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[Hopkins-WitchfinderGeneral]

So digidesign bought m-audio and are now doing a P-Tools version for m-audio cards.

Mine is supported so i'll probably get it. Only £250 too.

Anyone tried it out yet?

 

[Ermz]

Awesome. I'll be trying it with the new rig, my choice was to get an M-audio card at the expense of not being able to run ProTools... but looks like that changed in a hurry.

 

[Hopkins-WitchfinderGeneral]

I think its time to say goodbye to cubase.

*waves fondly*















*raises the finger*

 

[Ermz]

*finishes unscrewing the training wheels* ..... TA-DA!!

 

[Hopkins-WitchfinderGeneral]

ooooh that was low.

I should kick you in the balls and steal your wallet

 

[Andy Sneap]

anyone tried this yet to see if it works well??

 

[Ermz]

Was hoping you'd be the first one to say 'omg, Digidesign have had me testing this for 4 years now, you're all n00bs, lol, bye suckers' */andy logs off to go and record yet another legendary band.*

Umm, so that's a 'no' from my end. Curious to hear the experiences from people that have though. Wonder if it took Digidesign all that much to streamline the interfacing between the m-audio gear with tools.

 

[Impy]

anyone tried this yet to see if it works well??

My roomate will be getting it soon, i'm a bit interested myself as i have an old audiophile card back home, would be nice to have PT as well as Logic.

 

[Andy Sneap]

I have Logic 7 hanging round if anyone wants it cheap by the way

 

[elmuchoescadawg]

[I have Logic 7 hanging round if anyone wants it cheap by the way]

How much do you want for it?

 

[Nitronium Blood]

Forgive my ignorance, but what was so unique about M-Audio cards that Digidesign had to create a 'special' Pro Tools package for it? :Spin:

 

[Nitronium Blood]

[I have Logic 7 hanging round if anyone wants it cheap by the way]

How much do you want for it?

ONE BILLEEON DOLLARS!

 

[elmuchoescadawg]

[ONE BILLEEON DOLLARS! ]

Cool,Ok well if its only that much ill take 2 oh and a box of SHUT THE HELL UP!!!!!

 

[egan.]

Forgive my ignorance, but what was so unique about M-Audio cards that Digidesign had to create a 'special' Pro Tools package for it? :Spin:

Traditionally PT has only worked with digidesign hardware. It is a big deal b/c this is the first time they have supported anything outside of they're proprietary design (Granted they bought M-audio).

 

[Nitronium Blood]

Traditionally PT has only worked with digidesign hardware. It is a big deal b/c this is the first time they have supported anything outside of they're proprietary design (Granted they bought M-audio).

Oh silly me. I kept thinking about Pro Tools LE, while the discussion in this thread pertains to 'real' Pro Tools software. My mistako.

 

[Impy]

Well they did allow Apogee and Motu didn't they?

 

[egan.]

Oh silly me. I kept thinking about Pro Tools LE, while the discussion in this thread pertains to 'real' Pro Tools software. My mistako.

Nope all the proprietary stuff is true for LE too and in fact M-powered stuff uses PT LE. Only PT 'Free' is different (I'm not even sure if that still exists).

Impy:
You can and have always been able to integrate outside hardware into a PT system but you have to have Digidesign hardware. So you can use apogee converters (or any brand with the right in/out formats) or MOTU stuff but you still ultimately had to run it through digidesign harware on the way in or out of the computer.

 

[Nitronium Blood]

Only PT 'Free' is different

My mistake again.

 

[Kazrog]

Pro Tools still does not support any non-DigiDesign hardware, because M-Audio is a wholly owned subsidiary of DigiDesign. All this has given us is some cooler hardware options. I don't understand why they feel the need to lock us in at 32 tracks, unless we spend thousands on a high end system. It's a ridiculous limitation that exists for no reason, only to punish the end user.

This is a big reason why I prefer Digital Performer - it lets you use your hardware to its fullest potential, no matter who makes it or how much you paid for it. Track count is relative to your COMPUTER, not your audio interface. I'm not advocating crappy audio interfaces, but right now there is no solution that allows a Pro Tools engineer to have a mobile rig with more than 32 tracks!! It's insane...

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

Is it PTLE that you can use w/ M-audio or are they releasing a weaker version?