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  Closest Pro Tools Clone?

  Just curious as to which other DAW out there functions closest to Pro Tools. As far as the keyboard command, shortcuts, functionality, and general layout is concerned.
  Thanks!

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  Most of them are pretty close, particularly for someone w/o much experience. Most of the differences show up in the more advanced features.
  -Dan.

  Well, I've been to one world fair, a picnic, and a rodeo, and that's the stupidest thing I ever heard come over a set of earphones.

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  All DAW programs are basically the same.
  A daw program has practically no impact on the quality of the recording whan tracking.
  Track quality all comes from the source (mics, Amps, Guitars, Room etc) Then the quality of the
  mics preamp, and lastly the converter that converts the signal from analog to digital.
  Once the music is a string of ones and zeros it simple gets stored on the hard drive.
  The daw has no impact on that data tracking. All will record nearly the same results so long as you dont
  pass the data through any effects when tracking.
  DAWS come into play mixing and they can produce different results based #1 on the engineers experience,
  and second on the quality of the tools offered with that DAW package.
  What you pay for in dollars is mostly the quality of the plugin package. The other tools are normally there
  but some are easire to use than others.
  Pro tools have been around since the beginning so thay have maintained a pro reputation and high price
  because studios adopted it first. Since then the competition has gotten so good, there practically no
  difference between any of them. Its merely a matter of preference. It still comes down to experience
  using the program artisticaly. Even if the stock plugins arent the best you can buy high quality plugins
  and use them with any DAW program. Its simply comes down to what you's pay for them.
  A DAW program like Sonar comes with a great Plugin package at a great cost. If you add up what it costs
  for the plugins only, you basically get the basic DAW program for free.

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  Thanks, I'm not really talking about the quality of the program, but the ergonomics.
  For example - how similar are the keyboard shortcuts of pro tools to the keyboard shortcuts in Sonar?
  How difficult is it to switch working between DAWs.
  Yes I'm a noob

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  With Reaper you can not only give it a PT 'skin' (the community has developed a number of looks cloning other sequencers)
  but you can make the key commands anything you want.

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  If you want something that's as close to Pro Tools as possible..why not use Pro Tools?

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  I'm curious about the learning curves when switching DAWs.
  I've just started school for recording engineering and they use Pro Tools, but I was looking for something to use at home that is cheaper, but wouldn't mess with mah lernin.
  Being able to easily import/export from Pro Tools would be pretty nifty as well. How does Reaper handle that?
  Again I'm a noob

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  Download trial versions and try them.
  If you're thinking about recording as a career, you 'have ' to learn how to at least have a working knowlege
  of all DAW programs. I'm surprised you havent learned that already in school.
  Working in a studio you will get in all kinds of projects from all the major DAW programs and at least know how
  to convert it to other formats. If you get in a Sonar project, you'll need to open it and export the individual
  wave files so they can be opened in Pro Tools if thats your DAW of choice.
  It still comes down to this. The main button is going to do the same thing in every DAW.
  It may be called cut, paste, and delete in most. Others may call it Trim, overlay, and remove
  just to be different. That doesnt nessasarily make the function work differently. They may list functions under
  different sub catagories. In one daw audio effects may be listed under the processing tab and in another daw under a funstion tab.
  All that stuff in merely finding where things are listed. Some DAW manufacturers even let you customize the menus and shortcut
  keys so if you're used to running Pro tools, you can change the menus and shortcut buttons to suit your needs.
  When it comes to actually mixing, all of that is highly superficial stuff. Its just the GUI and how something looks.
  If your school is any good they will go beyond the DAW's GUI and teach you how to manipulate the actual tools and files mixing.
  For example, they shouldnt teach you product specific effects. If they teach you how to use a compressor, they should go
  into the theory in back of compression and how all the adjustments work. After that, you should be able to apply that knowlege
  to any hardware or software plugin made to get simular results.
  The only thing you run into is many will use non standard words to describe things and you have to decypher what those terms mean.
  Beyond that, you'll find each DAW has its strong and weak areas depending on the type of work you wind up doing with them.

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  Reaper is your best bet. Reaper is a great choice for a student on a budget. Especially since the school is teaching you PT's. Im in the process of learning PT10 and Reaper both.

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  Thanks, I'm not really talking about the quality of the program, but the ergonomics

  
  the ergonomics also depend on who the person is who operates the digital audio production software, as well on the type of music produced, as well for me as composer I prefer Logic Pro, because Logic uses the music terminlology I am used to as composer, as well it has a few features other DAW don't have,
  how ever when there is a production I have to track, I do it in Nuendo, but this software has terrible notation features as well missing a few processing features I need daily, then I quickly do this tracks in another software which has the unique feature needed, also MIDI editing is terrible lame on Nuendo and Cubase

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  With Reaper you can not only give it a PT 'skin' (the community has developed a number of looks cloning other sequencers) but you can make the key commands anything you want.

  
  +1. word. what i was gonna say.

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  All DAW programs are basically the same. A daw program has practically no impact on the quality of the recording whan tracking. Track quality all comes from the source (mics, Amps, Guitars, Room etc) Then the quality of the mics preamp, and lastly the converter that converts the signal from analog to digital. Once the music is a string of ones and zeros it simple gets stored on the hard drive. The daw has no impact on that data tracking. All will record nearly the same results so long as you dont pass the data through any effects when tracking. DAWS come into play mixing and they can produce different results based #1 on the engineers experience, and second on the quality of the tools offered with that DAW package. What you pay for in dollars is mostly the quality of the plugin package. The other tools are normally there but some are easire to use than others. Pro tools have been around since the beginning so thay have maintained a pro reputation and high price because studios adopted it first. Since then the competition has gotten so good, there practically no difference between any of them. Its merely a matter of preference. It still comes down to experience using the program artisticaly. Even if the stock plugins arent the best you can buy high quality plugins and use them with any DAW program. Its simply comes down to what you's pay for them. A DAW program like Sonar comes with a great Plugin package at a great cost. If you add up what it costs for the plugins only, you basically get the basic DAW program for free.

  i was in a studio a while back which used pro tools, and the guy who owned it said he used to use cubase,i asked him which he prefered, and he said the engine in pro tools is better. but editing audio in cubase is easier than pro tools...... what is this engine he was talking about?

  did you know that it is illegal to call an MP or a member of the 'government ','L-I-A-R ' while in the house of commons ,i wonder why?.we hear opposition shout rubbish and bah ,because legally rubbish is waste and bah is something a sheep does ,neither would stand up in court .

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  i was in a studio a while back which used pro tools, and the guy who owned it said he used to use cubase,i asked him which he prefered, and he said the engine in pro tools is better. but editing audio in cubase is easier than pro tools...... what is this engine he was talking about?

  
  He's using the term in reference to the dictionary 2-b
  en

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