Snow Leopard and Pro Tools

[stoneinapond]

With Apple releasing Snow Leopard at the end of the week (28th), I wonder if we will get any information from Digidesign as to time frames, warnings or any other tidbits.

I realize that new operating systems should not be installed if Pro Tools is a major reason for having a Mac, without Digidesign sanctioning such actions. And I don't know enough about the differences between regular Leopard and the new release to make any predictions about whether it might work or not. Most probably not, but just for the fun of it I might try the install on a secondary system (MacBook) that is not critical to me at the moment.

I also know that Digidesign is not in the bussiness of providing deadlines, but perhaps they can chime in with some information.

Any thoughts?

[brendanJacobs]

I think it best to wait until Digi says something official. I like stability over bells and whistles. You are braver than me

[barstool719]

From all I have read about SL, it's supposed to be pretty serious business.

Bottom line is - unless you're between projects, or have an extra backup machine to muck around with it, wait until it's Digi qualified.

I would expect that SL support would come faster than Leo support, but only time will tell.

True 64 bit support would most likely be PT9, but I'm just speculating.

[fenderrocker]

Originally Posted by barstool719

True 64 bit support would most likely be PT9, but I'm just speculating.

That would be a huge disappointment. PT8 is practically brand new. We can only hope it will be 8.1 or 8.2. And we can pray that it will be sub $100.

[stoneinapond]

Originally Posted by brendanJacobs

...You are braver than me

No, it's just that I'm between projects right now and my main system is not going anywhere near any new animal species until the zoo keepers say it's safe to enter the cage and get acquainted.

[barstool719]

Originally Posted by fenderrocker

That would be a huge disappointment. PT8 is practically brand new. We can only hope it will be 8.1 or 8.2. And we can pray that it will be sub $100.

well.... not that i'm in with Digi or have any insider knowledge, but rather speaking from programming experience...

unless they started coding PT8 for 64 bit support from the get go, it's pretty much going to entail a pretty serious rewrite. it's not just "changing some flags" - it would be changing a lot of variable data types, as well as the functions that handle those variables to accomodate.

speaking from the same standpoint, i wouldnt be surprised to see 64bit support come along at the same time ADC does.

once again, all speculation.

[mike1234]

Would Pro Tools 7.4.2 work with Snow Leopard?

Thanks.

[flommer]

Originally Posted by fenderrocker

That would be a huge disappointment. PT8 is practically brand new. We can only hope it will be 8.1 or 8.2. And we can pray that it will be sub $100.

I have read multiple times on these forums, including posts by Digi, that the move to a full 64 bit program is not really going to do much for performance or anything else. The main benefit is adding the ability to address more than 4GB of RAM... But who here can say with confidence that their ProTools experience is being hampered by the 4GB limit?

Hate to burst your bubble, but at least you will be somewhat prepared for the dissapointment that will come later...

I would prefer Digi to concentrate on taking advantage of SL's supposed stability/performance gains and not waste too much time on the 64bit support..




Yet...

[flommer]

Originally Posted by mike1234

Would Pro Tools 7.4.2 work with Snow Leopard?

Thanks.

Oopss

[tamasdragon]

Originally Posted by fenderrocker

That would be a huge disappointment. PT8 is practically brand new. We can only hope it will be 8.1 or 8.2. And we can pray that it will be sub $100.

As digi said, and infos I have gathered, it really only a marketing thing today. Generally speaking audio apps does not benefit so much from this 64bit thing (not talking about audio).
Prepare yourself for the dissapointment. But what if it would be 64bit and you will realise that it's not that big deal? DISSAPOINTMENT!
Tamas Dragon