NAB Show/ The New "AVID" in Five Days

[Keybeeetsss]

Originally Posted by danander11

1. No
2. No
3. Highly unlikely
4. No
5. No
6. No
7. No
8. Again, highly unlikely
9. No, (it's still stuck on their foreheads)
10. I dunno
11. Not unless you shell out for CPTK (which is only 5.1 if I recall)
12. No
13. More likely than 3 or 8, but still unlikely..

Kind of dismal huh? I hope beyond all hope that I'm wrong on at least 50%

U may be wrong on 50% minus 50%...

[TOM@METRO]

I feel that we will be very lucky just to see a solid driver for W7, let's be realistic here and hope for that.

[Shan]

Originally Posted by sunburst79

2) Clip gain.

Works on my end. It might be a bug though. Quite handy I might add.

Shane

[M-ManLA]

Originally Posted by danander11

LOL.. I suppose it comes off that way.. as I said, I hope that I'm wrong on at least 50%.. that would make me estatic.. (well, almost)

However,

1. Pro Tools 9 They will release an incremental version before v9.. 8.1, 8.3, whatever
2. Full Native 64bit program DTS said last year this aint happening anytime soon
3. Stable program (it should not crash, ever!) Ideally it should be stable now, and is for a lot of folks.. but given the age of hte base code and hte user variables.. I doubt this will ever happen unless they rewrite the entire prog.
4. Unlock track limitations (or make a higher count) Again, last year DTS said this wouldn't be happening.. (at all if I recall)
5. Only two versions of Pro Tools (Pro Tools Essentials and Pro Tools HD "Pro Tools HD,LE, and M-Powered will be one) This would be the best thing they could do on a number of levels.. Given the disrepair of the seeming game of stay-afloat that seems to be going on.. I doubt it.
6. All Avid interfaces is no longer restricted to one version of Pro Tools Although it's possible that they will meld M-Power and LE, there will be a difference in HD and Native for some time to come.. That cow is still giving milk
7. Software no longer relies on HD | Accel Cards Digi is/was a hardware company. They give this up and just sell software???? Personally I think it would cost them too much money and credibility at this stage.
8. Interfaces with PCIe cards, as well as new, powerful Accel cards This could happen, but the only new stuff they've come out with lately heads in a different direction.. PT Essentials and the Eleven Rack will bring in much-needed cash. Getting away from firewire to a PCIE based card would be cool.. using CAT5 would flow more info but then they would have to open I/O on Native offerings.. that would lead to a loss od HD sales
9. ADC Standard in Pro Tools HD I assumed that you meant LE as HD already has ADC.. This has been a LONG asked for feature that they are only going to give grudginly.. it's probable that they could have offered this years ago.
10. Satellite feature standard/included in Pro Tools HD Not being too familiar with Satellite, I made assumptions here as well.. Digi has historically NOT offered their plugs/additions/toolkits/improvements for even a reasonable price (for most folks).. For them to start giving things away is really doubtful.. Then again, the PTIEP is a good deal for anyone that hasn't already bought stuff.. and for some that have.. so maybe this will change with the new ownership
11. Built in surround sound mixing and monitoring up to 7.1 monitors There is the CPTK, which they sell quite a few of and it's costly... They won't give this away any time soon.. (and I know because I'm one of the ones that bought it)
12. Better cost on high end hardware (ex. 192 HD) Again, pricing has never been Digi's strong point for most folks.. However, with Avid maybe that will change. They would have to compete with offerings already in the marketplace which would make it hard to generate a significant amount of dough... Given that some of their current stuff is very good and serving the needs of their customers well, they need to focus on some other things first, (like sorting the software out)
13. New expandable control surface with volume control and talkback function I would welcome this as much as anyone out there... I'm just not hopeful.

That explains why I feel the way I do about all of this.. removing the frustration and emotion.. Some of it would be great news for those of us on this side of things, but probably not in the best interest of a company answering to shareholders

Lastly, I hope I'm wrong on all of this.. I would be pleased to see even a significant portion of this come to life, (as well as some other equally important needs), It would be enough to get me to buy their goods again.. Right now, I have what I need (mostly), and even some of what I want.. Any further purchases I make will be dictated by what's been happening over the last two years or so, (for me), and where Avid decided to take PT.. I also hope to still be a user/fan of PT in ten years.. (and all of them in-between).

Thanks for pointing out my error on number 9. I must of been sleepy when I posted this .

I do hope that some of this comes to light. Especially with Apple Logic already claiming full 64bit compatibility, this is something Avid needs to do. I remember talking to someone from Avid about two years ago, and they was supposedly already working on it. I would also like if the next 00x series would have a PCIe card, especially since the lowest speed on it is at least 250MB/s. I also don't mind seeing a new "Accel" card, or something like it as long as price is within reason. I would also like to see a new RTAS engine (RTAS 3) that would take advantage of the cards and CPU. Well, I think that we should start seeing something. I do remain optimistic that they will reveal or release something this Monday though.

[M-ManLA]

Originally Posted by TOM@METRO

I feel that we will be very lucky just to see a solid driver for W7, let's be realistic here and hope for that.

I agree with you. Windows 7 is a monster and Avid need to tap into some of that power.