Remote Systems

I'm a little late posting this week. I went out of town last Wednesday on a little mini-family vacation. On Monday (two days prior) I got a call to do some tuning/vocal editing on an upcoming record. I was to get the tracks on Wednesday and had to try and figure out a way to keep my family plans in addition to get the job done. The session was at 48K so I loaded up my Mbox and Macbook and we headed out. I was actually able to work comfortably in the car with headphones on and over the course of the weekend, get everything done no problem. I remember just a few short years ago in order to do any type of serious editing, you had to have a tower, a decent sized monitor, some form of a Mix system with multiple cards, and a studio of some sort to work in.

In the last 5 years, technology has changed so dramatically that now, I can work on a record virtually anywhere, anytime under almost any circumstances. The most amazing part of all of that is that I can purchase the hardware necessary to do that for a couple of thousand dollars. If you think about Pro Tools LE for a second. What do you get right out of the box? You get a virtual console and a battery of plugins that would be the equivalent of a great home studio that would cost thousands and thousands of dollars. You've got automation that's easy to use and eliminates the need for recalls or expensive studios. You've got plugins that fit most any need for a reasonable budget. It's mindblowing to think of the possibilities we have at our fingertips.

Every engineer, singer/songwriter, producer, etc. should at LEAST pick up an MBox2 Pro and a Macbook. You'll be amazed at what you'll be able to do with that $2000 investment.

We have heard your comments and suggestions and as a result, in the coming months, Multi-Platinum Pro Tools is going to begin focusing on products for the home studio user as well as the high end professional engineers. Many of you have commented that you are learning a ton of stuff from the book and DVDs, but you don't have the luxury of being able to start with a group of A-Team session musicians and singers. We hear you and have decided to start work on a "home studio production" DVD that will show you how to take a simple guitar/vocal demo and use various tips and tools to build it into a great sounding production without spending thousands on a high end studio and 7 or 8 musicians.

Check back often for updates and upcoming release information. Also, be looking for a big announcement any day now! Keep your comments and e-mails coming. Your thoughts and feedback are extremely valuable to us as we strive to find ways to our products better and better.

Til next week...

Brady


Brady Barnett
Of Sound Mind Productions /
Multi-Platinum Pro Tools
www.ofsoundmind.org
www.multiplatinumprotools.com