How much processing power is enough for PT 12?

[Bob Olhsson]

I'd say any computer that could run Pro Tools 9 probably has enough power to run 11 or 12. If you don't need card slots, you might do better with a newer iMac or mac mini than an old Mac Pro.

[nigelpry]

Originally Posted by Bob Olhsson

I'd say any computer that could run Pro Tools 9 probably has enough power to run 11 or 12. If you don't need card slots, you might do better with a newer iMac or mac mini than an old Mac Pro.

That's one thing upon which I agree completely with you ;-)

And one thing that Avid claimed at the time that has been borne out by experience .... they claimed that PT11 would breath new life into older computers, and bugs excepted, that has proved to be true.

I can do more on my old Core2Duo MacBookPro in PT11/12 than I could in PT9/10.

I see only the arrival of more processor-hungry plugins as something that will affect the ability to use PT on older computers in the near future, along with, of course, in the case of Macs perhaps more obviously that Windows computers, the incompatibilities of new operatng systems, that can lay waste to hardware as well as software, where companies decide not to reward loyal customers by investing the time to support them with new OS compatible drivers.

[Digiwave]

I'm running Pro Tools 12.3 on my 2009 macbook pro ( 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo / 8gb Ram ) the only issue for me is it takes atleast 3/4 attempts to boot up PT, Once its up and running it works fine.

[KV626]

Originally Posted by SpinningDisk

Got PT 12 Friday. Downloaded it with no problems. Runs fine on my late 2012 iMac with my 003. 60 plus tracks if I want to push it. Got VI's going to.

How is your kernel_task with your 003? Mine (rack +) is still going crazy with the latest driver (dec. 2014) and 10.11.1 (with PT11.3.1). I made a quick A-B test with my 896, and it's day and night. With the 896 it never gets past +/- 12%... with the 003 it goes up to 95%. It may be old and legacy hardware, I like my 003! Too bad this bug makes it almost unusable. I had hope El Capitan somehow would make things different...

...A bit OT sorry about that.

[JFreak]

I would think the future of 00x interfaces isn't very bright. Let's face it, those are old boxes (I had a 002r in 2003 or so) and driver development has probably been cut off years ago. It "works" as long as it doesn't break but without support it's just a matter of time when it can't talk with OS fast enough

[logic7]

Originally Posted by NealMiskin

The minimum specs necessary to run PT 12 are listen on Avid's website, there's no real need to go over them again.

I recommend getting the most powerful system that is within your price range, you might well get more than you actually need for PT12, but future versions of PT will likely require more powerful computers; so in theory, the more powerful your computer is the longer it will be able to keep up with the current software versions.

Also a Digi002 need not be retired necessarily, they will still work just fine if you download the drivers.

The part that Avid leaves up for confusion is the requirement for an "Intel® Core i5 processor"

That's great... but there are six generations of i5 processors with different performance so exactly which one are we talking here would be the bottom of the line? Will Avid really support running PT12 on a first generation i5-760? If that's the case why not support the Core 2 Quad 9650 since the two have pretty much identical performance?

[nigelpry]

Originally Posted by JFreak

I would think the future of 00x interfaces isn't very bright. Let's face it, those are old boxes (I had a 002r in 2003 or so) and driver development has probably been cut off years ago. It "works" as long as it doesn't break but without support it's just a matter of time when it can't talk with OS fast enough

Maybe not 'bright', but the 003 wasn't discontinued that long ago and IS still supported at the moment. It has had new drivers relatively recently.

The release of the Pro Tools | Dock maybe heralds the introduction of a new line non-HD specific hardware. Who knows, maybe a 004 will be released next year?

That would be the thing that might trigger 003 support falling by the wayside, and the 002 continues to work only because it is very similar.

In really though, it will most likely be either an OS update that breaks the driver, or deliberate sabotage in a PT update, but Avid has said it won't do that.

[Trainwreckmusic]

Thanks for all the helpful replies!