Rmuse
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Here is the response from the incredible Ben M as a reply to my question through e-mail and posted here also. This is the kind of help you get when you are a student. This site rocks and Audio Courses is the best!
Thanks Ben
Ok the problem here is that that Neutron is a VST plugin - Pro Tools uses a different format(s) instead, namely RTAS and TDM.
VST was developed by Steinberg - creators of Cubase & Nuendo - and is supported natively in most audio applications apart from Pro Tools.
On the other hand, RTAS and TDM are exclusive to Digidesign (Pro Tools) and will not work in any other software.
The easiest solution will be, presuming you are PC and not MAC, is to grab a (free) copy of Reaper, a shareware multi-track audio recording & editing suite which supports VST, DXi etc.
You can check it out here:
http://www.reaper.fm/
This should allow you to use Neutron.
Reaper is causing quite an buzz in the lower end of the digital audio market as it is updated regularly (sometimes as often as twice a week) whereas the larger packages are only updated a couple of times a year usually. The developer also listens to peoples suggestions and is constantly implementing and improving the software. On top of this it is free to evaluate and if you decide to purchase a license (which isn't strictly speaking necessary) you would only pay about $40 which is obviously very cheap for a DAW.
I should point out i have no vested interest in Reaper or any connection to the company and i don't use it at home or work - it is just a very useable and cheap solution which is getting a lot of good press.
In fact if you have Reaper (or any other VST host for that matter) it opens up a whole world of inexpensive and free plugins you can play around with.
A good starting place to find both commercial and free plugins and instruments is here;
http://www.kvraudio.com/
This is like a directory of plugins and instruments.
Anyhow, let me know how you get on with it all.
Cheers,
Ben |
Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:24 pm |
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