Just wanting peoples thoughts on this...

I have a PTHD2 and use Abelton and Logic to write, and wondered what other producers and musicians processes were writing with these two in tandem..

Do you record say a loop or phrase and then export and re-arrange in PT from the offset, building in PT

OR

Do you do most of the track in another host (Ableton/Logic) and then sit and render each part out (taking off the fx etc) so its dry and re-arrange the whole song again in PT?

I compose and produce quickly in Ableton and get a good idea/arrangement, but the thought of rendering each individual sound/loop and taking off all the fx (that make it sound great in the mix) only to build the whole thin up again in PT, a bit of a pain?

Am i missing something??

I know Logic is a DAE host and can be run "over" PTHD but what about Ableton users?

I am thinking of using Ableton rewired to PTHD and have protools as my "mixer" so i can use the individual outs of Ableton > PTHD and can use the TDM plug ins BUT use the speed of Ableton's workflow/MIDI/Warping?

Would this work?

How do others work with your host and say PT?

As an aside: Have you used PT8 yet? If so, how are you finding that for writing? Is it any better?

I'm still on 7.4.

J

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yeah its ok but just find it faster in Ableton

It really depends on your MO. I write exclusively in PT and find it meets my needs. That said, I don't use much in the way of loops/samples preferring to record/program a majority of the composition.

I can see that Ableton would have advantages if you write using loops/samples as building blocks (e.g tempo matching). Have you considered using REX files inside PT as these assume the session tempo on import?

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