Smart AV has announced that it’s latest Tango software now controls Pro Tools.
There was understandably quite a bit of interest when this unit first came out but it largely passed me by as until now it didn’t support Pro Tools.
The biggest plus for it is that it has a touch screen as well as hardware controllers.
From the press release….
The powerful large touch screen interface of Tango with its user configurable Virtual Editor, combined with the power of MonARC makes Tango the most powerful and effective third party controller for Protools.
Says Joe Narai, Smart AV CTO, “Like all 3rd party developers we have had to battle the limitations of the HUI/Protools interface, but in the circumstances we are very pleased with what we have achieved. Certainly initial customer feedback is very positive”
Tango has the latest touch screen technology as well as the unique ARC Technology developed for the Smart Console. Tango controls Pyramix, Nuendo, Logic, and Cubase direct as well as Protools through HUI
A combination of Features, Technology, Ergonomics, and Quality that will blow your mind, but not your budget. At an introductory price of US$7,990 Tango is real value for the audio professional and home user alike. We have combined patented ARC Technology with a huge 22″ wide (16:9) touch screen to produce the most versatile and intuitive workstation controller yet.
See this video to get a feel for how it works.
I am not sure I would call just short of $8,000 as something that won’t blow the budget but looking at the video it does seem to be possibly a useful tool. I would want to know how well the Pro tools integration is especially when you bear in mind that Digidesign have removed the support for non Digidesign controllers. The drivers for them is in the Unsupported folder on the installer discs and it would appear if the Tango uses the Mackie profile to interface with Pro Tools. We will see if I can get my hands on one and see how well it works with Pro Tools.
Mike is Pro Tools genius and an award winning ‘audiomeister’, defined as ‘a person of great skill and authority in sound’. His vast array of credits include music (from classical to rock), drama and documentaries across all the BBC Radio networks, as well as audio post production for video and TV, ‘new media’, live sound, commercial CDs, DVDs and podcasts, helping clients tell their stories with sound. He has been described as "an oasis of calm in a stormy creative world"; "quick, creative & easy to work with"; "always going the extra mile"; and "invests himself in the success of your project"’.show me less content in the footer
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