Pro Tools 11 hits the streets...

Just got the AVID Email...

http://www.avid.com/US/products/Pro-Tools-Software?elq_mid=7895&elq_cid=10923330

-dupe
 
 

Are you running Win 7 or Win 8 Carl?

cclarry
Are you running Win 7 or Win 8 Carl?

It's on Win7x64, is that why?

Be careful updating your iLok!! Lots of people are having their existing licenses disappear off their iLok!!! Many people have been stalled for over a week!! I suggest you wait till they get it figured out.

The iLok alone is enough reason to never use Pro Tools. It is completey dangerous if you are a pofessional user with deadlines to use the iLok for anything at all. If it prevents you from doing anything or completing any project on time or creating even the slightest amount of stress then it should be avoided at all costs.
 
I have been teaching Pro Tools in a lab where the teacher machine and a few student machines went down with their iloks and completely stopped everything. (for days and days)
 
It is also sad that you cannot use most of your plug-ins any more and have to wait for AAX versions. If they come.
 
For every single thing the ilok is involved with there is an alternative which is equal in every respect or superior that does not require it.
 
But apart from all that PT11 is allright. I still think Avid is an expensive option. It does not stop there. In another year you will have to spend another $300 or so just to keep using the program when PT12 comes out.

vintagevibe
Why is it that I can get Pro Tools 11 for $699 or Eleven Rack with Pro Tools 11 for $699?
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/ElevenRack/
 

I saw that also VV...it's a smokin' deal if you're after PT....you get a FREE Eleven rack...that's a no brainer for sure...the
Eleven Rack it pretty nice...not the best..but it is nice...you get the Eleven Rack Plugin with PT...

Carl, the ad page says "Optimized for Windows 8" so I'm not sure...but here's what happened to me..

Well, I got everything installed on Win 8 and it crashed instantly before it ever opened....
then I realized that I hadn't set it to run as admin....so, after that it ran...and then I loaded
a session...just to look at it....closed the session ...and it crashed...
So I restarted...loaded a session and realized that it was not seeing my Quad Capture or the Asio Driver..
and it crashed...blah blah blah...ad naseum...

Not for me....If they get a patch out before the 30 day trail is up I'll install it and try again...
but, as of right now....it's useless to me...I did all the tweaks and twaks, and blah blah blah...crash and burn...

At least Sonar will work...LOL

Did an uninstall and re-installed just to see if it fixed anything....NOPE...
 
Unistalled again...done....if a patch comes out...I'll try again...but,
at this point...it's definitely not going to work (for me)

I had some hiccups with the iLok installer last week, but got them sorted out earlier this week.  Got my PT11 upgrade from Sweetwater yesterday and I'm really loving the new features.  I'm experiencing at least one major bug with it (PT11 crashes whenever I try to assign ins/outs with a capital letter - weird!), but Avid has been all over it and I'm guessing that it will be patched long before all of my third party plugins are 64-bit AAX (i.e., when PT11 is actually usable for me).

I know there are a lot of programs that really don't like the Quad-Capture drivers...and PT11 is probably one 
of them....hopefully the patch comes out soon so that I can try it again...interested to see where it's going..

None of my IK Stand Alones will work with the QC Drivers on Win 8...they work fine in X2, and my others, but not outside of a DAW...
And IK could care less....=(

cclarry
I know there are a lot of programs that really don't like the Quad-Capture drivers...and PT11 is probably one 
of them....hopefully the patch comes out soon so that I can try it again...interested to see where it's going..

None of my IK Stand Alones will work with the QC Drivers on Win 8...they work fine in X2, and my others, but not outside of a DAW...
And IK could care less....=(

I've never seen that problem with my Quad Capture.

I'm running 5 different DAW's....2 of them are 32 bit.....ALL of them see the QC Driver...

PT 11 would not see the Driver, IK Stand Alones, 32 or 64 bit, do not see the driver...

Sounds to me like a programming issue on the part of the Vendor...NOT with the QC Driver..
 
Just wanted to clarify that... 

 



I'm on Windows 7 so maybe it's Win 8 related. To be honest I rarely use my IK libraries since they are still 32 bit.   Do you have the latest Win 8 Quad Capture drivers?



Yes VV...it's version 1.5.1.....I'm sure it's more to do with the coding by the vendors then with the QC Driver itself...
ALL my other DAW's and Stand Alones work perfectly fine...and most still haven't even been updated for Win 8 yet...

vintagevibe
Don't worry. Sample Tank 3 should be ready in time for Windows 12 ;>)

This LITERALLY made me laugh out loud.....

 i have to wait for all my 3rd party developers to release AAX v2 in order to use PT 11. for me that means..
No Superior Drummer.
No Kontakt 5.
No Amplitube.
No UAD-2.
 
i don't see any reason to release a x64 DAW, if the top 3rd party companies don't have AAX v2 ready. seems like  a lot hoops to jump through and sacrifice, just for "a more efficient audio engine(?), fast bounce, and new metering". i'm gonna sit this one out for as long as need be..