![]() ![]() That's another thing PT has been doing wrong for decades: any pro software in any serious field has configurable shortcuts. Yes the multi window thing in PC is annoying, and so is the keyboard shortcuts - moreover we use Italian keyboards and in pc it's a mess. 5) Curiously, for pro tools now I have imac at home and pc at work, so I've extensively used both and (not a fanboy but) for this application I prefer mac. Other clients are gonna come in but in Italy nobody cares about decent post production anyway, they only understand that the DoP is the good guy - what a shame. 4) the client factor is going to be less of a problem because somehow they are their own main client. Nuendo and cubase I've used and they're ok too, so is Reaper, but I still prefer Pro Tools for everyday work. It's the one I like the most too for editing and mixing. It's a full avid commercial editing facility, they're gonna go with pro tools anyway. ![]() Somehow though I understood that usually we post guys are separated from the main video pipeline, so it's less of an annoyance 3) software choice is not an option. 2) The facility is fully PC, that's why their IT guy was pushing PC and I was asking mac. I'll be the one going to use mostly that rig - but still as a commercial facility probably more engineers are gonna come in. As long as I didn't do only that one thing, it was rock solid and stable for almost 5 years.įWIW, 1) budget is not my problem in this case, this is a professional facility asking me what new computer I'd suggest for a pro tools rig. But every day when I woke up to edit, my rig worked, except that I had a bug where if I option-clicked a clip group in the clips list (like previewing clips, but accidentally clicked on a group instead of an individual file) it would shut down pro tools. I was on PT 12.7.1 and Mac OS 10.12.2 for waaaaaaaaayyyy too long. It is mainly for these reasons that I find a combination of PT/OSx that works and is relatively stable and then I don't upgrade for a long time. My recommendation if you don't need PT is Nuendo + Windows (or OSX) for post. ![]() Sometimes it's a bit easier and you just have to update your software, but now with Avid's plans that's also pushing you into a somewhat unknown territory, meaning that if you get perpetual but want to update your OS you can be SOL without ponying up. Sometimes there's a new OS version and you can't run it on older Macs, which in turn could mean you get stuck updating your Avid hardware. From what I can tell keeping the specific combination of Apple's OSX and Avid's Pro Tools compatible and working well together you sometimes get really stuck spending a decent chunk of money. And larger issues have been due to failing or subpar hardware in both cases (but I tend to choose better hardware when building for myself). So blaming Windows for driver needs etc I think is just not really right. But while I've had problems on both my home computer is really solid, doesn't crash, doesn't hickup, just works, better than several OSX/PT systems I've worked on (Win 10 + Nuendo). Mac or Win computers really rely on good hardware and software. At that point I'd expect to spend more time on the controller mixing than messing around in Pro Tools' windows. PT + big setup doing mostly re-recording using a decent controller.-> probably either. I find Pro Tools to be coded in a way that makes it look really clunky on Win 10 (blame Avid for that) so in a small setup OSX feels a lot better. If I were you, I'd also be thinking more about what's the budget? Where can the extra money go to that'll generate me better income or improve my work flow? With the price gap of almost $100 to about $10,000, there is a world of things you can do like calibration mics, proper acoustic treatment, buying SFX libraries, etc etc. Think bigger, what else is your machine gonna be doing? Would you someday be doing game audio and run Unity or Unreal Engine? Would rather have the ability to upgrade what you want, when you want or be stuck in an ecosystem designed to trap you? Macs are generally more stable and doesn't crash as often, but as I said earlier I haven't seen anything in recent years where it wouldn't happen on a Mac. Some people will say "AMD is not officially supported by Avid" which is true, but the results speak for themselves, so far I hadn't had any issues that wouldn't occur on a Mac from time to time. Personally, I've been running PT on Windows with an AMD CPU for 5 years now and it's no different than being on Mac. However there can occasionally be some hiccups and glitches that happen for seemingly an unknown reason. TLDR: Pro Tools on either is fine, but if you can then Mac.Īvid has had great strides in with Windows in terms of stability. ![]()
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