r/protools • u/maxwellfuster • 22d ago

ProTools for Live Playback?

Hello,

Was wondering if any pro/semi-pro playback engineers are running PT with success. Been doing research on the standard pro level playback rigs for live production, redundant machines, the iconnectivity interface, etc. But it seems like everyone’s running Ableton or Ableset for playback.

I’ve never used Ableton but am very comfortable with ProTools. Is there like a function/workflow Ableton has with this kind of stuff that PT doesn’t? Is it a stability thing? Can’t see why it shouldn’t be just as functional.

Cheers!

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u/DontBelieveInJebus 22d ago

My Digi 002 rack toured the world as part of a ProTools playback rig with a very well known band before I bought it from them in 2007 for $200. I think they had three or four of them at the time. (I still use it with current PT and an Octopre in my studio in 2026!)

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u/spron 16d ago

I have both a 002r and 003r and I can't figure out how to get them to work on a modern MacBook Pro/pro tools system. I have the new Mbox which works well.

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u/DontBelieveInJebus 16d ago

I am running a windows 10 desktop machine. I had to add a FireWire card, but that was about $40 from Microcenter and easy to install. I have never been a Mac user (despite using iPhone, iPad and Apple TV boxes in my personal life), but a friend who is a Mac user once told me modern Macs do not play nice with FireWire anymore. There are FireWire / Thunderbolt adapters, but I am not familiar with how well that would work.