Apogee AD16X and HDX compatibility announced

[musicman691]

Originally Posted by originalscottyg

I did have a conversation with someone at Apogee who assured me that they were working on HDX compatibilityn for the Symphony I/O. I may have misspoke regarding Symphony only working with TDM. I should have said TDM & HD Native, but not HDX.

On Apogee's current Symphony I/O compatibility page it says:

About Pro Tools | HD Native compatibility:
Because the new Pro Tools | HD Native PCIe card offers legacy support for Digidesign 192 interfaces,
Symphony I/O should connect and perform without issue while running in Pro Tools HD Audio
Interface Mode. We will confirm this once the Pro Tools | HD Native card is available.
(posted 10/08/2010)

Obviously, this is a bit old...
But on their Symphony I/O FAQ page: Q: Will Symphony I/O connect to the Pro Tools | HD Native PCIe card?

A: Symphony I/O is compatible with the Pro Tools | HD Native PCIe card while running

in Pro Tools HD Audio Interface Mode.


There is no mention of HDX, that I can find, on any of the Symphony I/O pages.
I hope that clears my statements up a bit. Sorry for the confusion!!

Not a problem. Like I said it'd be weird if HDX wasn't supported. Apogee isn't all that up on updating their web pages with new info so all any of us have, unless we talk to Apogee, is what's online.

[j200]

According to an Apogee support person I talked to, the new X-HD firmware is also supposed to offer support for the Avid HD Native pcie card. That would be really good news. I've not seen this officially stated on any Apogee literature. I take the quote from their support person with a grain of salt. However if true this would be welcome news for the legions of AD-16X/DA-16X owners looking for a path forward that does not include buying new converters.

I like my Apogee converters just fine. I don't currently like my options for staying supported with Avid software and hardware. If I had HDX and HD Native support with a new Apogee X-HD firmware release I'd be very happy.

[Rhinosaur]

Someone from Apogee confirmed for me yesterday that the next SymI/O update will cause the Symphony I/O to appear as an HD I/O in Pro Tools (and match the HD I/O latency compensation), ensuring compatibility with HDX (and presumably PT11).

He also mentioned they're planning a similar update for X-HD cards, so that legacy devices (Rosetta 800 etc) will also appear as HD I/O's.

Hope that helps!

[musicman691]

Here's a link to an Apogee page where they're showing a bunch of stuff that has come out at the current NAMM show. Amongst the items: a new module for the Symphony I/O and an update for the Symphony software (os 4.2) that has support for Lion and big fixes when using the Symphony on an HD Native card. Right now it's just a preview with release for 2nd. quarter 2012 so that's anywheres from April to June.

http://www.apogeedigital.com/products/namm-2012.php

[psmworld]

this is customer-service! so a legacy product will work for many more years. i´ll upgrade my ad16x to symphony io anyway, but now with an even better feeling going symphony io and not hd io...

[danander11]

I already have a 8x8x8 which is very good.. but for the rest of my INs.. I may look over here.. (though I'll wait and see how others do with them.. )

[Kaneepa]

Symphony I/O works on my HDX system... (16 analog i/o 16 adat i/o) and it's seen as 2 192 i/o...

[gandlz]

An other question:
Do the Apogee AD/DA-16X work with Pro Tools HD 10 with Accel PCIe Cards? (not with HDX-Cards)

best regards
gandlz

[MixerGuy]

Originally Posted by gandlz

An other question:
Do the Apogee AD/DA-16X work with Pro Tools HD 10 with Accel PCIe Cards? (not with HDX-Cards)

best regards
gandlz

yes. beautifully.

[gandlz]

thanks!