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BrianT · 19th October 2002

This thread is an example of precisely why competition is such a good thing.

No one in any given genre, be it software, hardware, CPUs, DAWs...you name it....should get too comfortable. When they do, we pay more and get less.

Microsoft needs Apple and Linux, Intel needs AMD, SSL needs Neve, and Digidesign really needed for Nuendo to show up. This public statement is a perfect example.

Pro Tools is a very together system on many levels. But being the 800 pound gorilla has sent prices up, and precipitated a dearth of sonic improvement over the last few years.

The fact is, people who have used both Nuendo and Pro Tools will generally tell you that Nuendo sounds better, given quality hardware. It's obviously much cheaper, has a roughly comparable feature set (minus a few cool PT moves like Beat Detective), but also has compromises involved with Native vs hardwareDSP. But those compromises are diminishing monthly as computers and Native hardware improve.

Nuendo 2.0 announcing a few inarguably superior features like auto delay compensation has obviously hit a nerve at Digi. And that is good.

After years of stonewalling, Digi finally admitted (albeit indirectly) that the TDM summing bus was not all that, sonically, and made at least some attempt to address it in HD/TDM II with the 48 bit chip to chip throughput. Why? Comparisons with other systems that most thought sounded better. Lots of independent voices speaking all over the internet, including the DUC, on that issue.

Now Digi officially addresses the issue of auto delay comp. Why? Comparison with Nuendo, which will have it fully implemented in 2.0 around January.

My compliments to Digi for having the chutzpa to address this in public. Personally, I sense a greater responsiveness from Digi to the man on the street. Somebody(s) with a brighter mindset must be moving up the corporate ladder at Digi. Have there been any recent upper management changes? It feels like it to me. Once they really and truly fix the mix bus, I'm likely in.

In any event, thank God for a free market and competition. In the end we all benefit.

Regards,
Brian T

19th October 2002	#6
BrianT Lives for gear Joined: Jul 2002 Location: Nashville Posts: 1,816	This thread is an example of precisely why competition is such a good thing. No one in any given genre, be it software, hardware, CPUs, DAWs...you name it....should get too comfortable. When they do, we pay more and get less. Microsoft needs Apple and Linux, Intel needs AMD, SSL needs Neve, and Digidesign really needed for Nuendo to show up. This public statement is a perfect example. Pro Tools is a very together system on many levels. But being the 800 pound gorilla has sent prices up, and precipitated a dearth of sonic improvement over the last few years. The fact is, people who have used both Nuendo and Pro Tools will generally tell you that Nuendo sounds better, given quality hardware. It's obviously much cheaper, has a roughly comparable feature set (minus a few cool PT moves like Beat Detective), but also has compromises involved with Native vs hardwareDSP. But those compromises are diminishing monthly as computers and Native hardware improve. Nuendo 2.0 announcing a few inarguably superior features like auto delay compensation has obviously hit a nerve at Digi. And that is good. After years of stonewalling, Digi finally admitted (albeit indirectly) that the TDM summing bus was not all that, sonically, and made at least some attempt to address it in HD/TDM II with the 48 bit chip to chip throughput. Why? Comparisons with other systems that most thought sounded better. Lots of independent voices speaking all over the internet, including the DUC, on that issue. Now Digi officially addresses the issue of auto delay comp. Why? Comparison with Nuendo, which will have it fully implemented in 2.0 around January. My compliments to Digi for having the chutzpa to address this in public. Personally, I sense a greater responsiveness from Digi to the man on the street. Somebody(s) with a brighter mindset must be moving up the corporate ladder at Digi. Have there been any recent upper management changes? It feels like it to me. Once they really and truly fix the mix bus, I'm likely in. In any event, thank God for a free market and competition. In the end we all benefit. Regards, Brian T