Andy my bro... consider these comments (with apologies for dissecting your post).
Andy Krehm wrote on Sat, 14 June 2008 20:26 |
I'd love to try some of the PC applications. Sequoia, in particular, seems to do everything I'd want in a DAW.
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Yeah but with 20+ years of daily Mac OS use, why switch horses now?
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Unlike my learned web board buddy, Jerry Tubb, (who likely would have been exploring the New World, had he lived in that era)
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Hahaha, well... our name does translate to "New Turf" I can see the new motto already...
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I just want to go to the studio every day and master.
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Hey me too, but the experimentation time has been a necessary indulgence (hey that's an oxymoron!) over the last year.
With testing WaveBurner, CD-Text enigmas, confirming PT fidelity, & learning soundBlade, I've found new meaning to the term
soft-ware.
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I only change things up or experiment when something is not working or if I have a new piece of gear to test.
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By the looks of all the groovy gear at your place, it must have been like the Manhattan Project around there for a while!
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Using my current setup, PT & WB, I'm fast and efficient. The few little things that WB doesn't do, causing one to go back to PT, are few and far between and when necessary, only add a few minute to a session.
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Yup but at this point, at least for me, WaveBurner is Toast ... oh wait a minute,
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The big question is cost versus perceived and practical improvements. <snip> The total cost would be anywhere from 6 to 10K! <snip> My work is not going to be significantly faster nor will it sound better!
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Exactly!
Well, a blind A/B test between otherwise identical discs made with WB and sB might be interesting.
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The simple alternative to WaveBurner is to just go with SoundBlade and stay on my current computer.
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Ditto!
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current workflow:
PT HD for the playback & EQ processing, including external analog EQ loop, minimal use of plug-ins.
Capture on the same PT DAW at the sessions' native sampling rate.
Export the mastered files to stereo interleaved, SRC with Sample Manager if needed.
Reset CoreAudio to default at 44.1kHz.
Drop the soundfiles into the top panel of soundBlade
Adjust the sequence, fades, gaps. Set the PQ Marks, populate CD-Text and ISRC.
Insert a blank disc, specify a DDP folder, burn & test the master. Print the PQ Log.
Easy as pie, no big dilemma.
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As an alternative I'll do the whole process in sB, including external analog loop.
As another alternative, been considering using my backup G5 as a second "capture only" DAW with sB, but the first scenario is working so well...
All the Best - JT