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Pinnacle Studio 7 Professional Review

Pinnacle Studio 7 Professional
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The software has great potential, but doesn't work on my system or that of many others.
In my case, Studio 7 allows me to import video, edit it, add transitions and music, then won't let me render it. In other words, I can't create a final product, so it's useless.
If you check out the support board on the Pinnacle website, you'll see that many others are having similar or equally severe problems. I would not purchase this product unless you knew in advance that it would work on your system.

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With a little creativity and Pinnacle Studio video editing software, home movies can be turned into masterpieces. Pinnacle Studio combines a simple drag-and-drop interface with professional features like SmartCapture automatic scene detection, fast or slow motion, advanced color correction, contrast and brightness control, and more.
Enhance home movies with more than 100 stunning scene transitions including Pinnacle Studio's HollywoodFX 3-D effects. These new 3-D, animated transitions, such as page turns, spinning balls, or breaking glass, allow users to move the story along in ways never imagined. Let SmartSound create custom audio effects and musical scores for movies, helping to set the mood and tone of a film. Also import MP3 files or rip WAV files directly from CD to instantly score a movie, in time and in sync.
Then use TitleDeko to design amazing title effects to make it look even more professional. Enhance the story or simply highlight people, places, and events. Features include more than 300 title styles, including metallic, stretched, condensed, and neon effects, as well as roll and crawl effects for added impact.

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Pace iLok 2 Review

Pace iLok 2
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Not much you can really review about an iLok. It works.....it looks cool.....it hold way more authorizations that the older iLok......and it only takes up one slot on a laptop.....what else can I say??? I got it for Pro Tools 9 and haven't been disappointed.

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Pro Tools 9 Software Review

Pro Tools 9 Software
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(FYI i purchased PT MP/8 from Amazon and upgraded to PT9 directly through Avid)
Yes, PT is the de facto standard among studios. Yes, PT is very rich in cool and useful features. Yes, with version 9 Avid has finally un-crippled Pro Tools so that it works with any interface and unlocks features previously available only to users of their dedicated-hardware TDM version (of course these features and the ability to work with any interface have generally been available in competitors' products).
But the sad truth is that the big studios that use Pro Tools use it on Mac-based systems with tens of thousands of dollars worth of specialized TDM hardware, and they have service contracts with technicians who keep it configured and running smoothly.
As a PC user running PT9 on native hardware, I have found Pro Tools to be extremely buggy. I installed PT clean on a new PC, and followed the (several pages of) hardware guidelines for setting up the box so that PT would be happy. I am using a new Avid interface. The virtual instruments I use are limited to either Pro Tools Instrument Expansion (PTIE) and Native Instruments Komplete (the latter of which never hangs or crashes under other hosts). Nonetheless, I have experienced frequent crashes and hangs. In particular, I can reliably expect that when I close PT down and try to restart it I get a message the "Pro Tools did not close properly and your system will need to be restarted." Likewise, Pro Tools intermittently fails to recognize my licenses for PTIE's Structure, and will crash if I open up too many virtual instrument tracks. Users who have invested in a 64-bit system should be aware that PT9 is a 32-bit product, by the way.
I have given PT9 a solid try but I have found that it is too unreliable for recording. I also own and use Ableton Live Suite (also limited to 32 bit), Reason/Record, FL Studio 10 (Producer), and Reaper. None of these products have the bugginess / crashing problems that PT9 has.
If you just want to learn Pro Tools, then getting PT9 for the PC is an OK choice. But if you really want to use it you may have to get a Mac (I can't absolutely vouch for this, but on the DUC message board I do not see Mac users complaining about these things the same way PC users do). If you can't afford to invest in a Mac, then you should probably check out Reaper, which despite its criminally low price continues to amaze me as I discover its capabilities.


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