Protools 8

[junior]

I've had some huge files in nuendo, and the time it took to render the files down was a LOT longer than the actual play time...
now, this isn't an excuse for Digi, i think they should offer a non-real time render as well as real time. But they haven't yet.
Their excuse: "it's so you can use external hardware" (reverb units and such)

Actually I think their reasoning is that the DAE architecture doesn't allow offline bouncing, as opposed to other DAWs that (in a mac) use the same technology where it's simple enough to allow offline bouncing.
Now I'm no technology wiz so I really don't know whether that really is the truth or not but I really can't see any other reason for them not to have implemented this function years ago if it was a simple case of adding some code.


GregBoccuti, yeah your situation sounds like a tough one. But on the positive side you get paid for those 5 extra hours of printing, right?

 

[GregBoccuti]

No. Its not a big deal. I usually just let it bounce over night and then send the hard data to the mastering engineer. Its more of an annoyance then anything.

 

[WinterMute]

Protools lack of offline bouncing is based in their use of real-time processing for effects, the LE RTAS (Real Time Audio Suite) plug-ins are very powerful, as are the HD TDM effects, but they are rendered in real time, and cannot be bounced offline.

The external outboard kit is a similar case, but it's not exclusively the reason.

 

[james-thescalie]

dont know if this has already been mentioned but it looks alot nicer!!! no more staring at grey-ness all day at college aha

 

[tuneup]

Pro Tools 8

God my eyes were killing me. Thank you Digi!

 

[inspirit]

ProTools working drive?

hi, should I seperate the prgm from the files or should all be on the startup drive? If a seperate drive is recommended, which drives work best with Protools?

 

[Drumjim85]

hi, should I seperate the prgm from the files or should all be on the startup drive? If a seperate drive is recommended, which drives work best with Protools?

If you backup your drive regularly you don't really need a separate drive. But the faster the drive and connection, the happier PT will be.

 

[pkoch1]

If you backup your drive regularly you don't really need a separate drive. But the faster the drive and connection, the happier PT will be.

Well, in a perfect scenario, you'd want to record to a separate drive than your startup disk. It will increase performance as it won't have to do any system work on your recording drive.