SSL...Pro Convert...No Apple support. Huh?

Daedalus77 · 10th October 2007

So I just heard about SSL's new Pro Convert application.

Does anyone else think this is really, really GREAT?

Does anyone else wonder why in the world it's a PC-only application?

Huh?

dillweed · 10th October 2007

I use Nuendo on a PC.

I think this is the greatest thing.....ever.....

Hopefully I'll be mixing a ton more pro-tools projects.

The reign is over

neverjared · 11th October 2007

It's not like my macbook doesn't boot in Windows or anything.

andsonic · 11th October 2007

This software is formerly known as EDL Convert Pro. Currently available only for Windows. Maybe SSL will change that in future.

Podgorny · 11th October 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by dillweed

Hopefully I'll be mixing a ton more pro-tools projects.

The reign is over

Couldn't you just get an m-box for two hundred bucks and open all the pro tools sessions you want?

Fredrik · 11th October 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Podgorny

Couldn't you just get an m-box for two hundred bucks and open all the pro tools sessions you want?

Open it in pro tools wont convert it to nuendo.

Rob King · 11th October 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fredrik

Open it in pro tools wont convert it to nuendo.

Exactly....The idea here is have an audio session in let's say Cubase then convert it with fades and sample accurate timelines to Protools, Vegas, Sonar, etc in THEIR native format. A very useful tool in todays world.

The application has been on PC for years so knowing that SSL has money behind it, I think this application has a very bright future..

TornadoTed · 11th October 2007

I'm using a mac Pro, Nuendo, Symphony system. Symphony is Mac only so I have option to use it without another soundcard.

I really hope they bring this out for the Mac too, if so it will be killer.

beyarecords · 11th October 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by TornadoTed

I really hope they bring this out for the Mac too, if so it will be killer.

Alternatively you could build yourself a cheap ass PC server, network it, and Bob's your uncle!!

TornadoTed · 11th October 2007

Yes of course there are always work arounds. I have a PC in the studio lounge but I have spent the last year trying to simplify my DAW as much as possible and I'd like to keep it that way!

Fredrik · 11th October 2007

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Originally Posted by beyarecords

Alternatively you could build yourself a cheap ass PC server, network it, and Bob's your uncle!!

Yeah, or run win xp on paralells if it´s an intel mac.

beyarecords · 11th October 2007

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Originally Posted by TornadoTed

.....I have spent the last year trying to simplify my DAW as much as possible and I'd like to keep it that way!

I hear you.....but what to do!

'Pro-Covert has been developed over the past seven years by Cui Bono Soft' specifically for the PC and I can't see a Mac port being made available anytime soon!!

Podgorny · 11th October 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fredrik

Open it in pro tools wont convert it to nuendo.

But it doesn't take much effort to consolidate the regions and import them into Nuendo.

DowntownScience · 11th October 2007

I could very well be spouting off at the mouth here, but I've heard from some sources (not neccessarily reliable) that saving a session as .omf allows this type of conversion to an extent.

Anybody know if there's any truth to this?

taturana · 27th March 2009

opening OMF files is a paid option on PTools... so it does work for most software but PT (as always) has to make this difficult.

the only thing that really doesn't appeal to me in SSL pro convert is no support for cakewalk sonar files (.cwp and .cwb). which is my main daw platform.

And if anybody from SSL is reading this, OMF support is really not enough for me to go out and spend 800 dollars. to have just about the same as i have without it.

I Pro Convert did support sonar files i'd go out and buy this ASAP,but, as it stands, it's not worth the purchase for my purposes. i'll keep going the consolidated wav files and or omf route.

10th October 2007	#1
Daedalus77 Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 1,645 Thread Starter	SSL...Pro Convert...No Apple support. Huh? So I just heard about SSL's new Pro Convert application. Does anyone else think this is really, really GREAT? Does anyone else wonder why in the world it's a PC-only application? Huh?

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10th October 2007	#2
dillweed Gear maniac Joined: Sep 2004 Location: Tx. Posts: 294	I use Nuendo on a PC. I think this is the greatest thing.....ever..... Hopefully I'll be mixing a ton more pro-tools projects. The reign is over

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neverjared Gear nut Joined: Aug 2006 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 83	It's not like my macbook doesn't boot in Windows or anything.

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andsonic Lives for gear Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Greater San Francisco Posts: 2,142	This software is formerly known as EDL Convert Pro. Currently available only for Windows. Maybe SSL will change that in future.

27th March 2009	#15
taturana Lives for gear Joined: Sep 2006 Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Posts: 4,059 13 Reviews written	opening OMF files is a paid option on PTools... so it does work for most software but PT (as always) has to make this difficult. the only thing that really doesn't appeal to me in SSL pro convert is no support for cakewalk sonar files (.cwp and .cwb). which is my main daw platform. And if anybody from SSL is reading this, OMF support is really not enough for me to go out and spend 800 dollars. to have just about the same as i have without it. I Pro Convert did support sonar files i'd go out and buy this ASAP,but, as it stands, it's not worth the purchase for my purposes. i'll keep going the consolidated wav files and or omf route.