Do yourself a favor, listen to Pro Tools Expert Russ Hughes PT 12 Review...

[Fidelis]

Well... What can I say? Like Russ, I'm speechless.

[TimNielsen]

Nothing much surprises me with the absolute disgusting joke that Avid has seemingly become. But this is by far the lowest of many low points.

I mean.... it's just........ what..........

[mesaone]

Originally Posted by lexaudio

I posted an issue about my ilok going offline and restarting PT11 brought me to an activation screen, so I was right.
AVID is managing your ilok licenses now.

If your iLok is not plugged in and recognized by your computer, and you attempt to launch Pro Tools, PACE will see no license and ask you to activate a license. What's the issue? Is it this screen? For reference, the following image is a screenshot taken by myself just now, after unplugging my iLok and then launching Pro Tools.



Here are a few similar ones that pop up when launching a Reaper session with my iLok unplugged. Pro Tools was not even running when these were taken.
http://i.imgur.com/punXtKw.png
http://i.imgur.com/L9lZaU9.png

My task manager shows this as a PACE process, not an Avid one. This makes sense, because the copy protection is looking for a license that currently is not detected. http://i.imgur.com/N6vqjVd.png

[YYR123]

Originally Posted by JCBigler

Sure, dot updates and bug fixes are free of charge...but there's not going to be any more of those.

So just to play the devils advocate

They just changed the faq to state that bug fixes will continue to roll out for 11 past the end of 2015 - which had been the end date previously


This is good news, and not to be overlooked at least for the ones who maintain at 11

[BrianJArmstrong]

Originally Posted by mesaone

If your iLok is not plugged in and recognized by your computer, and you attempt to launch Pro Tools, PACE will see no license and ask you to activate a license. What's the issue? Is it this screen? For reference, the following image is a screenshot taken by myself just now, after unplugging my iLok and then launching Pro Tools.



Here are a few similar ones that pop up when launching a Reaper session with my iLok unplugged. Pro Tools was not even running when these were taken.
http://i.imgur.com/punXtKw.png
http://i.imgur.com/L9lZaU9.png

My task manager shows this as a PACE process, not an Avid one. This makes sense, because the copy protection is looking for a license that currently is not detected. http://i.imgur.com/N6vqjVd.png

yeah, that original post didn't make any sense to me. Of course Pro Tools is going to look for activation. What else is your iLok for?

Fortunately, PT12 is a free upgrade for me (whenever I'm in a batch that they roll out the licenses to) so I'm not too upset about features that are currently missing. I just want to know if 12 is more stable than 11. 11 gives me loads of problems with my video window. And the clip rename window... PLEASE tell me that bug is fixed.

edit: its not. Sigh. So frustrating.

[lexaudio]

Originally Posted by YYR123

So just to play the devils advocate

They just changed the faq to state that bug fixes will continue to roll out for 11 past the end of 2015 - which had been the end date previously

Only for 11?

[lexaudio]

Originally Posted by BrianJArmstrong

yeah, that original post didn't make any sense to me. Of course Pro Tools is going to look for activation. What else is your iLok for?

Fortunately, PT12 is a free upgrade for me (whenever I'm in a batch that they roll out the licenses to) so I'm not too upset about features that are currently missing. I just want to know if 12 is more stable than 11. 11 gives me loads of problems with my video window. And the clip rename window... PLEASE tell me that bug is fixed.

edit: its not. Sigh. So frustrating.

Welcome to AVID 2.0. I experienced it on PT11 so AVID is managing your ilok now.

Its not going to be a fun ride. AVID is going to hold too much power over your license.
PT 12 a Joke. AVID is now the industry joke. The commentary outside of here is classic.

AVID is going to lose so many users. Funny how much I was lambased because I made comment like, "this is the end of them", "who should buy AVID", only to see the same comments posted by other users.

Well I think PT12 release is pretty much the nail in the coffin. The major feature was AVID big brother.

AVID won't survive this one.

[Josh Voyles]

Originally Posted by lexaudio

AVID won't survive this one.

Maybe.

Or maybe when Avid releases the first feature release in 12 everyone will forget about it.

[lexaudio]

Originally Posted by Josh Voyles

Maybe.

Or maybe when Avid releases the first feature release in 12 everyone will forget about it.

They already have!

[KV626]

Originally Posted by lexaudio

AVID won't survive this one.

People said the same thing when Adobe moved to subscription. Look where we are now...

Besides, the missing features could be tricky: it could be argued that they are in fact included in this release, what's missing is what resides at the other side of the cloud, which is being implemented as we speak and will be integrated to Pro Tools "soon" etc... As for track freeze, it was never promised for the 12.0 release if I'm not mistaken, but "sometime in 2015". In any case I'm sure Avid lawyers have thought this through.