This was the first "big boy" product I ever bought. it came with a microphone too. the audio card was built into the mic and I remember it sounding super airy, and having no body to the sound. Anybody else remember this?

Found these at my local charity shop for €55 Main unit/€20 Expansion Pack🤣

Remember shipping those to wealthy customers in the early 2000s and thinking if I could only afford those.

Wonder if they can be used for anything that runs on a current Mac.

Don’t really need the over (helpful on the numpad sometimes) but when I was building myself a new mechanical keyboard I figured it would be cool to have the overlay.

I’m one of those DAW users who always read that Pro Tools wasn’t intuitive, practical, or user-friendly, and that it felt bland and not designed with comfort in mind (though I also always read that it was excellent for mixing, editing, and mastering).

And now, after using version 12 for a few weeks, I finally get it—it just clicked in my head, and I fell in love with Pro Tools. I feel that its much-criticized interface (for not being as flashy as FL Studio or Bitwig) actually invites you to do exactly what you’re supposed to do without distractions: edit and mix. It feels professional, and not just because it’s the ''industry standard''—you truly feel like you’re using editing software built for that purpose, emulating a studio, even if only in digital form.

Yes, the archaic controls are a headache, but even so, it’s just a matter of getting used to them, and it’s part of what I mentioned above, you have to do everything slow and feel part of the process.

I just wanted to share this revelation I had. That said, I still find Avid’s business model horrendous.