3 Replies Latest reply: Apr 3, 2010 3:51 PM by Mark Branch RSS

    Yet Another Major Major Advantage of Adobe Audition over Pro-Tools

    Mark Branch Community Member

      Many times when you use the "bounce to disk" function which in protools to save a mixdown, it takes about an hour, sometimes longer sometimes a bit shorter.

       

      As we should know, sometimes specific dither settings work better for one project then another.  You may want to create a few mixdowns and compare them to see which dither (and other settings or mix parameters) sound better in a stereo mixdown for that particular project.

       


      In Audition, this can be accomplished in a few minutes many times, for longer projects a little bit longer, but nothing even in the ballpark of an hour or longer.

       

      With Pro-Tools, you have to wait an hour just for ONE INSTANCE of bounce to disk, not to mention you can't use your computer for anything else during this time period.

       

      Imagine, you're done mixing and pre-mastering a project and want to compare 3 different versions of the mixdown, but each time you try to do what takes minutes for multiple mixdowns in Audition (export function) each instance takes an hour long when using the Pro-fools (bounce to disk) option.

       

      CAN YOU SAY HUUUUUGE WASTE OF TIME.

       

       

       

      Not only that, but if you want to create an mp3 you have to buy a seperate program!!!  FOR $500!!!!  wowowowow!!! pro-fools is a huge sack of defacashun.

       


      While Audition comes with mp3 creation from the pioneering company themselves "Fraunhoefers" or however you spell it.

        • 1. Re: Yet Another Major Major Advantage of Adobe Audition over Pro-Tools
          Mark Branch Community Member

          sorry I left out a word or two in that first sentence I know it doesn't read right but in this forum you can't edit your first post in a topic.

           

          But the above advantage of AA3 is a great selling point and I can think of many others, the Adobe marketing department has done an absolutely horrible job in marketing and promotion of AA3.  Hardly anyone even knows about stuff like this.

          • 2. Re: Yet Another Major Major Advantage of Adobe Audition over Pro-Tools
            TaborProductions

            I've been using AA for years. If you've ever used a mixing board to tape, you got it. Audition is the most straight forward easy to figure out and best software I've ever used for recording so far. I was forced into buying Pro Tools LE for a customer. I wasted 1 month of my life trying to find out what is so special about it. It has some cool plugins. That's it. AA3 has better ones that I've worked out some good presets. I'm sorry but I'm old school. A mix down is a mix down not a bounce to file. I don't want to learn another language just to run a program that I can't stand. Many many many things like that just pisses me off. Using multiple screens is cute. Not very Pro. Solo a buss? Something simple like picking the track color? Try to record 8 tracks at once. (full drum set) 90 track mixdown? 150 track mixdown? Forget it, unless you send them more money. When you buy Pro Tools you must buy everything from them. I can't use my expensive sound cards. Maybe the expensive HD works better (it should) but for the price AA3 can't be beat. I know I'm preaching to the choir. I wish Adobe would push AA3 more, It kicks a++.