Thoughts on Pro Tools 8 ???

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Mark van Allen
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Thoughts on Pro Tools 8 ???

Post by Mark van Allen »

I'm about to upgrade from the PT 6.9 I've been quite happy with to version 8, and would love to hear from anyone using 8 about pluses, minuses, glitches. Thanks.
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Bryan Daste
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Post by Bryan Daste »

It's a big improvement from 6.9. You'll spend a week just messing around with Elastic Audio. The interface is cooler, too, and they added some useful features that improve workflow.
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John Macy
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Post by John Macy »

Good to hear...we are at 7.4 here...our ProTools tech wants us to wait one more update before we put it on the HD rig--going to bump the 2 LE systems to 8 on Friday...
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Chris Tarrow
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Post by Chris Tarrow »

Considering you get 48 tracks and slew of free plugins, the upgrade is worth the money for that alone. A lot of great new features though, "playlist view" in particular very useful.
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Scott Malchow
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Post by Scott Malchow »

I've updated one of my LE systems to 8, and it has been moderately stable.
I will NOT update my HD rig until 8.1 !
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Bruce Snow
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Post by Bruce Snow »

I've been using PT8 since it came out & have no issues with it. bruce
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Susan Alcorn (deceased)
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Post by Susan Alcorn (deceased) »

Mark, I had pt 6.9 which I really liked, but I had to upgrade to protools 8 a couple months ago because my old computer died. I think pt 8 is a big improvement. To me it just has a nicer feel to it. There are a few things which may take some getting used to (for me the panning), but overall I think it's better. I really like it.

Best of luck.
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Scott Henderson
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Post by Scott Henderson »

IS any body using this on a PC as opposedto a mac?
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Tony Prior
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Post by Tony Prior »

PC as opposed to MAC

I'm on XP and am considering the change from Sonar to Pro Tools M powered . Here are a few good reads

http://archive.digidesign.com/compato/xp/mypc/

http://www.digidesign.com/index.cfm?lan ... emid=23006

http://www.digidesign.com/index.cfm?nav ... emid=23010
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Ben Strano
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Post by Ben Strano »

Everyone I know was going to wait for 8.1. Don't remember who tried it first but the domino effect was quick.

I am loving 8... very minor issues. No more buggy than any other version.
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David Winfrey
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Ptle 8

Post by David Winfrey »

I'm currently running PTLE7.4x on a PC with XP Pro, but will be upgrading to 8 as soon as I can find the time to do a full backup of my hard drives. The upgrade and new drives are already purchased.
From everything I've read it was very buggy at first with a lot of installation issues, but subsequently has stabilized in more recent versions. I can't wait - the improved midi editing will be a big help for me, plus the added guitar plugs with Music Production Toolkit 2 will also be very welcome! 8)
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