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Old 09-21-2006, 09:32 AM
Kryst Kryst is offline
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Default Re: Upgrade Path Options?

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> If you plan to buy LE or M-Powered in order to try to quickly move up to HD in some upgrade,
> I think you may not want to buy LE or M-Powered at all...

At this point I am in the information-gathering stage, and my final decision will be based upon several criteria.
(1) Cost (including software, hardware, etc.)

(2) Upgrade path
(a) Factors that play into the feasibility of upgrading between ProTools versions.
(i) Which versions support what DSP engines (RTAS, TDM, TDMII, etc.)?
(ii) Which I/O device to use? 192 I/O? Some other company's I/O device?
(iii) Which third-party plug-ins support what ProTools version(s)? If a third-party
plug-in supports different versions, what's the upgrade path of that plug-in
for compatibility with better verions of ProTools?
(1) easy to find out for yourself

(2) and maybe (2a) again, I've never heard an upgrade path from LE or MP to HD, but if your research finds it, let me know!
(i) I'm pretty sure MP and I know LE support RTAS and VST only if you use the Vst to Rtas Adapter. Otherwise, I don't think any other plugins are supported.
(ii) That'll be a matter of preference
(iii) Well, third party RTAS plugins for LE are limited to find. Using a Mac, I think you can find more than on XP. But with the VST to RTAS Adapter, you should be able to use almost any VST (*.dll) plugin. As for upgrade paths here, I don't know. Just watch out for Waves' WUP.
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