Chrishubb2448
I think that the new Pro Tools 11 update could be worth all the trouble that is may cause. A LOT of the new features are great on 11. It finally has many features that all engineers have been waiting for. Pro Tools 11 redefines professional music and audio production for today’s workflows. From all-new audio and video engines and turbocharged 64-bit performance, to expanded metering and new HD video workflows. Pro Tools 11 also has 64-bit performance. This means much more accessible RAM to boost performance and you can creatively take your music and audio production to a whole new level, while handling bigger mixes with thousands of clips, take advantage of larger VI sampler sizes, and enjoy more system headroom. Pro Tools 11 is the dedicated low-latency input and playback buffers. This allows you to monitor record inputs on native systems with ultra-low latency — without sacrificing plug-in performance. To me, one of the best features of Pro Tools 11 is that you can now speed up delivery with offline bounce. With faster-than-real-time offline bounce, you can speed up your final mix or stem deliveries, up to 150x faster. Those little add-ons from Pro Tools 10 makes 11 better already. There are a ton more things that Avid has added and Im sure that you can read that on their website. One of my main things was the offline bounce, and I am finally happy that it is in 11. I have never used SONAR but I think that Pro Tools is still going to be the best recording software out there. 
 
- Chris Hubbard
 
 

Ryan Munnis [Cakewalk]

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Ryan Munnis [Cakewalk]
You should try SONAR. You found your way to our site after all! I use both as well and prefer SONAR personally. Most of the kids I show it to at Berklee are amazed at what SONAR can do :)
 
Free 30 day trial is available if you're interested in checking it out: http://www.cakewalk.com/p...s/sonar/web-trial.aspx

Oh man, you had me there Ryan!  I thought it was the X3 trial.
 
Any idea when/if the X3 trial will be available?  Thanks.

Lol sorry I didn't mean to deceive. Unfortunately I'm not sure though it's an active discussion. All hands are currently on deck for X3c and various "other" stuff. You still on the fence?

Ryan Munnis [Cakewalk]

Chrishubb2448
I think that the new Pro Tools 11 update could be worth all the trouble that is may cause. A LOT of the new features are great on 11. It finally has many features that all engineers have been waiting for. Pro Tools 11 redefines professional music and audio production for today’s workflows. From all-new audio and video engines and turbocharged 64-bit performance, to expanded metering and new HD video workflows. Pro Tools 11 also has 64-bit performance. This means much more accessible RAM to boost performance and you can creatively take your music and audio production to a whole new level, while handling bigger mixes with thousands of clips, take advantage of larger VI sampler sizes, and enjoy more system headroom. Pro Tools 11 is the dedicated low-latency input and playback buffers. This allows you to monitor record inputs on native systems with ultra-low latency — without sacrificing plug-in performance. To me, one of the best features of Pro Tools 11 is that you can now speed up delivery with offline bounce. With faster-than-real-time offline bounce, you can speed up your final mix or stem deliveries, up to 150x faster. Those little add-ons from Pro Tools 10 makes 11 better already. There are a ton more things that Avid has added and Im sure that you can read that on their website. One of my main things was the offline bounce, and I am finally happy that it is in 11. I have never used SONAR but I think that Pro Tools is still going to be the best recording software out there. 
 
- Chris Hubbard
 
 

You should try SONAR. You found your way to our site after all! I use both as well and prefer SONAR personally. Most of the kids I show it to at Berklee are amazed at what SONAR can do :)
 
Free 30 day trial is available if you're interested in checking it out: http://www.cakewalk.com/p...s/sonar/web-trial.aspx

Andrew Rossa [Cakewalk]
I love it when someone says they have never used something but declare something else better. Very objective opinion. And yeah, faster than realtime bounce is very cutting edge.

cparmerlee

Andrew Rossa [Cakewalk]
I love it when someone says they have never used something but declare something else better. Very objective opinion. And yeah, faster than realtime bounce is very cutting edge.

Wow, is this saying that PT has never had fast bounce until now!!!?????  It is hard for me to imagine how professional studios could put up with that speed all these years, considering time is money and so on.
 
And what's with the "up to 150%".  With good hardware, fast bounce can go a lot faster than that.
 
I must be misunderstanding something basic here.

markyzno

John T
Turning down work based on file formats strikes me as a basic lack of a key competence. You can either get sorted out to deal with whatever comes your way or work with the client to figure out how to pass stuff back and forth. It's not rocket science.
 

Try telling that a Film Distribution company when you are going through deliverables.

stevee9c6
The post by Chris Hubbard is simple trolling. 
 
Pro Tools has a professional user base that dwarfs anything else here in the USA.  Why? You have to go back a few years to a time prior to seriously powerful native computers.  Back then, PT required a AVID interface that consisted of parallel CPU's that could handle larger sessions. They built their entire brand around a non-native DAW that required a host of proprietary hardware. Some here do not remember when it would costs serious money to have the kind  of native processing power we currently take for granted.  Once you bought into the PT pathway, you had to continue in order to use the hardware you had purchased. This was, and remains, an expensive system. Entry level PT11 HDX system will set you back around $10k unless you are trading in an older HD system.  PT11 native is a hobbled system compared with PT11HDX.  Yes, it is PT. But is has limitations when you compare them.
 
The folks at AVID are not stupid. They knew how klutzy prior 32 bit versions of PT performed compared to 64 bit Sonar, Nuendo, Cubase, etc.  They had to abandon their RTAS format and do a complete rewrite of code to bring it inline with modern DAW programs. Thus AAX was born. So far, there has been a fairly rapid porting of third party plugs to AAX.  All of my Ozone, Melodyne, Breverb, Softube, Toontrack, and Waves plugs are already ported and work just fine. UAD showed their AAX at AES and Slate has promised to have it in 2013.
 
I am NOT a PT fanboy. I far prefer Sonar.  I use Sonar every single day and PT11 only when I have to for a particular project.  DAW software in all the various brands is simply a tool. I try, and continue to explore all of the tools available to me. I've experimented with Cubase as well as Reaper, FL, and Studio One. I got into PT because I needed to have this tool available. I always come back to Sonar because it is like putting on a pair of old shoes. It's comfortable and fits.
 
The strength of PT has always been in their hardware and the somewhat captive audience they have built. PT11 is really a homerun for them. They now have come into the 64 bit world and implemented many functions we as Sonar users have had for years. I do not believe their core demographic bears much resemblance to the Sonar demographic. As noted by a prior post, they have a virtual lock on the post world. We as a Sonar community can state the obvious... they are late to the party. However, it seems a bit silly to cite this as an argument over platform.
 
I think we should all just get back to exploring X3. I am anxiously awaiting X3C.