Is Pro Tools Becoming "The DOS" Of DAWs?
 

Discuss? :eek:

Re: Is Pro Tools Becoming "The DOS" Of DAWs?
 

Personally, I think the first company that builds its own operating system to accompany their DAW software will win milk and cookies.


Something like Linux, stripped down and unbloated...?

Re: Is Pro Tools Becoming "The DOS" Of DAWs?
 

You think plugin vendors have too easy job to manage their versions as of now? Stripped down Linux means plugin development almost goes back to TDM difficulty and if some companies (Waves et al) didn't like shift to AAXDSP what do you think they'd like a completely new environment?

Why do you think Avid is bothering with Mac/Win crossplatform development? Wouldn't it be easier to be Mac only just like it originally was (and what Logic later became) if plugin companies would flock to a closed system?

Re: Is Pro Tools Becoming "The DOS" Of DAWs?
 

It would be a closed, proprietary system. Like if UA or Slate made a DAW that runs their own plugins (no third party).

Re: Is Pro Tools Becoming "The DOS" Of DAWs?
 

Why would I want to run a DAW that runs only UA plugs or Slate plugs? Or only Avid plugs? I don't care what operating system that runs on, it's a bad idea.

Re: Is Pro Tools Becoming "The DOS" Of DAWs?
 

I somehow misunderstood 'The DOS' reference. Is that in terms of being old, backwards, stuck in the past.. as the MS-DOS, or as the standard in terms of design, features and functionality that every other DAW tries to emulate and surpass?

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I think it's a great idea!

I've worked hard to arrive at a stage where I view plugins as simple tools. I can pretty much count the number of plugins I use on two hands (I produce mainly rock/pop). Gone are my days of needing the shiniest new toys to play with. Several companies have catalogs that contain everything I need to produce a record. If these companies made their own hardware/OS/DAW it would only be easier for their own programmers to crank out code, and they wouldn't constantly be playing catch-up to the latest hardware/OS/etc..

I understand not having access to every plugin under the sun is a tough pill to swallow for most, but the more I record/mix I find that less is more.

I'll be the first to admit I'm full of bad ideas, tho! :D

Re: Is Pro Tools Becoming "The DOS" Of DAWs?
 

So for a pop mixer you would be okay to take your lead vocal track to Melodyne DAW for processing, then bounce it out and import back to Avid DAW for mixing? Just for an example, of course...

Re: Is Pro Tools Becoming "The DOS" Of DAWs?
 

No need to bounce in between DAWs, it would have its own proprietary pitch/time algorithms. Duh. :p

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Of course it would, but say you wanted to be using Melodyne for it? Suddnely in this scenario either export/process/import and using 3rd party tool don't look so desirable.. and whoever would be first to try such a closed system would only shoot themselves in a foot big time -- we have so long ago used to choose which tools we wish to use.

Killing 3rd party plugins would kill the DAW to extinction. Demanding that 3rd party would submit their algorithm for a DAW company to be included in tools available isn't going to fly either.