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PT LE 8 To PTHD 9 ?
Hi everyone.
I'm asking me a question. On this page we can see that ProTools HD support mbox 2 Pro. So Can i update my protools LE 8 to a protools HD 9 with my mbox. i don't have any DSP, but i could have for 400€ a HD with Input monitoring, Trackpunch, VCA... That 1600€ less than a complete production toolkit. but maybe i do a mistake... |
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Re: PT LE 8 To PTHD 9 ?
You can't buy PT9HD standalone (or an update from LE to HD). Only PT9. So, there is no way around the CPTK2 if you want the additional features.
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Re: PT LE 8 To PTHD 9 ?
Are you sure about that? according to the readme pdf, if an HD 9 license is found on the ilok than HD features are used, if a non HD license is found then the HD features are not used. This is the upgrade path I'm thinking of doing, and I would like a straight answer from avid.
Can I buy the LE 8 to HD 9 upgrade found in the store for 349.00 and get all the features of HD w/o needing HD hardware?
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Re: PT LE 8 To PTHD 9 ?
I wonder if that HD upgrade is really eligible for LE owners. If it shows up as an option you could always try buying it and see if they let you.
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Re: PT LE 8 To PTHD 9 ?
To get the HD version of the software, you need to own currently and upgrade, or purchase new HD hardware.
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Re: PT LE 8 To PTHD 9 ?
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So I believe the PT9 + CPTK2 is the same as PT9HD but without TDM. But yes clarification from Avid is always best. :) |
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Re: PT LE 8 To PTHD 9 ?
If I were upgrading from LE to PT9, and had any desire at all to get the CPTK2 kit to "equalize it" with PTHD9, I'd strongly consider picking up a used HD PCI-X card on Ebay. These are selling for about $900 these days.
Even if you never did anything with the HD card at all, you'd be spending $900 (instead of $2000 for the new CPTK2!) to get the PT HD9 version, which is equivalent to PT9 + CPTK2 and can be used on any machine, regardless of whether it has HD cards or Avid hardware. Of course you'd have to have a PC or Mac with an older-style PCI slot to actually *use* HD. But my understanding is, you just need a registered SN from any HD card (it doesn't matter PCI-X or PCI-e) to upgrade to PT HD9. Just my $.02 |
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Re: PT LE 8 To PTHD 9 ?
Good point. But now that PT9 is out and word gets around, I wouldn't be surprised if most people who have one of those to sell do the PTHD9 upgrade themselves before they sell the card (and I assume digi will only allow one upgrade per hardware serial number). They could either keep the software or probably sell it for a decent buck considering the alternative is $2600, of course I'm sure digi wouldn't approve of that.
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Re: PT LE 8 To PTHD 9 ?
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Interesting though--I guess the 2nd hand market for old PCIX cards will go up once people figure out that AVID's essentially assigned a $2000 value to them (ie price of CPTK2) |
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Re: PT LE 8 To PTHD 9 ?
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