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Old 06-14-2011, 04:46 AM
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Default Number of tracks

I've just upgraded my HD1 system to PT9 but I still only get 96 tracks. Am I missing something? I thought PT9 was 512 regardless of the hardware?
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Old 06-14-2011, 04:48 AM
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Are you talking about MIDI tracks?

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Old 06-14-2011, 06:09 AM
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IIRC, HD Accel will give you 192 audio tracks, HD will give you 128 tracks.
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Old 06-14-2011, 06:32 AM
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IIRC, HD Accel will give you 192 audio tracks, HD will give you 128 tracks.
Isn't it 192 mono tracks, which only equates to 96 stereo?

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Old 06-14-2011, 07:35 AM
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It took me about 15 seconds to find this (hint...hint)...

http://www.avid.com/us/products/fami...-Tools/compare
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Old 06-14-2011, 07:57 AM
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HD has always been based on number of "voices" which is entirely hardware dependent. Doesn't matter what version you have, an HD1 card will always have a max of 96 voices.
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Old 06-15-2011, 12:26 AM
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Well the blurb on the front page of the product guide says
"Create more complex mixes with double the internal busses (256) and total audio tracks (512) "
I'm aware of the limitations of the TDM card, but I thought the whole point of running Tools native was to sidestep this.
If I run Reaper I get unlimited tracks through the full I/O of my TDM card.

So how many tracks will I get if I remove the core card and put my Hammerfall in instead ?
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Old 06-15-2011, 02:41 AM
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192 voices. Which in practice means 192 mono tracks, or 96 stereo, or somewhere in between, if you use a combination of mono and stereo (as long as you have bought the toolkit).

FWIW when I bought PT9 I also didn't really understand this voices/tracks palaver. I was also used to having virtually unlimited tracks and proper ADC, but time taught me that this is not the Pro Tools way.

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