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![]() Newbie Groupe : Members Messages : 6 Inscrit : 13 mars 01 Lieu : New York - US Membre no 363 ![]() |
Dear macmusicians.
As a long time reader, i would first like to thank all the macmusic staff for their great and profitable work. ![]() As a professional producer and songwriter, i've been using Digidesign products since their very beginning (my first digi was a SoundTools). I'm familiar with the idea of upgrading computer based solutions as the technology permanently evolves but I expect to get something out of it. Therefore I am VERY disapointed with Digidesign's attitude towards their customers. It seems to be nowadays a generality for manufacturers (including Apple) to sell promises instead of true improvements as well as treating their customers of "walking wallets"... I was planning to invest in a new Protools HD, for our main room, but the closer I look at it, the more i get the feeling that it is a very uncleaver choice. I really wonder if it's worth the money. The truth is that nothing is EVER compatible between Digidesign products. The only solution for my studio to be up to date is: 1- Change ALL my digidesign hardware. This means upgrading for a very expensive price, all my processing cards (mix cube and 2 mix farms that i have bought only 10 month ago). 2- Throw out my 4 TDM SampleCell cards (knowing that there is nothing to replace them exept Soft-SampleCell which will never give me the 64 stereo voices needed for emulating symphonics with Miroslav collection for exemple). What an improvment... 3- I will also have to change my brand new USD as well as my three 888 interfaces. (I know I can use them if I buy 3 new Digi interfaces just to connect my old ones). Wow !!! Great deal !!! 4- Most plug-ins (ie TC) are still NOT compatible with HD systems... Anyway, I know I'll have to PAY expensive updates JUST to stay compatible. Who cares, i'm rich!? 5- Major sequencers including my favorite (Logic Audio) don't currently support ProTools HD. I guess i will have to do with the ridiculous MIDI features of PT 5. 6- I was expecting Digidesign (the big leader) to announce an OS X version of their softwares but they simply let their competitors do it... Knowing (as Steeve Jobs announced it) that the new Mac product line will only support OS X by January, How much $$$ will I have to spend again to upgrade my henceforth costly Digi set up (Plugs and why not hardware again?) 7- BTW Thanks for strongly advising me to buy a very expensive Geronimo 2000 video card that will never be supported by OS X according to Appian themselves. 8- I've heard of big problems with the new Digidesign sync interface. 9- Best of all, I have been told that Digidesign may change their approach and favorise their development on PC's. I guess I will just have to upgrade again... 10- Does anyone at Digidesign care about their customers desesperatly waiting for a simple and efficient way to "direct connect" the growing collection of the amazing VST instruments. All theses points lead me to reconsider my next investments. Considering it is nowaday easy to find mix farms at an affordable price and that ProTools mix systems are rock solid, I would suggest any "Digidesign shareholder" to wait and see... Meanwhile I will certainly buy a new G4 just to experiment alternative solutions. The main problems with theses new compititors is that they are good looking, they offer great possibilities, they support many popular standarts and are a hell of a lot cheaper. Cheers, -------------------- phil from NY
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![]() Rookie ![]() Groupe : Members Messages : 27 Inscrit : 02 sept. 02 Lieu : Flag Pond - US Membre no 7,326 ![]() |
I have to agree that Digi is definitely in for the money, but then is DP free?? or LOgic for that Matter.
I love the PTHD setup it is fantastic, waiting for everyone to get their software compatible has beena bit of a pain but in the final analysis until you have a CPU that runs at 12 Ghz you can't touch Pro Tools HD for audio quality. ALso now that Logic supports PTHD and DP 3.2 will also support it, if you can afford it go for it. I have been in the "Computer Audio" business since before there was such a thing as a sequencer nad have followed all the so called progress htat has been made and No One is ever happy with new stuff I think because they feel they can't compete. If you are any good you can compete on an Atari. It's not the gear that makes the Music it's the Musician. Buy what YOU like not what someone else thinks and study what you are getting into before you buy. Then if you have the time afterwards to complain about everything, well what can I say. Gotta split soundiver just finished working at long last. |
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