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ProTools for Mac OS X Released

Posted by pudge on from the audio-schmaudio dept.

destructo666 writes "Woohoo, the wait is over for Digidesign to get with the program. Read the release and then upgrade and toss Mac OS 9. Now MOTU may finally release DP for Mac OS X." I can't find a link the free version for Mac OS X, though. Some of us are cheapskates, you know.

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  1. MOTU by jrg · · Score: 4, Interesting

    with the recent release of digital performer 3.1, i heard that MOTU has put all developers onto the osX version which i heard is in beta. 3.1 is supposedly the last os9.x version.

    i can't wait until i can do all my music stuff in osX, but in addition to MOTU i have to wait for native-instruments to get going on reaktor for osX.

    hopefully, the protools announcement will help others get their asses in gear.

    james

    1. Re:MOTU by Van+Halen · · Score: 2, Interesting

      And for what it's worth, MOTU already made a similar announcement back in July (pdf, screen shot). When that happens, I'll no longer have a use for my trusty old 7600, which runs Digital Performer on OS 8.6 since the QuickSilver runs OS X only.

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  2. Timing? by cei · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Seems interesting that they announce it today, two days before Cubase SX for OS X is released...

    Granted, Cubase SX for OS X was announced a full six months before the release, but still...

    [And yes, I know ProTools and Cubase are on entirely different levels... And there are probably people who would get miffed if I tried comparing Cubase to Digital Performer too, but it looks like Steinberg will get their music software to the OS X market before any of them. [OK, so Emagic got Logic out the door first, but Apple owns them, so I think they had help...]]

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  3. FreeTools? by absurdhero · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Musicians like my brother will really benefit from this. However, the price of protools is prohibitively expensive for most independant artists. A Free (read GNU) alternative would be great for everyone.