R/E/P > j.hall
UAD change over.
Podgorny:
--- Quote from: Gregory Thompson on April 28, 2011, 06:33:17 PM ---To my knowledge, the PCI-X cards (which I still have) are compatible with PT9, however the computers that most folks have them installed in (Mac PPC) are not compatible with PT9.
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Greg,
That is correct. They are compatible with PT9, but PPCs are not, and neither is the Expansion|HD chassis, which for a long time was the only officially supported expansion chassis. There are other options, but since version 9 has offered so few benefits over 8 for HD users, many PPC HD users have stayed put at 8.0.x because their systems are plenty powerful, and more importantly, they are stable.
Gregory Thompson:
--- Quote from: Podgorny on April 28, 2011, 08:59:05 PM ---
Greg,
That is correct. They are compatible with PT9, but PPCs are not, and neither is the Expansion|HD chassis, which for a long time was the only officially supported expansion chassis. There are other options, but since version 9 has offered so few benefits over 8 for HD users, many PPC HD users have stayed put at 8.0.x because their systems are plenty powerful, and more importantly, they are stable.
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which is where I'm at.
it will cost me close to $5k to make the change to a(n unsupported) Magma expansion chassis and get a new Intel Mac plus the cost to upgrade to 9, plus buying HEAT (cause why would I go through all of that to not get HEAT?)
It's a lot of money just to stay current.
I could also make the jump to PDHD on a PC but that's such an unknown that I don't want to even think about it. Plus all the other guys at the studio will tease me and call me names.
j.hall:
--- Quote from: Podgorny on April 28, 2011, 08:59:05 PM --- many PPC HD users have stayed put at 8.0.x because their systems are plenty powerful, and more importantly, they are stable.
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i have YET to sit a v8.x rig that hasn't crashed. and beat detective in v8 is terrible. what the hell changed there???!!!! awful!
i've only worked on two v9 rigs and neither crashed the whole project.
and a side note about HEAT. i do external summing and bring that back into PT on a stereo audio track. as of now HEAT is a global thing. so the track i'm printing to (which i monitor through the whole mix) will have HEAT engaged. this can't be good for making mix decisions.
Gregory Thompson:
I have not tried HEAT firsthand, but I thought that was something you could dial in on an as needed basis and able to bypass if you wanted?
A referred source:
http://www.sonicscoop.com/2010/11/17/avid-heat-reviewed-by-geoff-sanoff/
j.hall:
if you dial in the global control, it effects everything.
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