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Hi
Recently i bought a Pro tools M-box. I checked the spec on the pro-tools website and it all matches with my current system. However i have never experienced such teething problems before. I'm having problems with CPU overload, program crashes, in fact anything that can go wrong it has!
I keep a pretty well maintained and spec'd computer here and it actually exceeds the system requirements. All i can now think is that i have wasted, what is to me a lot of money, and time with this thing!
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After using Sonar for around 5 years now i have finally decided to Swap back to Cubase. Several reasons have effected this, Features, universality, GM sound set, score-ing facilities ect, all seem to look and feel a lot better.
I started using Sonar purely because the school I worked at insisted upon using the program to teach music tech a level , I then continued using it because tons of half finished projects I had whilst working there were in cakewalk audio bundle formats.
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Hi all
Yes you heard it right i still use a hard ware sampler, the Emu e6400 to be exact, when i bought it three years ago they were selling for £400 ish but of course they have really dropped in price since, so for that reason alone i loath to get rid of it and upgrade to a software sampler. Give the amount of time it takes to piece together a decent sound set i can really see the pros to upgrading. i have never really looked into whats on the market either, which really brings me to the po… Continue

Hi
its nice to be a part of a social network that is focused around the sonic industry. Music production is a big old subject and there is a lot of things to learn as you go along, after all no matter how long you've been doing something, there is always something you don't know. I look forward to corresponding with you all soon.
Ta
James