>From: "Dedric Terry" <dedric@...> > >Great! I'm sure both systems are used on lots of great projects, but that >doesn't imply that he used it exclusively on any given project. Did he use >Paris on the Shania Twain project? Nope. He hadn't got Paris then. If you are interested in Paris and Brian T. just follow the newsgroup rec.audio.ensonicparis at the greatidea.com newsserver...or do a search for Brian at the www.dejanews.com. I can guarantee you it is interesting if you want to be updatet on the latest news concerning any DAW or PC. He is also checking out the Mac G4 at the moment :) I started following the newsgroup because there is really a lot of people there who knows a lot and the tone is very nice there. People even discuss Mac vs. PC in a nice tone there... :) >Any hard evidence that Paris sounds better than PT? Anyone actually >duplicated a mix on both systems to hear it in a critical, real-world test? >You can't exactly go to a Guitar Center, or Mars, or wherever, and get that >kind of comparison testing. Mac-Daw went through this with PT vs. >host-based. I haven't heard either the ProTools 24 bit or Paris yet. A lot of these people have and they choose Paris when it comes to soundquality. no hard evidence though... >Brian's post mentioned the plugin limitations of TDM, but didn't share how >many DirectX or VST plugins can you run within Paris' hardware, and still >maintain mixing track count? 32-track mixing for example (to compare with a >PT MIX plus system). I'm sure their EQ is great, and the compression is >decent, but is there anything on par with a Megaverb, Focusrite D2 and D3, >Lexiverb, Waves C4, etc for Paris/DirectX/VST (running in Paris hardware, >with uncompromised 32-track mixing and no more than 2 ESI cards, and not >host-based)? I know that Brian runned a renEq on all 64 tracks back when he did the test on the Kryotech 800mhz pc... >Can you run the Paris system from within Logic? No :( ...but boy would I like too :) There is Asio drivers for Paris now and MME drivers are in beta at the moment. >I think it is great that AMD has a smokin' processor. Apple will have >multi-CPU G4s next Feb or so, and sharks (600MHz and up (1Ghz)) not long >after that. Brian is running a Kryotech PC at 1Ghz now and it is workin _now_. >Then it is G2000s and plutonium powered PCs.... Well this we have heard a long time from every manufacturor of any computer part. >Athlon screams (until windows crashes) Not here... >How much business will I get if I advertise Paris? ProTools? (I know the >answer to that). That is the best reason for buying ProTools now. The other reason is because of the compabillity to other studioes. The widespread of ProTools in the promarked is defently a big reason for choosing ProTools. >At least Protools has been around >long enough that users are willing to admit it's shortcomings. Passionate >arguments for a product usually indicate defending investment, or being >paid as an endorser. What do Paris users wish they had in Paris, but >don't? Actually a lot - of course - like all other DAW system out there. Midi for one (coming in 3.0) although Logic 3.5 via smpte is supposed to be rock solid... I think this is looking more and more like a Mac vs. PC debate and I suggest we take it to the OT list or go privat if we want to take it any further. -- Arvid Solvang http://www.viagram.no/privat/arvid/ ICQ: 13008461