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Originally Posted by max cooper So what about switching DAW's? I know I'd rather be able to use two or three anyway, but how much downtime do you guys who have done it think it cost you?  |
Hey Max,
On the learning curve, I'd say SX is pretty easy to learn. If you have an experience using PT, chances are you can learn the basic stuff to run a session within a few hours if not quicker. If you want to go deeper, there's tons of stuff to learn to run it better, but the stuff to get your work done is very easy to find and to learn.
You may miss the Playlist feature in PT, but there's another feature in SX called "lanes" that handles multiple takes really well. It's kinda like having all the playlist for the track displayed at the same time, and comping a single track material this way is very easy and simple. It's a bit difficult to explain in words, but you can download a manual from Steinberg site to check it out. (OTOH, I think managing multiple takes of, say a whole drum kit, is much better with the Playlist thing.)
I'm running SX 3.02 on G5 2GHz DP. It may not be as fast as on PC, but I can get things done. I'm very happy so far with this setup.