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PT9 - is it Win7 or nothing? or is XP possible?
Hi,
I really want to go up to PT9 but really still like Win XP... Will it work in XP (despite lack of support) or is it really only Win7? Thanks, Jason. |
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Re: PT9 - is it Win7 or nothing? or is XP possible?
Trust me on this. You will want a 64bit version of Win7 if you are a serious user. (or a Mac)
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Re: PT9 - is it Win7 or nothing? or is XP possible?
+1 ^^
I used it for a few weeks in XP, and it worked OK for some things. All I did with it during that time was mix a few things. I did not attempt to track audio. Other than a couple plug-in conflicts, I was able to mix, and it was a wonderful improvement over 7.3, from which I upgraded to 9. However, the MIDI driver did not work. I could play back MIDI to VIs, and could edit MIDI tracks, but the MIDI I/O ports on my 002R did not work. Once I upgraded to Win7 (and believe me, it's a delightful upgrade - best thing that ever happened to Windows, and I've been using it since 2.x), everything worked perfectly. It's more solid than my Mac system at work, although I suspect that system has something weird with the permissions. Anyway, yeah, you can limp by with XP if you only need certain basic features. But it's like putting a smart car engine in a Ferrari. Really no point if there's any way you can avoid it.
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Re: PT9 - is it Win7 or nothing? or is XP possible?
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Re: PT9 - is it Win7 or nothing? or is XP possible?
I run PT9.0.5 on win7 64bit in my home studio and have PT9.0.3 running on my XP pro sp3, HP dual core laptop so I can mess with stuff while on the road (for my real job) or just not in the studio.
Not big sessions yet thow, 15 audio tracks, a few midi tracks, a couple VSTi but they are growing fast.....!!! I have all my sessions on a USB ultra ATA 300gig drive (stored in a little zipper case complete with a slot for my iLock), fly stuff from studio to laptop, very mobile and practical, so far have had no issues but like I said, my sessions aren't that big yet. Cheers Rob |
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Re: PT9 - is it Win7 or nothing? or is XP possible?
for my setup it works perfectly on XP SP3 for recording and editing (i7 920 oc'd to 3ghz). i dont mix on it though (i mix in reaper) and i would imagine it may become problematic under heavy cpu load.
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Re: PT9 - is it Win7 or nothing? or is XP possible?
Windows Vista was an absolute nightmare of an operating system for audio and video---heck, the OS itself was one anyway. But Win7 really did change that and is actually a very powerful, stable OS providing you have a very good computer build of course. Moving forward, XP is old technology----no one is going to be writing new drivers for an OS that has been replaced years ago. With that said I can't say officially that WinXP will work or not, but I will say that Windows 7 is where you should be.
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Re: PT9 - is it Win7 or nothing? or is XP possible?
Thanks all! - Was curious but you've sold me. Gone and bought win7 + PT9. Just backing up a load of crap then shutting down to start over with Win7-64.
Cheers, Jason. |
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