I may be a bit late on this one, but how is a master channel strip different from the output 1-2 channel strip. Lets say Logic didn't have that master fader how would it affect the setup? can't we control a final mix by just controlling the output 1-2? Doesn't the output 1-2 do everything the master output can do in a surround setup too? Thanks

A 2012 2.6 gHz macbook pro with a SSD runs really well. Been running a PT session with over 100 plugins without any issues. The SSD will help a lot if you use sampler instruments.

One thing you might want to consider is that the hard drive and battery on the Retina display macbook pro is not user replaceable. Hard drive is soldered on to the logic board and battery is glued on. I believe is costs $199 to replace the retina battery, on top of the cost of the new battery.

Hi DR, If you check out tutorial 20. DAW integration in the Exploring Animoog course, the basics are pretty much the same. Earlier Animoog could only receive MIDI to trigger its sounds but now animoog also sends MIDI to trigger other devices. So lets say you want to trigger a sound in Logic Pro DAW, all you have to do is record enable the track and if all the setup is correctly done(Audio MIDI setup) , it should work just fine. You can even use this feature to trigger a hardware synth, assuming you have some kind of a MIDI interface for your iPad. Animoog now also has the ability to send/receive on different MIDI Channels(1-16), but if you are just using it with Logic Pro, you can set it to channel 1 or even omni which sends on all channels. You can even assign the knobs and X/Y controls to parameters in your DAW or hardware synth. There's a MIDI learn button that will assist in that. Hope that helps. Let me know if there are any issues you face.

any ETA on this? I see its already listed under the NI tutorials. A few weeks, few months ?

Hi, I just went through the PT 10 new features videos and I have some questions relating to that. Chapter 1. 4. Working with MIDI. How is any of that stuff new? Because I've been able to do all that since Pro Tools 8 Chapter 1. 2. Intro to Pro Tools 10 there is mention of 3 new plugins, the Channel Strip, the Mod Delay and ... Vacuum? I'm not sure if that is new with v.10 because again I have used that in PT8/9

Thanks for the reply Bill. Appreciate the videos you make. So these videos are just part of the Pro Tools 101 video series? I think maybe that part should have been a bit more clear. Cheers Rishabh

Hi, I know that film has a frame rate of 24fps, video a plethora of others like 25fps, 30fps 23.98fps etc. I'm just wondering when it comes to digital video i.e. video stored on a computer like a quicktime movie, how does the frame rate work. I know digital video works more on a data rate, for ex: HDV 1080i runs at 3.2 MB/s but how does the frame rate in digital video work. Sometimes in quicktime I see framerates of 15fps, 8fps etc. I ask this question in perspective of a audio guy who gets a digitized version of a film to work on. So if the movie was shot on film(24fps) and the digitized video is 25fps or 23.98fps, won't there be a problem when the final audio mix is put back to film? I know there is some 'telecine' process here but I'm not sure about the whole thing. Hope this wasn't too confusing

Hi Hisham, Thanks for the reply. I just want to know how frame rate plays a role in Digitized video? I have seen a few quicktime videos with frame rates of 9fps 14fps etc. but they still look fine and playback fine. So I'm wondering if the whole system of framerates that relate to film and video, relate to digital video at all. If not how is it different from standard framerates? How is the whole data rate/transfer rate related to frame rate? is it at all?

Hi J, Thanks a lot for the reply. Actually your third point answered my question. Though I was wondering, what if i have a video who's frame rate I dont know? How can I find that out? Especially if its drop or non drop because quicktime only gives the frame rate in the properties section. not if its drop or non-drop. and if i dont choose the right frame rate, i will eventually have sync issues. Thanks again