Pro Tools 8 is out

JJV

It's a 4 gig + download from the Digistore.
www.digidesign.com

dav nagle

JJV wrote: »

It's a 4 gig + download from the Digistore.
www.digidesign.com

I just sh*t my pants

Helix

ny idea how long it takes for them to get the emails out to people due free upgrades?

JJV

Helix wrote: »

ny idea how long it takes for them to get the emails out to people due free upgrades?

Their website says a couple of days. My hunch is they will sell as many as they can to people who wish to pay & download. Then sort out the people who have paid in advance for the upgrade - like me! Then finally the people who are due the free update because they bought a system recently.

The website's bandwidth can only deal with so many simultaneous 4 gig downloads. They will have to stagger it I reckon.

Will let you know when I get mine...

Helix

nice one man cheers!

dav nagle

Great now all I have to do is upgrade my MAC to OSX Leopard and update my plug ins and and and and and and and..:pac::pac::pac:

11811

Whoohoo! looking forward to getting my mits on this!

teamdresch

I'm gonna pull up a comfy chair and wait until they get some bugs ironed out before I go near this
Mid-January sounds good to me.

dav nagle

teamdresch wrote: »

I'm gonna pull up a comfy chair and wait until they get some bugs ironed out before I go near this
Mid-January sounds good to me.

Would you guys mind writing a small review/report based on stability performance enhancements?

I am going to sit on the fence a little bit longer and wait until I hear from you guys, thanks, D.

PaulBrewer

teamdresch wrote: »

I'm gonna pull up a comfy chair and wait until they get some bugs ironed out before I go near this
Mid-January sounds good to me.

Always a good plan to let the sheep find the bugs first ok, to mix metaphors!

dav nagle

PaulBrewer wrote: »

Always a good plan to let the sheep find the bugs first ok, to mix metaphors!

cows not sheep, sheep is to good

teamdresch

Yeah, it's not so long ago they had that bug in 7.3 (?) that would wipe people's firewire drives. *shudder*

JJV

PaulBrewer wrote: »

Always a good plan to let the sheep find the bugs first ok, to mix metaphors!

Where's your pioneering spirit. I'm gonna install it as soon as possible & suffer the consequences.

Baa!

PaulBrewer

JJV wrote: »

Where's your pioneering spirit. I'm gonna install it as soon as possible & suffer the consequences.

Baa!

Why bother when I knew you would.

Ole Rupert who was beta testing thinks that Digi had a much more intensive test on PT8 that Logic8.

He thinks they've made a lot of improvements ...

crazeehorse

dav nagle wrote: »

Would you guys mind writing a small review/report based on stability performance enhancements?

I am going to sit on the fence a little bit longer and wait until I hear from you guys, thanks, D.

theres a review in this months sound on sound

dav nagle

PaulBrewer wrote: »

Why bother when I knew you would.

Ole Rupert who was beta testing thinks that Digi had a much more intensive test on PT8 that Logic8.

He thinks they've made a lot of improvements ...

Ok I am in my nappy ready for PROTOOLS888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888

madtheory

dav nagle wrote: »

Great now all I have to do is upgrade my MAC to OSX Leopard and update my plug ins and and and and and and and..:pac::pac::pac:

And buy a new Mac too...:rolleyes:

teamdresch wrote: »

I'm gonna pull up a comfy chair and wait until they get some bugs ironed out before I go near this
Mid-January sounds good to me.

Very wise.

Helix

got my free update email today

hurrah

JJV

Baa-humbug. No sign of mine yet. Let us know what you think when you have it installed. Good luck.

PaulBrewer

H is before J, yea?

Helix

JJV wrote: »

Baa-humbug. No sign of mine yet. Let us know what you think when you have it installed. Good luck.

wont be til the weekend anyway, but ill keep you updated

JJV

Well my Pro Tools 8 upgrade e-mail arrived & I'm downloading at the mo. It's taken all day & I'm still barely over 50% of the 4 gigs.

Mr. Brewer referred to us early adopters as "sheep" however I like to think of myself as more of a guinea pig or possibly a lemming, maybe even a cunning fox, one step ahead of the pack.... I could go on, but I'm sure you get the picture.

Will post again when I have it up & crashed running.

PaulBrewer

Actually guinea pig probably is better ....

dav nagle

crazeehorse wrote: »

theres a review in this months sound on sound

Class is it out yet?

henessjon

dav nagle wrote: »

Great now all I have to do is upgrade my MAC to OSX Leopard and update my plug ins and and and and and and and..:pac::pac::pac:

yep


will someone post a review whether its worth the effort



pretty pls

dav nagle

Yippppeeeee!

I am downloading it now! It is a monster at 9 gigs in total. It is downloading ay 700kbps which is as fast as a standard eircom broadband connection!! Can't wait though at least I'll have a busy happy christmas day.

I will write a review at some point

Helix

must download mine now that i think of it actually

Yeah folks, i must say its nearly worth the upgrade price..the new instruments are sweet, all of em..as are the new air effects..overall...daysent..

teamdresch

Oh it looks lovely alright.
I'll get it next year when ye have all beta tested it for me

Helix

theyve givent me lots of lovely free stuff as well as the free upgrade, those wonderful bastards

its all le stuff, but im not complaining

melodyne essential, bfd le, and a few gigs worth of sample packs! very happy with that

dav nagle

Helix wrote: »

theyve givent me lots of lovely free stuff as well as the free upgrade, those wonderful bastards

its all le stuff, but im not complaining

melodyne essential, bfd le, and a few gigs worth of sample packs! very happy with that

I can't get over the value 120 beanbags is nothing to pay for the bundle!

Helix

i got it for free coz i bought some a protools control surface thingy in november, so its even better value

really impressed with the extra stuff. i like using legit stuff where possible so i can put my jolly roger flag away for a while thanks to those kind souls

henessjon

I reckon they are out to kill GB

dav nagle

henessjon wrote: »

I reckon they are out to kill GB

Garage band?

11811

dav nagle wrote: »

Garage band?

I'm hoping Gareth Brooks......

Got my upgrade today, hurrah! altho it seems to be taking forever to download (dang 02 internet).
How are the guys who've downloaded it getting on?

JJV

henessjon wrote: »

I reckon they are out to kill GB

Gary Barlow? :eek: