New Pro Tools Hardware
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egan.
daylightdies.com
I agree with a lot of your points and feel largely the same way, however, if they've eliminated all of the voice allocations shit with this it's actually a big step forward. Anyone who's ever had to reboot their session b/c they ran out of voices knows what I'm talking about.
I don't think a lot of folks understand that the card is a necessary evil of i/o count right now. Apogee does the same thing on their high end native system. I imagine an express card could be in works but the problem with that is that you see those less and less often on laptops. O/C the stupid thing is if the omni is limited to 8 i/o it really brings that whole line of reasoning into question b/c it does become a dongle thing.
egan.
daylightdies.com
Clearly much of the music market and the entire post production industry disagrees with you.
Jarkko Mattheiszen
The FU guy.
That's very true, and I admit it would be a huge step forward, but we still don't know for sure. Let's hope for the best, though
I'm still hoping for a mid-level PT Native that maybe lacks the 64 I/O possibility (I will never have use for that much I/O) and Avid HW connectivity options, but would offer something more along the lines of Cubase/Logic/etc. I'd gladly pay $2000 for that, but I'm losing faith.
egan.
daylightdies.com
Me too and I'd even settle for 32 i/o.That's very true, and I admit it would be a huge step forward, but we still don't know for sure. Let's hope for the best, though
I'm still hoping for a mid-level PT Native that maybe lacks the 64 I/O possibility (I will never have use for that much I/O) and Avid HW connectivity options, but would offer something more along the lines of Cubase/Logic/etc. I'd gladly pay $2000 for that, but I'm losing faith.
Jarkko Mattheiszen
The FU guy.
Ermz
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I originally said I could do with 2 I/O for my whole life (mixing ITB was all I'd ever need right?). Then I said I'd be fine with 16 I/O for bussing out groups to certain outboard units. Now I'm down to my last 2 I/O, both of which will probably disappear within a few months...
::XeS::
Member
Yeah 16I/O is more than sufficient for a complete drumkit...24i/o is perfect for pretty everything.
Jarkko Mattheiszen
The FU guy.
That may well be so, but for me, 24 I/O would be enough for a long, long time. I could easily track a band live and use quite a lot of outboard gear in the mixing stage, bouncing tracks if needed. 32 I/O, well, to be honest, I haven't even seen many pro studios up here that had more. If they're fine with it, so am I.
Ermz
¯\(°_o)/¯
For tracking 16 is usually fine, but if we're talking about mixing in real-time with outboard, you'll start feeling the shortage. All depends on what you're trying to do. Bouncing continuously mid-mix on an album is not something fun.
::XeS::
Member
Take a look at the Avid ProTools page in facebook....ahahah....very "great" comments for the new interface
Jarkko Mattheiszen
The FU guy.
::XeS::
Member
Anyway........3500€ for this:
Ridicolous. It's only a fuckin' card that let the pc comunicate with the interfaces.....no processing chip or something else..... If we have to pay 3500 for this piece of shit what do we have to pay for a last generation video card? 100k?
It's like doing an express card for notebook and sell it for 3500€, only to connect an avid interface and let you use PT HD on your notebook.....
Ridicolous. It's only a fuckin' card that let the pc comunicate with the interfaces.....no processing chip or something else..... If we have to pay 3500 for this piece of shit what do we have to pay for a last generation video card? 100k?
It's like doing an express card for notebook and sell it for 3500€, only to connect an avid interface and let you use PT HD on your notebook.....
Jarkko Mattheiszen
The FU guy.
http://www.sweetwater.com/feature/hdnative/
Judging from that, this is all we're gonna get. Fuck it, time to start saving then.
By the way, DV247 is offering some sort of upgrade deal from LE: http://www.dv247.com/computer-hardware/avid-pro-tools-hd-native--79647
Judging from that, this is all we're gonna get. Fuck it, time to start saving then.
By the way, DV247 is offering some sort of upgrade deal from LE: http://www.dv247.com/computer-hardware/avid-pro-tools-hd-native--79647
Jarkko Mattheiszen
The FU guy.
And here's the official Avid announcement: http://www.avid.com/US/press-room/Avid-Introduces-Pro-Tools-HD-Native
Funny. They say the following: "Broad compatibility—Provides customers the flexibility to use their platform of choice with the highest performance and stability available on a native platform, supporting both Windows 7 and Mac Snow Leopard 10.6 or higher." I guess that's true if your platform of choice isn't a laptop or an iMac.
Funny. They say the following: "Broad compatibility—Provides customers the flexibility to use their platform of choice with the highest performance and stability available on a native platform, supporting both Windows 7 and Mac Snow Leopard 10.6 or higher." I guess that's true if your platform of choice isn't a laptop or an iMac.
egan.
daylightdies.com
The reality is you are realistically paying 1000 for the card and 2500 for the software. You may well believe that's unfair, but it's still a more realistic breakdown.
::XeS::
Member
"Pro Tools|HD functionality with a price that's closer to Pro Tools LE"
Are they stupid or what?
Are they stupid or what?
Jarkko Mattheiszen
The FU guy.
egan.
daylightdies.com
I'm displeased with this release but seriously? What about that statement is untrue? It's $3500 less than HD1 and they sell a version of LE for $3500 already ("003 Complete").
I feel like a lot of guys had some expectation that this was going to be $500 with no hardware limitations which was completely and totally unrealistic on multiple levels.
The omni/HDnative combo is too expensive to not have the simultaneous i/o available on an 003 (!?!) but other than that this is pretty much exactly what I expected.
I feel like a lot of guys had some expectation that this was going to be $500 with no hardware limitations which was completely and totally unrealistic on multiple levels.
The omni/HDnative combo is too expensive to not have the simultaneous i/o available on an 003 (!?!) but other than that this is pretty much exactly what I expected.
