About To Jump Ship

[Muddy-T]

One week (+ grace period) before I have to renew my update plan.

Running 12.8.1 on Yosemite. Perfectly stable, no issues or bugs to speak of. I don't see any functionality in later versions I desperately need (EQ curve graphic, track presets, retrospective MIDI recording..? meh).

Not expecting any revolutionary changes in the near future (track folders..? I don't even know why I would need that..? )

Updating OSX on a Hack is a bit of a PITA anyway. Why bother at all? I think I'll be fine for the next five to ten years. As long as third party plugin manufacturers don't drop 10.10.5 support.

Anyone know of any reason I should dish out another 100 bucks just to stay with the program?

T

[Sardi]

I can assure you, plugin developers will not be coding plugins in 10 years time that run on 10 year old operating systems.

If you’re happy with your current crop of plugins, then sure. But if you want to buy newly released plugins in a decade, they more than likely won’t run.

Having said that, nothing stopping you doing a big upgrade at that point in time. You wouldn’t be the first to work that way.


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[albee1952]

I would never feel bad about NOT updating In Nashville, there are several studios that are still running PT 10, 9 or even 8. If it allows you to create the way you want, roll with it and spend that money on a new guitar, keyboard, snare drum..........you get the idea


For those that DO feel the need to constantly update, heed these 2 pieces of advice:
#1-NEVER(as in never, EVER) update in the middle of an important project.
#2-ALWAYS have a backup plan, in case things go sour. Mine is a 2 tier strategy. Tier #1-save drive images(I keep a pair of big USB drives that hold nothing but drive images with nearly every different version of PT back to 10). Tier #2-BEFORE installing any update or new piece of software, I clone the system drive, install the clone and update that. if things go bad, swap the original drive back in and go back to work. If things go smooth for a few months, the original drive will be the next fresh clone

[Muddy-T]

Originally Posted by albee1952

I would never feel bad about NOT updating In Nashville, there are several studios that are still running PT 10, 9 or even 8. If it allows you to create the way you want, roll with it and spend that money on a new guitar, keyboard, snare drum..........you get the idea

Aaah.., positive confirmation. I needed that! I agree completely with your reasoning.

I'm on PT 10 at my place of work (a small -free!- project studio at a local community centre) and I've never heard any of the kids complain about my outdated software...

Heck, a friend of mine who teaches and produces for a living still uses 7.4 on his main system! (See what I did there..? )

But I'm still fighting 'up-date angst' though, the fear of missing out. And those emails from AVID don't make it any easier dammit!

Thanks for sharing your thoughts Dave. It really helps.

T

[Noiz2]

Well if it makes you feel better, my main system is a G5 running PT8. There are actually plugins I could by that run on it but I have what I need and if I upgraded not only would it cost a fortune because the cards are all PCI, but a bunch of the plugins I use all the time wouldn't work anymore and there are no current equivalents. I do have another G5 in a box incase this one blows up.

[EGS]

Originally Posted by Noiz2

... I have what I need and if I upgraded not only would it cost a fortune ...

My PT9/Win7 rig is stable since 2010.

I recently decided to upgrade some of the computer hardware, and keep it running for a few more years. Just last week I upgraded the CPU, RAM, and HDDs to SSDs. A nice power bump - did not cost a fortune.