Poll - When do you think XP will arrive?

[Phil O'Keefe]

I'd say let's get a "pool" going, but I don't think Digidesign would appreciate it. images/icons/smile.gif

But there's no reason we can't have a "pool" without the monetary input and / or prizes, right?

BTW, Beta testers, you're excused - you might have data the rest of us don't, and besides, that would probably violate the NDA if you said anything. So please don't.

So, what's your guess?

I don't think they'll make the "sometime in May" date, in spite of their best efforts. Something unforseen always comes up with these sorts of things. But I don't think it will be July either. So I'm going to guess Friday, June 21st, which is my daughter's birthday.

[JasonWorrel]

June 7th

[da BaSsTaRd!]

august 2. phil knows what that date means....

alternatively, nov 10.

[Gr0und_Zer0]

Tomorrow.

[yavuzj]

Umm.......It is actually already here;

http://duc.digidesign.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=32;t=006890

[Swaphappy]

They only made the BETA test announcement on
March 21st so it hasn't even been two months yet.
I'd say probably

Monday, May 20th

or May 31st, 1 second before midnight. images/icons/rolleyes.gif

[Davinci]

Middle of May...... Oh, that would be today? OK Middle of May .......2003 images/icons/grin.gif

Digi should just put us out of oue misery and drop PC all together (I'm tired of drooling over the tidbits of information images/icons/smile.gif )

[Mr_Seven]

http://duc.digidesign.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=32;t=005473

I stand by my original prediction.

July 15th 2002

[Roy Howell]

10 to 1 it will be here by Friday, May 31st, 2002... images/icons/cool.gif

[pk_hat]

Originally posted by Roy Howell:
10 to 1 it will be here by Friday, May 31st, 2002... images/icons/cool.gif <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I say May 32nd.

[soundsurfr]

Stumbover 17th.

[Mark_Knecht]

My guess is July 8th...

[-jj-]

hmmm... let me think, if it is in US 31. of may, here in Finland it is 30. of may evening images/icons/grin.gif (time zone you know)or not.. images/icons/tongue.gif

[Stone Knife]

Well, SoundForge 6 is out today, with
32 bit/64-bit float/192kHz file support — !
Comes with xtras including Vegas Video 3.0 LE, the streamlined version of the digital video and audio editing system; 18 DirectX Audio Plug-Ins; Acoustic Mirror and Batch Converter.
If you've been waiting to grab a copy of SF it looks like this is a good time. I think they just might be Win and XP compatible. images/icons/tongue.gif images/icons/rolleyes.gif

[NetCline]

June 17th

[-jj-]

hmmm... let me think, if it is in US 31. of may, here in Finland it is 30. of may evening (time zone you know)or not..

uups...(I did it again) actually that is upsidedown...well everyone can´t be drumplayer images/icons/grin.gif
but anyway.. my guess is still May 31th

[The Caine]

Im goin with June arounf 25th which is the 26th here in austalia so the 25th in america.

[Vegadark]

i have figured it was gonna be june 13th for some time now.

[Pako]

Well.... I would go with May 28th, as most releases are on a Tuesday for some very odd reason....

~Cheers~

[recordingguy]

May 15, 2002

[Phil O'Keefe]

Ten to One? Them's purty good odds! Then again, it's a big risk to you if they run into anything unforseen and run over a bit. images/icons/wink.gif

[Roy Howell]

I'll just skip town if it's not here by June 1...I'm a notorious bet-hedger around these parts... images/icons/wink.gif

[Pako]

Ok, well.... who's left? It's May 17th, and still no news... 8-[

[Dreamware]

patience Daniel San...Patience...

[STUDIO-DE-ARIEL]

Ok not to throw a monkey wrench in this but what plugins are going to work?
And my guess is they said may in order to beta test they had to have somthing so the later the release the less bugs I hope. I wonder if there is something untapped in this box we have. 24 bit 96 khz?
I got all my parts just sitting to see which way its going to go bought two opperating systems
So I could put this puppy together tomarrow but i am working on an Electrick harp Strangly enough ok my guess well it wont be my birthday . that was the eighth May 31. Lets Give them the benifit of the Doubt.

[Phil O'Keefe]

Originally posted by STUDIO-DE-ARIEL:
Ok not to throw a monkey wrench in this but what plugins are going to work?

I have no idea. I DO know that when I had XP running before, pretty much all of my DX plug ins worked just fine.

And my guess is they said may in order to beta test they had to have somthing so the later the release the less bugs I hope. I wonder if there is something untapped in this box we have. 24 bit 96 khz?

Nope, sorry. That would most definitely require a hardware upgrade. Not gonna happen with just software. You'd need different converters in the box. ADAT lightpipe supports a maximum of 8 channels at 24 bit / 48 KHz. You CAN get 96 KHz over it, but it drops down to only four channels (splitting the 96 KHz data of a single channel over two lightpipe "channels"). On a Thousand dollar product, I'd GUESS (and that's all it is - a gusss) that Digi would do a "follow on" product if they had this in mind. They MIGHT offer a upgrade / trade in deal (similar to what they do with the Digi 001 to TDM upgrade / trade in deal) but I wouldn't hold my breath on that - can you upgrade a Session 8 to a Digi 001? I dunno - maybe you can...

Beyond it being Windows XP Home compatable (and possibly working in XP Pro - but definitely unsupported) it's all conjecture at this point. Things that CAN be done with software that I'd like to see...

Directconnect
ASIO drivers (not likely)
32 tracks (not holding my breath)
More third party plug in and soft synth support
etc. etc. etc.

We'll just have to see what they have when it is finally released.

I got all my parts just sitting to see which way its going to go bought two opperating systems
So I could put this puppy together tomarrow but i am working on an Electrick harp Strangly enough ok my guess well it wont be my birthday . that was the eighth May 31. Lets Give them the benifit of the Doubt.

I'm with you - I'm not going to scream and yell until it's released. They said hopefully sometime in May. Well, I can cut them about 30 days of slack on that, because things come up and I'd rather see it a month late than released buggy and unfunctional. But all bets are off come July 1st. images/icons/smile.gif I seriously think it will be here well before that though. But until it is, no one outside of Digi and the beta testers knows what it's going to include... we can wish all we want, but statements about "I'd like this" or "it better have that" are not going to change what it DOES have (or doesn't have) this late in the development. And there's no sense getting into a frenzy until we see what it does / doesn't have.

All I can say is it BETTER have 32 tracks! images/icons/tongue.gif images/icons/shocked.gif images/icons/wink.gif images/icons/grin.gif



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[j20056]

Never....... Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhrrrrrrgggggglllllll

[JasonWorrel]

At the upcoming DigiWorld? (May 31st - June 1st.)

[STUDIO-DE-ARIEL]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Phil O'Keefe:
ADAT lightpipe supports a maximum of 8 channels at 24 bit / 48 KHz. You CAN get 96 KHz over it, but it drops down to only four channels (splitting the 96 KHz data of a single channel over two lightpipe "channels").[QUOTE]Originally posted by Phil O'Keefe:this would be ok 4 channels
how can it be done 96 khz in what i have been after from the get go.
beau

[israel]

Maybe when microsoft comes out with a new windows images/icons/grin.gif os like xe 2003! and then we will all realize our new xp drivers soon on mid june will be outdated.

[yavuzj]

Originally posted by STUDIO-DE-ARIEL:
I wonder if there is something untapped in this box we have. 24 bit 96 khz? <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">You know, I have RME Multiface which is 24/96 Capable. However, When you start tracking 24/96 everything changes. I like recording 16 tracks together a lot. It takes huge disk space. Audio becomes less reliable. 1 night of recording takes about 50-60 gb space. Then copying that to CDs is very time consuming.

So, I have done it once. Will I do it again?
do NOT think so considering the sound improvement AFTER bouncing to 16/44.1 is NOT audible to me. From now on, I stick to 24/44 until DVD audio becomes the standard and I have 1 terrabyte hard drive so it can hold at least 10 nights of recording. I would also need 40X DVD burners that can hold the full potential DVDs(17GB of Audio). At least I can burn 1 night of 24/96 16 tracks recording onto 3 DVDs. ONLY and ONLy then I will consider it.

[Phil O'Keefe]

Originally posted by JasonWorrel:
At the upcoming DigiWorld? (May 31st - June 1st.)<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I've reserved for the May 31st date... would enjoy meeting some of you if anyone else is planning on going.

I'd LOVE it if they release it then! images/icons/smile.gif

[Phil O'Keefe]

Originally posted by STUDIO-DE-ARIEL:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Phil O'Keefe:
ADAT lightpipe supports a maximum of 8 channels at 24 bit / 48 KHz. You CAN get 96 KHz over it, but it drops down to only four channels (splitting the 96 KHz data of a single channel over two lightpipe "channels").[QUOTE]Originally posted by Phil O'Keefe:this would be ok 4 channels
how can it be done 96 khz in what i have been after from the get go.
beau<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">You can't really do this with a Digi 001. There's things like the old Rane Paqrat that "split" the signal into halfs, and sent half to each channel of an ADAT machine. Newer stuff like the Tascam and Mackie HDR's do something similar when working in 96 KHz. The track counts drop in half.

[Last]

I think there will be a release of XP version of HD soon,then a TDM version shortly after,then PTle,sometime in the first two weeks of July.

[zedhed]

This debate has been going on for a very long time now, way before XP was even released. It used to be a debate on win 2000 support but that never came. By the time we get XP support, the next operating system will probably have been released by microsoft. Gee Digi, why don't you talk to microsoft and find out what their next operating system is so you can get a head start and maybe keep abreast of progress!
The message here is that Digi doesn't give a rats rump about the pc platform........to their own misfortune in the end!

[yavuzj]

Originally posted by zedhed:
This debate has been going on for a very long time now, way before XP was even released. It used to be a debate on win 2000 support but that never came. <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Yes, but there were not any BETA testers back then. I believe there are some now. images/icons/smile.gif

[Damage]

32nd of May, 2002 AD.

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[da BaSsTaRd!]

Originally posted by Damage:
32nd of May, 2002 AD.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">AD - after digi? does that mean we have to wait another 2000 years?

[smit1_uk]

eleventeenth of Octember
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[zedhed]

AD images/icons/rolleyes.gif after digi.....hehe I like that one!

[Swaphappy]

Well it looks like we missed my May 20 target and it doesn't look too good for today either. images/icons/grin.gif

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[basschair]

I GUARANTEE that it will be here about 2 minutes before people start b$@ching about how it doesn't include something. images/icons/mad.gif images/icons/tongue.gif

[ghoti]

Actually I think its already here but its Mac only.
Just Kidding....really....put down the gun!

[Roy Howell]

Originally posted by ghoti:
Just Kidding....really....put down the gun!<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">images/icons/grin.gif

[el matador]

yes it will be during digiworld I predict. But at that time it will be the first version. Then the problems will come out and then the updates after that. People will want to try the new but not lose the old. Not all plugins will transfer right away. So I predict alot of XP/win98 DUAL BOOTING going on in the future.

[AbstractRobbie]

From the Horses Mouth Yesterday........

The drivers and software for the TDM systems will be out in 2 weeks time for XP ( personally if i could afford a nice TDM i think id proberbly stech that little further and get a mac too)
The other XP drivers will follow sometime after that but without them saying too much more about that i got the idea that it aint gonna be for a few months at least.

[go i huvet]

well, I wish we could get an indication from Digi themselves...Yeah, yeah..I said I wish images/icons/grin.gif

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