I cannot speak about film as I am not involved with it.
I am in for the audio department
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Originally Posted by T_R_S  There are dozens reasons why Protools software goes with Digidesign hardware.
1) Driver/Hardrware support and programming
2) Software with features that direct access hardware
3) No real cash income from selling just software. |
1) Bull. (not trying to pick a fight, this is my experience. It does exist, but compared to the competition it is just insignificant.)
2) Exactly. No need for it but a demand on their behalf + competition does it better.
3) Of course not. It is locked to HW. Being HW is so crap, SW suffers. HD was "the thing", now they are playing nice because raw CPU + 3rd party DSP are seriously kicking them out their market. I would definitely buy they SW ! I WON'T because its money thrown to the bin in HW I can get for 1/3 of the value, and better.
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Originally Posted by T_R_S Apple does not just sell operating systems just like Digi does sell hardware
Protools LE is entry level software don't expect flagship features on it.
Just as an iMac does not have the features of a Mac Pro. |
ADC is flagship ?!?! Using other HW, AD/DA, clocks, etc is flagship !??! >32 ch audio is flagship ?!?!?
Comparing to Apple: exactly. You can scale down your HW necessities to fit your needs. But an top level designer will have
THE SAME OS FEATURES as an Open Office essay writing student at campus, with the same level of customer support. Also, Apple takes CARE of their custormer base, they fully aknowledge when they funk up, very often recalling HW sold YEARS before, for free.
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Originally Posted by T_R_S If HD is too expensive you should charge more.
If your job pays $5.00 an hour you probably can';t afford that brand new Lexus SUV.
People seem to have to no problems buying Neve and Pultec EQ's for 5K or more.
If you charge 500-1K/day for your work you will probably find that would no problem affording HD. |
Welcome to the Digi philosophy. Are you associated? This is simply dishonest to my customers, I refuse to do that.
When I am able to produce a 500-1k/day track, I will certainly charge that. For that I need QUALITY. In both my gear and my abilities to use it accordingly. Simply overcharging whoever is gullable to pay for it... that's not for me.
Until then I will scale up my efforts, and Digi does NOT contribute for that. It contributes to people getting into PT and becoming crack addicts for the next top dollar feature. That does work, but these days are OVER. I hate it that I like PT so much.
Look at what they did whith the Mbox 1. There is NO JUSTIFICATION for dropping support with PT7. That little box had better pre's than any of their other "entry level" HW. If you want to keep up with the SW, you must cash out for the DONGLES. every single piece of HW is seriously overpriced for the quality/features they offer.
Pure and simple, they dont want music to sound good without going HD. Period.
That to me is just sad. They sat on the throne of the Pro studio, thanks mainly to PT and the early onset of hi-res processing.
Their only hope is to separate HW from SW. When they do that, their HW sales will plummet to the ground, leaving SW. When they do that, it will be an open letter to the world stating what thieves they've been these past years.
And I am sorry to say this TRS, but this last comment of yours...
