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Re: Hey PPC users - What do you think?
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This is a big day for LE guys... not so much for TDM. |
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2. I plan on tracking only to my PPC computer for latency and the better A/D. The Mac Pro would be strictly for Midi and Softsynths. 3. This would be a work in progress. 4. Midi wouldn't be an issue if you keep it all one one machine. My goal would be to eventually move each track to the older PPC computer for mixing. Right now that computer is happy with that job. Plenty of plugins and DSP. So I can print all my VI and Reason stuff on the Mac Pro, then import those tracks from a local network on to the PPC computer. While this seems like a PITA, it makes a lot of sense as I can upgrade slowly. And eventually get PCIe cards or just go all Native. Or stick with this. I'll know what makes sense because I'll have a brand new system and my trusty old one at all times.
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Re: Hey PPC users - What do you think?
Many of us HAVE figured this out as of late. There has been a HUGE exodus to 8 core + Magma chassis recently. Keeping our PCIx cards, and adding some to boot. PT9 is nice, but has really not much impact on high end PT systems/users other than the ability to run PT9 on a laptop or other ancillary computer. Retire your G5, keep your x cards, get a magma, get a new Mac Pro, buy up a few more cheapo x accel cards and rule the world with a system that rivals anything. |
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I have a feeling Avid will still release new cards at some point. Along with a 004 with 32 i/o. These are the last things to be updated.
They are just trying to milk the old stuff a little longer. They want us to jump now, but I think more is coming.
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Re: Hey PPC users - What do you think?
I don't really see a big deal about PT 9. For $350 upgrade what is it going to do for me, not much. Most of the features I do need. I do have an HD and a LE systems, and would love to use my laptop. But the bigger picture here is Digidesign/Avid has totally over looked the people who got them where they are now. These guys have been catering to the low end user for a long time now and making HD users jump through hoops. How long have we all been sitting around asking for a FAIR upgrade,crossgrade, etc... option to help us buy yet more Avid gear and stay in the game and be a team player with Avid? I don't know about others here, but I bought my HD rig when it first came out. Then they changed HD cards and went to Accel. They took care of me for this change. Then they changed once again to PCie and left use behind. All of these changes happened in a short period of time and shows that they didn't really think it through when first launching HD, as the new PCie computers hit the market. Digidesign at the time must have surely known that PCie was going to be the future, yet they sold two out dated HD cards to their comsumers (which we are all one of these consumers). Why didn't they just make PCie cards from the beginning and we all wouldn't be in this boat?
I am a prisnor to the HD PPC world and have done my time. I would love a new computer, but not for $4,000 to go from PCIx to PCie cards and get pretty much the same results as I have now, and on thop of that theres all the talk that TDM is going bye, bye. Common Avid, take care of us here. Help us to keep using your products and keep talking good about you guys.
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Obviously with the development lead time required to design and build the cards... they didn't know PCIe was coming. Rail
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Hey Kenny -
If you're lookin' to make a dollar hollar (and who isn't these days) do this to upgrade: http://www.magma.com/comersus_viewIt...?idProduct=182 $1499 including cable and card Used Intel Mac Pro - Can be had for $1100 or so. You'll be able to use your existing cards and upgrade to PT 9. Oh and you can also buy the Pro Tools Instrument Expansion Pack which is very cool. You can probably get $300-$400 for your old PPC mac. I did this with a Magma 2 slot (I only had 2 cards) and it works GREAT! |
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Re: Hey PPC users - What do you think?
Maybe I did not say it correctly - sorry. I did not know PCIe was coming or I would have waited for this. I was referring to Digidesign knowing what was coming before hand.
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