audiophile 2496

[noise to the grindstone]

do you need the audiomedia 3 sound card, or has anyone found that audiophile 2496 (or any other sound card) is ok? what about compatiblity with older versions of PT?

[M.Brane]

PT Free is Apple inputs only. No third party or Digi audio hardware support. [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]

Bummer, huh?

[ccstudios]

ProTools needs asio support because PT rules but needing only thier mediocre hardware is a drag. wake up digi! open your system to asio support and realize that software is a business too. Id buy PT for 700 bucks if there was support for asio hardware.

[MarkReis]

I'm not sure Digidesign support could handle the extra influx of customer support requests brought about by the multitude of ASIO hardware running on Digi software. I've found that my current wait time is long enough that the Premium $upport $ervice is worth the extra money. I would, however, like to see a few more tracks in ProTools Free, since I used to run PowerMix.

[ereiamjh]

It isn't true that PTF can use only mac inputs, it also works with the tascam us-428,
but since it is through sound manager it's
only 16-bit. I sure do wonder when and if
sound manager can do 24 bit, if protools free
will also support this. I would hope so, since it asks at every new session what the
bit depth would be (default=24)!

I am putting
off the purchase of any external
device until this all
plays out and just using the analog input on
my imac for now. If it takes too long I'll have to go with a non-protools solution, of which there are many at the moment.

I'm not buying a new computer in addition to
PTLE and 001.

[M.Brane]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by ereiamjh:
[QB]It isn't true that PTF can use only mac inputs, it also works with the tascam us-428,
but since it is through sound manager it's
only 16-bit.

> Sound Manager would be the Apple Input. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]




I am putting
off the purchase of any external
device until this all
plays out and just using the analog input on
my imac for now. If it takes too long I'll have to go with a non-protools solution, of which there are many at the moment.

> I too am not impressed enough with Digi to purchase their hardware. With a three-slot PCI PowerMac, a USB/Firewire card & MOTU's 828 looks like a better solution.

I'm not buying a new computer in addition to
PTLE and 001.

> Ditto that!