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I'm not sure I possess the required geek-skills, but I'll give it a go!
.. there's not too many DP users here in Oz but it would be great to know who and where there are ! .. are you guys using it for live gigs ?
Yo, Laurie.laurence wrote: there's not too many DP users here in Oz but it would be great to know who and where there are ! .. are you guys using it for live gigs ?
Hey Phil, I learnt DP at AFTRS when I was studying there a few years ago! Most of the film composers in Australia seem to use it. At least the Sydney & Brisbane ones. Maybe Melbourne is a Logic occupied territory.Phil Jeffers wrote:Hi guys, I'm based in Sydney and am a DP newby. I heard excellent things about DP 4 at AFTRS from the composers and lately have crossed over from Pro Tools for composition, as well as surround mixing.
Hi Ben, I hail from Adelaide (well, Horsham, Vic originally). For some peculiar reason I did 4.5 years at the art school, then music school, then came here to go to film school! I managed to fit in the SAE course as well. I never want to do a tertiary course again! (Although, I did consider trying my luck at the Sydney Con). I used to play in loud bands around Adelaide years ago. There was no programmed music really though... one of the bands used a synth though! I'm too old and grumpy to be in bands anymore, but still love music and want to compose more film score material. Newer audio apps amaze me. I really have so much respect for emerging VI's and sequencers. I remember vividly bouncing down Tascam 4 Track recordings 20 years ago and being so stoked of the quality. Good luck with the band.bENS wrote:I'm based in Adelaide and use DP in a semi professional manner. I know it pretty well although I only use about 5% of what it's capable of really. I do bits and pieces of multitracking (8 tracks max) and generally use DP to knock up ideas in my home studio which I then take to my band. We then annoy local punters in pubs with said tunes.
I know of several "big name" industry people, particularly in the tv &/or film scoring/production biz using DP around the country and a few audio/production guys here in Adelaide too.
Great idea Adam. I'll probably have some mixing questions for you down the track a little. I haven't had much of a chance to get fluid with DP's mixing environment yet, but intend on using it a lot more in the near future. I really like the PCI option for MOTU hardware and so far have found 4.61 and now 5.1 pretty solid. It's great that you can use more than one QT file, and the snap-shot function is invaluable. I've just bought Peak Pro 5 to use within DP too as a dedicated editor. I haven't used Peak for years, but remember it to be excellent. I think Logic may be a little more user friendly? More VI's. I have looked at Logic and Nuendo, and have basically opted for DP, PT's (which I've used for 8 or so years) and Peak (Oh, I just got Sound Forge 8 for my Notebook also). Basically I have to stop buying software and learn how to use it really well!Adam Howden wrote:Thanks for the responses so far, there doesn't seem to be a hell of a lot of you out there, but I guess its the quality not the quantity. I work in film/video production and use DP for sound mixes, for writing tracks for my band and producing my own production music for corporate videos as well as doing a remix or two here and there. From my experience it does seem like Logic gets a pretty good look in in Melb, especially with local producers of dance music and the like. Anywho, lets keep on a rocking, and see if we get any more popping up
and not sure when it will be available...