PRO TOOLS 8 compatible with WINDOWS 7 someday?
 

Once Windows 7 is officially released, are there any plains of Pro Tools 8 being compatible with it?

Windows 7 seems to be a WHOLE lot better and smoother than VISTA; so, I'm hoping there could be a good marriage between the two software giants someday?

Anyone ever here anything through the grapevine regarding PT8 and WIN7?

Re: PRO TOOLS 8 compatible with WINDOWS 7 someday?
 

You really should have tried a search of this forum first. It turns up several very recent discussions (like this one, and another, etc etc), that are completely on topic.

Re: PRO TOOLS 8 compatible with WINDOWS 7 someday?
 

Cool thanks.... I'll check those out!

Re: PRO TOOLS 8 compatible with WINDOWS 7 someday?
 

Only if PT9 doesn’t come out first.

Re: PRO TOOLS 8 compatible with WINDOWS 7 someday?
 

It will be. It has the same compatibility basis as Vista and we all know that PT works with Vista.

I've been testing Windows 7 for the past few days. I haven't tried PT on it yet. Im a put it on the one im almost finished building.

Re: PRO TOOLS 8 compatible with WINDOWS 7 someday?
 

Not quite. You'll only be able to get Digi USB I/O boxes working with Windows 7 such as the Mbox etc and you'll have no iLok drivers for your plug-ins which nulls out using HD and M-Audio that can only run PT after it gets authorization from the iLok. Still a ways to go with Windows 7 and Pro Tools.

Shane

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+1 on W7 being better than Vista. It's apparent right outta the box (so to speak). I wrote a little assessment on the thread I started (mentioned above). IMO This will be the PC OS of choice going forward since even though I have a solid and fast XP/PT8 combo running I always have the feeling that I can break it if I go gorilla on it. Even though Vista is a bogmeister I feel that it is pretty dang robust... so that makes me hope that W7 turns out to be the best of both world's: the solid advances under the hood of Vista and the zippiness of a tuned XP rig.
Unfortunately for me since I don't care to do recording work on an MB2/USB interface I won't be doing too much with my W7/PT8 install. I plan to check in with it now and then to see how many MS updates are pushed. Already with the Beta there were 3 or 4 that came in. It's always a good sign that MS is on the case. By late Spring to Mid Summer I predict a solid OS and hopefully DIGI will follow suit with an 8.x version, within a few months.

Re: PRO TOOLS 8 compatible with WINDOWS 7 someday?
 

I loaded Windows 7 last night with Pro Tools 8 M-Powered and a M-Audio ProjectMix I/O. Pro Tools loaded with no problems whatsoever and there is a beta driver for the ProjectMix I/O on M-Audio's website for Windows 7. Also I loaded the Waves Mercury bundle and had no issues with that. The only software that I have not gotten to work yet is IK Multimedia's Sampletank L but I have not jumped to far into it. I think there is a new verson for Vista that may work since I upgraded to 7 from XP. I have not had much time to really push it but everything seems to be running smoothly.

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Re: PRO TOOLS 8 compatible with WINDOWS 7 someday?
 

i know why pro tools mpowerd 7.4 dont work on windows 7. on vista it works untill u install service pack 1 then it stops workin. i uninstralled service pack 1 and it started working again. im sure the service pack 1 files from vista is already on windows 7 and that is what the problem is. i dont understand why when they make updates and new systems they just dont make it so all your stuff works like drivers software ect.