PT native out of the bag

[tonepad]

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PTNativeCore/

Are we there yet?

[Benoni]

it does look cool. but still what will be the total cost, around 6k for a complete system just to get ADC and more tracks??? hmmm. Will be nice to see what else they have in store, and see Native in action before I decide to dump LE or keep it.

http://www.protoolerblog.com/2010/10...oming-kind-of/

[FordVan]

$3500 just for the card and software? No thanks!

[P4Vi7]

Wow! This is exactly what I had hoped for. Excellent work Avid - this will kill. $5000 and your in HD land...... Excellent and I can not wait.

Good Work Avid!

[Dism]

Originally Posted by FordVan

$3500 just for the card and software? No thanks!

Vs HD1 brand new?

That's a steal.

[scottedog]

Are we there yet?


Not even close.


$3500 for stripped down HD? Give your head a shake Avid.

[MrJoshua]

$3500 for the card brand new. What will the hardware exchange price be? And compare the price of the card + interface to the price of a 003 w/ the full production toolkit package and it starts to look like this step up is priced right about where it needs to be. It's more expensive than LE and less expensive than standard HD.

And if the hardware upgrade path gives me a way to get one for about half of the retail price (that's just a wild guess), I may jump on it and grab a used Apogee or Lynx to go with it. That would be pretty tempting.

[MikeLip]

hmmm a spare 6k would be nice right now. mmm very nice.

[mano111]

Its too little too late.... then again, better late than never right?

If they wanted too keep it in line with AVID's video stuff they should have priced it @ $2500 like Media Composer. The card in this case is just a dongle with interface connections - hardly justifies the extra $1000, and you cant use the software without it... nor is there a point for using PT native without an interface so its really $6K or more.

Its a move in the right direction, but sadly not aggressive enough to completely crush the competition.

I would definitely consider an upgrade if the deal was sweet and bundled in loads of goodies. Assuming I paid ~$3000 for what I have now, I would be tempted to add $3000 to get Native+Pre but it would have to include every possible plugin made by DIGI/AIR for it too seem like a good deal.

[Dism]

Originally Posted by mano111

Its too little too late.... then again, better late than never right?

If they wanted too keep it in line with AVID's video stuff they should have priced it @ $2500 like Media Composer. The card in this case is just a dongle with interface connections - hardly justifies the extra $1000, and you cant use the software without it... nor is there a point for using PT native without an interface so its really $6K or more.

Its a move in the right direction, but sadly not aggressive enough to completely crush the competition.

I would definitely consider an upgrade if the deal was sweet and bundled in loads of goodies. Assuming I paid ~$3000 for what I have now, I would be tempted to add $3000 to get Native+Pre but it would have to include every possible plugin made by DIGI/AIR for it too seem like a good deal.

I'd say it's pretty competitive against similar systems...

http://www.airusersblog.com/home-pag...expensive.html