21 Aug
2004
21 Aug
'04
1:06 a.m.
On Friday 20 August 2004 08:13 pm, Fred Gleason wrote:
On Friday 20 August 2004 16:57, Paul Winkler wrote:
Absolutely. Every area has specific requirements. A fixed installation like
a broadcast studio is for all intents and purposes hardwired. There's also
casinos, office buildings, hotels, theatres. Music production is but a small
part of the pie.
I don't believe that to be true. It is
certainly a large obstacle, but
there is a minority of working professional engineers who hate
protools. Some of these folks hate DAWs in general, some of them hate
protools in particular. Many of them make a living working on analog
tape. You'll run into them on rec.audio.pro occasionally.
I have no idea how many there are.
Let's also not forget that the world of pro audio is larger than just
Studio Engineers. I personally know a radio operator/announcer who is totally blind, yet works a full-time airshift on a
larger-market station in
the US. Runs his own board, runs the computers. Has to, cause it's a solo
shift.
The market penetration of Protools in the radio broadcast industry is tiny.
Measureable, but *way* below even 10 percent. It's just too big and
complex for what most radio people need, not to mention the expense. The
tools of choice in that community right now are CoolEdit/Audition and Vegas
(although, in the last few months, there's been a noticeable quickening of
interest in Audacity as well).
They still use 8track carts for commercials and bumper music in some markets
too. FWIW I used to do remotes via dialup codec for a talk radio host out of
our place until he found a local station with satellite link up.
I can also confirm that making a facility
'handicapped accessible' is a big
deal in the US. I've seen it taken to the point where the local
authorities have made stations totally redesign studio furniture so as to
allow wheelchair access to control positions. It's not an issue we can
afford to ignore.
Cheers!
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