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Re: ProTools price adjustments from July 1st.
Exploring other DAW options. I'm on a Mac.
Based on PT workflow, etc., can any of you recommend one? I'm looking at DP, Studio One and Logic. Thanks!
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Re: ProTools price adjustments from July 1st.
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I'm looking into Cubase now because of S1's inadequacies and Pro Tools arrogance. just a heads up.
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Mac Pro 6.1, E5-2690 V2 10 core 3.0G, 32gig 1866 memory, 512G PCIe system drive, 4 480G OWC 3G SSD data drives in Thunderbolt 2 enclosure, macOS 10.15.7, Pro Tools Ultimate 2020.9.1, Twin Raven MTi's, Apollo 8 TB, 2 UAD2 Satellite Octo Thunderbolt, RME ADI-4 DD, Neve 5012, 5043, Bricasti M7, 2 PCM 92's, M350, DynAudio BM6 MK 3, BM14S, a bunch of cool mics...1 damned iLok2. |
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Change to Pro Tools Ultimate Renewal pricing?
So, I renewed my PT Ultimate plan for $399 in April... I'm still on 12.4 btw.
What are my options regarding this new fleecing...er pricing? i.e. If I purchase this 'new' plan now (to avoid any increase by waiting until next April) will my current plan run until next April, then this 'new' plan will run until April 2021? Or did I just pay $399 for 3 months? I read the whole 23 pages of this thread and this question wasn't addressed.
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Mac Pro 6.1, E5-2690 V2 10 core 3.0G, 32gig 1866 memory, 512G PCIe system drive, 4 480G OWC 3G SSD data drives in Thunderbolt 2 enclosure, macOS 10.15.7, Pro Tools Ultimate 2020.9.1, Twin Raven MTi's, Apollo 8 TB, 2 UAD2 Satellite Octo Thunderbolt, RME ADI-4 DD, Neve 5012, 5043, Bricasti M7, 2 PCM 92's, M350, DynAudio BM6 MK 3, BM14S, a bunch of cool mics...1 damned iLok2. Last edited by DigiTechSupt; 06-19-2019 at 10:37 PM. Reason: Moved to new thread. |
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Re: ProTools price adjustments from July 1st.
What other audio industry DAW is subscription based or has announced they're going to be?
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Re: Change to Pro Tools Ultimate Renewal Pricing?
There is no change to the renewal price for Pro Tools | Ultimate perpetual. Please see http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=405253. If you renewed in April 2019 then your plan still runs through April 2020.
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Perpetual Reinstatement Programs after July 1st
We need a definitive public answer on this.
1) Will Perpetual Reinstatement Programs still be in effect from July 1st? 2) If so, will the current price remain the same or not? I opened a support ticket and was told yes, I can still reinstate HD10 licenses to Ultimate after July 1st for the same price ($999 US.) Case #03728736. There is still confusion due to the wording that these plans are being "evaluated." Last edited by Teej; 06-19-2019 at 11:32 PM. |
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Re: ProTools price adjustments from July 1st.
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Re: ProTools price adjustments from July 1st.
First off...why is there a dialog box at the bottom that looks like you can write a reply there whence it tells you to click one of the quick reply buttons above to leave a quick reply in the quick reply field which takes you to a completely different screen? Now I'm not surprised about this ridiculous price hike.
Avid, the industry is NOT moving toward a subscription-based platform for software distribution. Adobe was the first major software developer that went full subscription because they knew that people were bound to the software and schools only used their software because the teacher and students easily traded files natively between Mac and PC. Photoshop is a household tool...Pro Tools is NOT. A lot of us CHOOSE to use Pro Tools because of the software update...not because the software is awesome. It's the only fairly priced DAW that is always up to date provided we keep up the plan. I loved that about PT. Now, I'm looking elsewhere and I'm finding that Studio One and Nuendo wipe the floor with PT. LOL...and you want to make everyone turn to subscription licensing? You're not Adobe. Households don't even know what a Pro Tool is. So, you need all members to keep paying. Actually, the only people that would do subscriptions without flinching, could be the studios, but people like me will stop using Pro Tools. When that happens, I'll be doing projects natively in something else and hand those project files to studios. Guess what, they want the business, and will ask for the PT native files. Too bad...since Avid gave us the finger, now I do my projects in Cubase or Nuendo. Now, either the studio is going to have to start using different DAWs or lose the business because I'll just go to another studio that doesn't use PT. I'm sure on paper you think by doubling the Perpetual Licensee's Annual Update will still keep the paychecks the same from the money of people who continue to pay that exorbitant price but the fact is, on paper it may look like a doable strategy but in the long run, you've created enemies and a lifelong hatred toward Avid. Adobe is losing life-long patrons, like myself to Resolve. I'm now doing ALL my video projects in Resolve. Guess what...it's just a matter of time before Resolve integrates with RX...then Pro Tools is DEAD to all the Post Production studios. In a time when the media industry is growing, you're pushing people away when you should be trying to gain more clients...especially when your competition is outdoing you in every way. Heck, I actually downloaded BandLab or whatever it's called...that Free Cakewalk DAW. It loaded a video file and I was able to a complete a project with that, just to see what it can do. I tried to do it in Pro Tools (the current one) and it crashed upon loading the video file. This is insane. I'm not surrendering my perpetual license. I suggest you all NEVER to do that. I am no longer going to support this company until they change the price for the Perpetual Update to at least something more reasonable IF they MUST increase the price...but NOT DOUBLE. That is insane. I'm sure you wouldn't like it if you lost HALF your clients within a week. Seriously, stop this nonsense and start acting like the responsible and musician friendly mentor you could be...not a blood sucking leech. Ignore typos-I'm not proof reading this right now..I'm much too aggravated. |
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Re: ProTools price adjustments from July 1st.
Thinking of moving to another DAW too after my update plan in PT runs out. (Still considering my options, most likely Logic) Hoping they introduce at least one more update until October for me to feel better about spending money last year. I felt neutral to Avid and loved PT but my perception now changed considerably. Of course, big businesses should be able to afford such a price increase, but one-man acts like me can't justify this when there are other perfectly viable options.
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Re: ProTools price adjustments from July 1st.
I too have been exploring Studio 1. I like the mixer layout better than Logic's but the Pro Tools shortcuts included don't come close enough to my muscle memory to make a smooth transition. Frankly, without the single-key command focus shortcuts I'm used to in Pro Tools I won't be switching to anything else for the editing work that makes up a lot of my income.
Fortunately, I could use any version of PT from 10 onward for the kind of work. Meanwhile, Avid is seriously lagging behind in implementing features that would improve my music writing/mixing workflow. I might just park my PT license at 2019 and get to mixing in S1. $200/yr to keep my license up-to-date would be totally fine with me if I felt I could expect major improvements to the software. ARA-like functionality for AAX, delay compensated side-chain, clip FX for Vanilla. . . |
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