Pro Tools Public Beta: December 2022

[JFreak]

Originally Posted by gives

They had two years to get it together (...) Ahh. Right..zzz

Antares is too busy coding their own copy protection. They must love that decision now...

[noiseboyuk]

Yes, a very silly PR response that makes no logical sense whatsoever.

Originally Posted by JFreak

Antares is too busy coding their own copy protection. They must love that decision now...

Wow, you really are an iLok absolutist, huh?

[JFreak]

Originally Posted by noiseboyuk

Wow, you really are an iLok absolutist, huh?

Nope. Kontakt ecosystem does not use it.

[moogboy100]

Originally Posted by gives

I am fine with Rosetta for now and jamming away fine with my new Mac, which made the biggest difference for me.

Yep. Rosetta is just fine. The biggest difference was the new Mac...not switching to Native (still haven't noticed any improvements here between native vs rosetta).

We all know how Apple likes to just drop something we all depend on without warning. That day will come for Rosetta 2 eventually. I'm just hoping to get everything to Silicon Native before that day.

[noiseboyuk]

Originally Posted by JFreak

Nope. Kontakt ecosystem does not use it.

Ah, gotya. So other alternatives are fine after all. Great!

Odd you want to disparage any of these other alternatives in multiple threads regardless of the relevance, but carry on. You're the mod.

[JFreak]

Mod hat off here. Most of the time I am just a fellow DUC'er like you.

[Eric Lambert]

Originally Posted by noiseboyuk

Ah, gotya. So other alternatives are fine after all. Great!

Odd you want to disparage any of these other alternatives in multiple threads regardless of the relevance, but carry on. You're the mod.

I don't see how his mod status even entered the picture. I was looking for the word to use for this next statement and realized yours was best: absolutist. There's nothing absolute about copy protection when each method varies and offers different pros and cons. I think (because I feel this way) that he's suggesting that there is no single best method for every application. Though, if I had to pick one, it would be iLok, and that's after considering everything I've experienced over the past of 40 years, including Locksmith 5.0 for DOS.

[Eric Lambert]

Originally Posted by moogboy100

That day will come for Rosetta 2 eventually. I'm just hoping to get everything to Silicon Native before that day.

I don't work for Apple but I can say with confidence that you'll have native versions of the software you need prior to the discontinuation of Rosetta. Rosetta isn't enough of a hindrance for them to kick it out of bed with urgency. It was a very different story for 32/64 bit because the entire architecture had to pick a lane, so holding onto 32-bit slowed the pipeline and Apple felt pressure to move onto 64 exclusivity. With Rosetta, you can use it, or not, and its existence within the OS is benign, so Apple won't feel the same pressure to remove it from their code.

At this point, the apps/plugins I use are pretty well into Native territory, and I'm discovering alternatives for things I suspect will never make the switch due to being abandoned. I also find a purge to be cleansing, and that's how I'm looking at software which will stay on Intel. Find something newer/better. It's rare that I can't do so after a little searching.

[Sugarnutz]

Originally Posted by Eric Lambert

I've experienced over the past of 40 years, including Locksmith 5.0 for DOS.

Jeez! Brings back nightmares like building massive batch files to run a BBS & FIDONet in the background on a Compaq 386 with 16Mb or RAM running Deskview 386.

[smurfyou]

Originally Posted by Sugarnutz

Jeez! Brings back nightmares like building massive batch files to run a BBS & FIDONet in the background on a Compaq 386 with 16Mb or RAM running Deskview 386.

Are you me?