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ProTools for Mac OS X Released
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.
it's not out yet, from their site:
Pro Tools 6.0 for OSX is scheduled to be released at the end of this year.
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According to the linked press release the software will not be available until later this year. It will also require DD hardware unlike the "free" version of Pro Tools for Mac OS.
then i wouldn't have gotten my hopes all up. this is just a page announcing the intention to release protools 6 by the end of the year, should update the post to reflect that, that way we wont have more jackasses like myself running around in circles telling everyone that 6 is out, then reading the article. i lost some friends today.
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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
The article doesn't mention if you'll be able to upgrade from 5.x or you have to buy a full version of 6. If it's the latter, I'll probably just wait till my next Digi audio interface purchase and get it for free. I'd assume they'd let you upgrade for $99 (like in the past), but after Apple's crap with 10.2, I'm feeling very jaded.
Which brings me to another point--will it require 10.2? I know other audio programs do, and I hear that 10.2 handles audio in a radically different (and much better) way. One of the key points about 10.2 is that you're supposed to be able to use any audio hardware with any other audio software (or did I hear wrong?). If this means I'll be able to use Pro Tools with a MOTU firewire interface, I'll be very happy.
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Looking at the screenshots I can suddenly see the wisdom of investing in a Cinema Display
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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Um, gee, you mean something like ProTools Free? (free as in beer, not freedom)
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