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Old 06-12-2019, 01:06 AM
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If you get 256 tracks with each HDX card, then a new Mac Pro with HDX6 would give 1536 voices. After the update that goes to 384 per HDX card and makes it 2304 voices. Sounds good to me!
Nope. Already stated by Avid you'll only get 1024 voices (HDX4) max with an HDX6 system (interview with Avid VP.) No matter what (the upcoming voice increase/card won't change this.) Extra 2 cards become processing only and I/O
You will be able to use all the cards for I/O though -- 384 I/O max now.
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Old 06-19-2019, 11:48 AM
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Quite disappointed here over the hdx thing. The ONLY reason I renewed my subscription was for the increased voice count on hdx...now I am not sure exactly what the $400 was for. I don't know what the "near future" means. Avid could always take the hit and swap out the cards for the 15% user base where the upgrade doesn't work. the simple fact that I've kept current with my subscription should mean something.

Something...
Same - Running 7.1.2 FX Sessions for films chews through the voices.

I paid my fee after Xmas, sure in the knowledge that more voices were coming in the 'near future', then I had to wait until May for 2019.5 and what do I get, nothing.... Oh, a new iPad layout for the free Control App, very helpful.

What's the point? Someone mentioned that they thought a HDX firmware update before the summer would sort this out. I'll take a bet on that, as I don't expect we'll be seeing anything new until the winter sets in. By which time, I and few other editors will probably have sold their HDX cards, bought native boxes and have pocketed the change.

I'll accept any reasonable offers for my card, if anyone's looking.
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Old 06-23-2019, 02:52 PM
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What a major conundrum and catch 22.
I'm on a HDN and was ecstatic when I heard PT 2019 was adding 128 track. It's a HUGE plus and major breakthrough in workflow for late 5.1 films. At first PT11 broke the 32 bit barrier going 64 with more power and first time ever utilizing the Mac Pro's potential and of course being able to use more then the 3-4GB ram limit. So paid the re-instatement plan to go PT2019.5 of 1K, because of the added 128 voice ONLY to find out that now I have more tracks and thus using more (and of course more bus/aux/etc) more CPU and getting our beloved -9173. So I was opting to give in and get an HDX card for more HP in the CPU area. Every % helps in the CPU....ONLY....to find out that not only do I end up spending $3,699 for a card (plus the re-instatement of the $1,000) but I loose my extra 128 tracks and go back to 256 after spending about 5K?

Huh?
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Old 06-23-2019, 04:19 PM
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What a major conundrum and catch 22.
I'm on a HDN and was ecstatic when I heard PT 2019 was adding 128 track. It's a HUGE plus and major breakthrough in workflow for late 5.1 films. At first PT11 broke the 32 bit barrier going 64 with more power and first time ever utilizing the Mac Pro's potential and of course being able to use more then the 3-4GB ram limit. So paid the re-instatement plan to go PT2019.5 of 1K, because of the added 128 voice ONLY to find out that now I have more tracks and thus using more (and of course more bus/aux/etc) more CPU and getting our beloved -9173. So I was opting to give in and get an HDX card for more HP in the CPU area. Every % helps in the CPU....ONLY....to find out that not only do I end up spending $3,699 for a card (plus the re-instatement of the $1,000) but I loose my extra 128 tracks and go back to 256 after spending about 5K?

Huh?
Not that is disagree, but you can buy HDX cards used for less than 2k all day.
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Old 07-03-2019, 10:32 AM
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They have been dark on this for too long. Im thinking about selling my hdx cards and grabbing a native card plus voice packs.
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Old 07-03-2019, 11:18 AM
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Too long? Hardly. They stated that there was a technical issue that prevented releasing a 2019.3 and what they did was releasing .5 and .6 while sorting it out, so if 3mth is too long I have to find that facepalm emoji somewhere.

Of course everyone would like it to happen yesterday, but so long as they don't say it cannot be done I wouldn't be too worried about it. Given the summertime, I wouldn't hold my breath for immediate release but if I had to guess, we're waiting for 2019.9(ish) with the voice upgrade.
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Old 07-03-2019, 11:32 AM
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obviously what is too long or isnt too long is a personal decision. For instance, from what I know about you 3 years would be explained as fine.
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Old 07-03-2019, 11:44 AM
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I'll just ignore that.

With that said, there are no promises that the voice upgrade even is going to happen, just rumors that Avid happened to confirm. They were seriously trying to include that into (then planned) 2019.3 release but can you blame them for not releasing it bcs they know certain percentage of cards would have failed on upgrade?
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Old 07-03-2019, 11:51 AM
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what i blame them for is announcing it as a possibility. When they said they would do it the first thing I thought was "how?" and clearly thats exactly what the engineers are banging their heads on. "How can we do what the mba's tell us?"
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Old 07-03-2019, 11:53 AM
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anyways you should be happy. This means I'll be giving avid another $1500 in voice pack money.
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