Avid will announce new DSP product(s) next week!

[Emcha_audio]

Originally Posted by melodydetective

Now that it’s announced, and specs are there (coreaudio, <1ms latency, onboard DSP) I wonder this - if you are using it with another platform (Cubase etc.) and decide you no longer want the Pro Tools subscription/ yearly update, will the hardware continue to work? Will you still be able to get updated drivers for it?


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YOu get a one year subscription license for Pro Tools included after that you can renew or it turns into a perpetual license. Meaning that the software and hardware will keep running with the current version of pro tools you have but you won't get any upgrade.

technically that means that if you don't want to pay subscription then pro tools will keep working on the last version you had. If there's plugins in there that were on the support plan and you do not have a license for it, from my understanding the plugins will no longer work.

The interface should still work on it's own, but as an interface only, you won't get any of the additional benefit of the interface.

[Emcha_audio]

Originally Posted by Cliffy_Boy

So if I am using an HD i/o and HD Omni with HDX cards, I cannot get the automatic low-latency by disabling non-DSP plugins while in Record like you can now with the Carbon interface?

How can I even have the HD i/o and Carbon be combined on one system?

apparently from the webinar (we've not been told prior) this is something that will come software based for HDX users down the road in 2021.

[JCBigler]

So they are changing up the whole way that Protools systems connect then? Getting rid of the Digilink connectors? and thus preventing you from connecting any expansion systems? No more connection to HD I/O units?

How do they get over the 32 i/o limit with this box? Are they going to release some other AVB enabled i/o boxes in the future? And no Windows support for how long?

25 inputs just seems so...quaint in 2021.

I think I'll keep my Red 8 Pre for awhile longer yet.

[LukeHoward]

Originally Posted by JCBigler

So they are changing up the whole way that Protools systems connect then? Getting rid of the Digilink connectors? and thus preventing you from connecting any expansion systems? No more connection to HD I/O units?

I imagine, in time, Avid will answer these questions :)

It's a pity it doesn't support Dante as well as AVB though...

[Emcha_audio]

Originally Posted by JCBigler

So they are changing up the whole way that Protools systems connect then? Getting rid of the Digilink connectors? and thus preventing you from connecting any expansion systems? No more connection to HD I/O units?

How do they get over the 32 i/o limit with this box? Are they going to release some other AVB enabled i/o boxes in the future? And no Windows support for how long?

25 inputs just seems so...quaint in 2021.

I think I'll keep my Red 8 Pre for awhile longer yet.

no they are not

this is a different product that is aimed toward the project studios that do not already have HDX cards, it's simply a different type of connection. I'm speculating here but it maybe also for ease of use for on road recording with AVB systems.

There's no mention on when for Windows, if at all.

[albee1952]

I am also wondering about the 32 IO limit, but I'm not even sure if Carbon goes UP TO 32

[melodydetective]

Originally Posted by Emcha_audio

The interface should still work on it's own, but as an interface only, you won't get any of the additional benefit of the interface.

It should work. Like HD drivers should work forever? If you have first-hand knowledge that it will remain supported or that drivers will be free, I’m happy to hear that. Otherwise...


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[The Weed]

Mac only. Windows does not support AVB natively. Questions about when Windows will have been asked as far back as 2013. There is at least one software - expensive - and one hardware solution that I know of, but I have no knowledge of if/how well they work or if they would work with this new interface.

[JCBigler]

Originally Posted by Emcha_audio

this is a different product that is aimed toward the project studios that do not already have HDX cards, it's simply a different type of connection. I'm speculating here but it maybe also for ease of use for on road recording with AVB systems.

AVB isn't a home studio protocol. It's a full blow professional networking protocol. Why they dropped Thunderbolt for AVB is asinine.

I wouldn't be able to use this system for a touring show. My last tour had around 110 inputs. This is not even in the same league.

[MixerGuy]

Originally Posted by JCBigler

AVB isn't a home studio protocol. It's a full blow professional networking protocol. Why they dropped Thunderbolt for AVB is asinine.

.....

I disagree with you.

This article covers tons of info...

https://www.pro-tools-expert.com/hom...-carbon-review

I'll quote it here... they explain it better than I could

and I quote:

"Why AVB?

To connect with AVB instead of Thunderbolt might seem an odd choice but the decision is driven by a desire to future-proof Pro Tools Carbon from the inevitable march of progress in computer data connectivity.

While connectors come and go from computers the ethernet port seems likely to be around for a long time, although on some laptops this has to be via adaptors.

The current MacBook Pros work with Pro Tools Carbon via a Thunderbolt 3 to Ethernet adaptor.*

One other thing to be aware of is that if you are using an Ethernet port to connect to Pro Tools Carbon via AVB you will have to use a different port for other Ethernet duties such as Eucon or connecting to a network.

The choice of AVB might surprise some but Avid have been using AVB in their line of live systems like the S6L for years. Unlike Dante, it offers deterministic rather than best-effort delivery."