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Old 10-21-2011, 03:12 AM
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Default Re: Why PT10 is not 64 bit... let's get this over with ;)

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Originally Posted by Dism View Post
It's because both plugin formats are designed exclusively for real time processing. They have no rendering capabilities in their current incarnation.
I understand that.

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RTAS and TDM are why Pro Tools is still 32 bit. You wouldn't be able to run a 64 bit Pro Tools with 32-bit float point math on 48 bit Time Division Multiplexing cards. Because of that, there's no point recoding TDM or RTAS for 64 bit (which would be required for a 64 bit Pro Tools version, unless you create a bridge, which could only add more problems).

AAX solves both problems at once.
AU or VST would solve the same problems, at much lower cost to 1) users and 2) developers. But we have another thread for that debate, don't we

~peter in oakland
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