5.1 with PTIII?

[dave@ir]

Will 5.1 software work on a PCI PTIII system?

[SFXCraig]

From what I understand, yes. However, you won't get full multichannel functionality. No 5.1 mixing and stuff.. not sure if you can do quad tracks, or where the cutoff is, but I know that to do the 5.1 stuff with the cool new panner you need a Mix system.

-Craig

[uno1234]

On another thread on the DUC Digi said that PTIII would be incompatible upon release, and that 1 Disk I/O support would come later.

[SFXCraig]

Yeah, I just read that myself.. oops!

-Craig

[mike connelly]

Digi, could you answer this one - different people have heard conflicting info from digi, a clarification would be nice.

Mike

[AvidCS]

We currently do not have PTIII hardware working with our upcoming Pro Tools 5.1 release. Given the current time frame and programing/test schedules, PTIII hardware support will not be available in this initial release. We hope to be able to add single disk I/O PTIII support to Pro Tools 5.1 at a later date.

Bob Langlie
Director of Customer Support
Digidesign

[Felix]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">quote:<HR>Originally posted by DigiCS:
We currently do not have PTIII hardware working with our upcoming Pro Tools 5.1 release. Given the current time frame and programing/test schedules, PTIII hardware support will not be available in this initial release. We hope to be able to add single disk I/O PTIII support to Pro Tools 5.1 at a later date.

Bob Langlie
Director of Customer Support
Digidesign <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

i read this thread months ago. nothing new added to it. is this just a cruel reminder joke to us underprivaliged PTIII users? i've already accepted defeat and no longer have hope. whatever

[mike connelly]

Hmmm...Bob, you may want to pass your info along to your sales folks. Both [email protected] and the people doing your 5.1 demos are saying that PT3 hardware IS supported - you might want to straighten them out ASAP.

From an email from [email protected]:

>Version 5.1 will affect PT III systems as >well, but you
>"will" need to have a MIX card present in your system in order to process
>the surround feature of 5.1.
>Regards,
>Digidesign

[Felix]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">quote:<HR>Originally posted by ProdInfo:
Bob Langlie's post is absolutely correct, and the Presales department is now operating from the same set of information.

George Cochrane
Product Specialist
Digidesign<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

so it's "absolutely correct" that you "hope to be able to" support single disk PTIII? i hope to be able to acquire enough money to never work again at a later date- hopefully sooner than later. now that, as well, is absolutely correct!

[ProdInfo]

Bob Langlie's post is absolutely correct, and the Presales department is now operating from the same set of information.

George Cochrane
Product Specialist
Digidesign