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Old 11-23-2010, 06:08 PM
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as I'm about to make the plunge and commit to a new 8 core Mac, before I also commit to PT9.0 I figured i should ASK first before buying, rather than re-experience the disappointment of buying a Control 24 only to find out it wasn't close to an analog board when it came to signal routing... (I have since sold it and now have a Euphonix MC control/mix) which i knew upfront had zero signal routing capabilities

With the addition of ADC- can i truly utilize all analog outputs without latency?

I save plug-ins for mixing, but while recording I want to have the ability to send the bussed drum 'mix' to one output, keyboards, to another bass, etc, so i can utilize a monitor mixer to give the players individual headphone mixes (we prefer the "live" approach for the initial scratch/tracks)... never know when the chemistry is there and things just come together

DOES 9.0 ALLOW ME TO DO THIS?????

the latency in 8.0LE assigning duplicate tracks to analog 3 - etc makes it unusable

I suppose one work-around would be to go back to an analog mixer, which has it's merits, especially as i still record to tape... but I don't have the luxury of space to have both control surface and analog mixer (I'd want a 32/8/4 at a minimum)

so..... does 9.0 deliver this?

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Old 11-23-2010, 06:15 PM
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ADC is a mixing tool. It actually introduces latency (adds latency to the "slowest" track).
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Old 11-23-2010, 06:32 PM
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Maybe I don't understand what you're trying to do, but I'm not sure why you can't already do this in PT8, or any DAW, for that matter. As long as you track at a low buffer setting like 64, there shouldn't be any noticeable latency. Or you can use low latency monitoring if you have to.
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Old 11-23-2010, 07:31 PM
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Maybe I don't understand what you're trying to do, but I'm not sure why you can't already do this in PT8, or any DAW, for that matter. As long as you track at a low buffer setting like 64, there shouldn't be any noticeable latency. Or you can use low latency monitoring if you have to.
Low Latency Monitoring will not work in this situation. The 002/003 LLM is only good for the Output 1/2. If he wants to send different mixes to different talent, that isn't an option.

I agree playback buffer at 64 samples isn't noticeable, but some people I trust disagree.

I believe you need to tap a mixer with a 002/003. Now that Pro Tools 9 is open to other hardware, you might want to consider other interfaces.
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Old 11-24-2010, 12:20 PM
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so (to be clear) if I don't use LMM and drop to a low buffer (and I assume disable any plug-ins which might get placed on a track... as I understand this would cause some latency) then all outputs should be "in synch"?

but by lowering the buffer aren't I opening myself up to error/session stoppages?

meaning ADC in 9.0 will not help me in this situation?
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Old 11-24-2010, 02:11 PM
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but by lowering the buffer aren't I opening myself up to error/session stoppages?
If you're going to be running an 8-core Mac, buffer at 64 will be just fine. I'm on an iMac Quad core, and recording at 24 48 with 64 buffer; and everything is fine.

**Although, I'm only recording a few tracks at a time, not entire bands. But an 8-core Mac should be able to handle what you want to do with ease.**
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Old 11-24-2010, 03:13 PM
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I am planning on the 8 core (can't ju$tfy the 12 core)

it's not uncommon for me to record 12 - 14 tracks at a time
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