotation and reference. Also consider Mixerman's diaries, and places like the ProSoundWeb forums where PT/Alsihad is discussed at great length.
Christopher 14:59, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alsihad redirect without explanation 

message: I've started making some large scale changes to the section that was called "Pro Tools in culture".  I'll be continuing and finishing this edit by the end of the week (Feb. 11, 2007).  In this section I'm trying to illustrate some of the ways that Pro Tools helped to encourage shifts in digital technology, economics, IT, politics, and possibly several other areas.  I understand that to most people it seems like just another software package but I'm confident that I can show here that it bears some responsibilty, both directly and indirectly, for where we find our larger culture today.  Please don't be put off by unfinished sentences, etc.  All will be fixed very quickly. 
Neilperry 04:54, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  New updates to the "on culture" section 

message: Digidesign received a technical Academic Award for the development of Pro Tools in 2004.
Was this meant to say Academy Award? What's an "Academic Award" and why does it link to the Academy Award page anyway? Clarification needed. Inoculatedcities 18:14, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I changed this to "Academy Award of Merit" which is what the Digidesign website says it is.  Academic makes no sense. Bufflo 22:49, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: "Academic Award"?

message: It should be added that there has been criticism of Pro Tools in particular by many musical artists because of its uncanny ability to make really nasty-sounding music sound a lot better than it really is:
    "It sounds like you're ready to, cause these rappers are terrible
    And the game is unbearable but Imma fix, fix
    This feeling that's dead in you got your brains like a vegetable
    Use the Pro Tools and tell em to edit it, it"
    -- Chamillionare, "The Sound of Revenge (intro)" The Sound Of Revenge
I might be able to find other examples
:the problem with this is that "Pro-tools" is on its way to becoming a genericised trademark, like "Biro" for all rollerball pens. when non-audio engineers talk about "Pro-tools" we can't be 100% sure they're referring to the product itself, and not any other comparable DAW. plus there's no magic button in Pro-tools that makes things sound better - that's just skilful work by the engineer. and let's not get into the misconception that Auto-tune is part of Pro-Tools... eesh. Onesecondglance (talk) 10:40, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism 

message: Article also doesn't mention you *have* to have specific digidesign hardware to run pro tools, unlike most other DAWs.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.172.224.216 (talk) 23:36, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dedi hardware 

message: Digi have a habit of charging for minor updates (like paying extra for stereo tracks when they finally introduced this)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.172.224.216 (talk) 23:37, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Charging for minor upgrades 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Hd3.jpg

message: coleguinha, gente boa amarrado, solto nao vale nada  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.144.75.5 (talk) 15:36, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ronaldo Cezar de Moraes 

message: Some of this article is really, really good.  A lot of it isn't.  Just made a couple minor edits, may try to re-work some things over the next few days.  Things I'm noticing:
1) It's still not well-sourced; part of the issue seems to be that the main sources of info on Pro Tools are either DigiDesign's site (already cited) and various audio recording forums on the internet, which consist of about 2% actual information, 49% Pro Tools evangelism, and 49% Pro Tools bashing, none of which is verifiable or notable anyway.  I'm looking for good sources; if anybody else finds something reliable in a 3rd party publication, please, please add it!
2) Super-listcrufty; does this article really need the model numbers for every single product that works with ProTools?
3) The need for special hardware to run the high-end PT versions is something that's frequently cited as a reason to pick a different DAW; I'm working on trying to include this in a non-ranty, reliably-sourced fashion.
evildeathmath 16:10, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Issues 

message: "The hardware includes an external A/D converter and internal PCI or PCIe audio cards with onboard DSP."
What other hardware is there? --77.109.213.122 (talk) 09:33, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Include 

message: The use section sounds like it is trying to seel the application to me.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.185.84.11 (talk) 16:23, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this the Pro Tool sales brochure? 

message: What's the deal with this? Radiodef (talk) 15:17, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Systems needs attention from an expert in Pro Tools 

message: The later version of OSC DECK was known as Deck II. This ran natively on Macs, although it could be used with select sound cards. This was later bought and distributed by Macromedia.http://www.audiomac.net/audiomac_archived/rev_bias_deck25.html  DavidRavenMoon (talk) 04:15, 19 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  OSC DECK/Deck II 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I would like to point out a really thorough history of Pro Tools published in this independent website, which is well known by audio professionals.
* A brief history of Pro Tools
* History of Pro Tools (1984-1993)
* History of Pro Tools (1994-2000)
* History of Pro Tools (2000-2007)
* History of Pro Tools (2007-2012)
* History of Pro Tools (2012-2018)
This could be a good source to add information to the subject. Lion-hearted85 (talk) 17:44, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pro Tools history source 

message: I have performed a major rewrite of the article. For those interested to this topic, please take a moment to read my revision and tell me what you think about it — or just edit it if you feel something should be changed, refined, expanded or reduced.
Here is a thorough list of changes I have made:
* Lead section: refined, with some sources added
* History: rewritten and expanded; in-line sources were provided for each statement; Pro Tools timeline was moved here from the paragraph "History of Pro Tools Hardware and Software" for better readability of the latter
* Application: rewritten and expanded with the application's distinctive features. Sources were added for each feature mentioned
* History of Pro Tools Hardware and Software: minor revisions
* Added new section ("Editions")
* Information from sections marked as "written like an advertisement" was mostly integrated into the History section, changing the tone and providing more authoritative sources
* Wikilinks were added
* Sources were reorganized: citations from books were moved into the Bibliography section; all the information available (such as sources authors and dates) were added, and accurate page citations were also added for books
* The Infobox was revised (Italian language is not available for Standard and Ultimate editions) and the latest logo, in high resolution and with transparency, was used (to avoid having a white background behind the logo itself)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lion-hearted85 (talk • contribs) 21:06, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major article rewrite 

message: * Extensibility: System could be extended with more than two Accel cards. I'm using a HD system with 1 Core and 4 Accel cards to this day
* Accel cards: were also available as PCI cards (not only PCIe)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:16B8:4279:A900:6EEC:8050:D26C:7260 (talk) 18:07, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pro Tools HD wrong details