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Pro Tools Ultimate w/o any card or interface or
Just upgraded (from HD3 Accel) to Ultimate (2019.12) & deciding whether to go Native & use a card (with existing Digi 192) or just get another interface & go directly to USB.
Other than more than 32 i/o's (which I don't need) is there a reason to go with Native or can I go direct to/from USB with a non-Avid interface? |
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Re: Pro Tools Ultimate w/o any card or interface or
You can't use a Sync HD without a HDX or HD native Card.
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Re: Pro Tools Ultimate w/o any card or interface or
Yeah true about sync HD but he asked about the use of PTU without a Avid branded interface and the answer is Yes and there are soo many great interfaces for you to choose from that smokes the 192 as it is an old piece of HW.
Going HD native box or pcie feels old aswell and even HDX which has been out for a decade and promised to be more versatile with voices and never happened. HDX takes CPU off the computer but only with AAX64 bit HDX ported plugins, none of the native AAX64 bit will offer any CPU offload and the HD Native PCIe is discontinued so only TB Box left which is a sign (to me) they are getting long in the tooth. And HD native cards basically dont do much other interfaces non digilink gear dont do so again maybe go with a New Tech interface and leave the past 10 years in the past if you dont want to use TDM of course which was and still is used in many big studios due to good stable usage. So USB3 or TB2/3 is a great low latency option. We went with 4 Apollo X series interfaces and not only do we have extremely low latency even if we chose to track with UA plugins and when we have large sessions those interfaces just works. NEVER had a single issue EVER all the way back to FW silver Apollo Quads we started with 7 years ago and have gone thru their Black units and now with the X Series we have a really High End sound with those superb preamps and great headroom for mixing. If you only have USB options there are Apogee and Antelope, Focusrite Red and Dante options and much more that have soo much better conversion rates since the 192’s came out. All IMHO of course.
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Re: Pro Tools Ultimate w/o any card or interface or
Same here, using Apogee Symphony mkII via ThunderBolt connection whenver 2-in 6-out is enough. Only need DigiLink for high i/o count gigs.
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Re: Pro Tools Ultimate w/o any card or interface or
OK, so if I don't get a (used) Native PCI card, is it safe, in so far as latency is concerned, to go with a newer interface (Dangerous, Crane Song, Apogee, etc.) directly via USB?
It sounds like Dante might be too slow per RTL? I'm not interested in the Apollo stuff at all. Maybe the Metric Halo or similar, with the Direct Monitoring capability, might also be appealing? |
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Re: Pro Tools Ultimate w/o any card or interface or
RME and their TotalMix digital software mixer would also be a good choice.
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Re: Pro Tools Ultimate w/o any card or interface or
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