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by NativeBreaks » Wed Dec 17, 2008 2:13 pm
NNNOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
then i'll be forecd to buy extra crap to make my app run.
LIKE DIGIDESIGN, I HATE PROTOOLS AND THEIR TDM CHIP.
If you have the right gear, it's not necessary. And the processors are getting faster all the time, there's really not much need for those chips anymore, especially in the very near future. Plus, to force Ableton users to buy one to continue their work would be a definate destroyer of the client base, not to mention the amount of money it would cost Ableton to build that.
I remember when Digidesign first came out, they invested so much money into the hardware, the software was complete crap. It was so bad, they didn't even bother having customer support because it had so many problems. I know because I used to sell them, and I'd try to get in touch with Digidesign about issues that everyone was having with their software. Today, they are much better, they basically tried to copy everything that MOTU already did many years before they even thought of protools.
Today, you really don't need the TDM chips unless you are doing some heavy multi tracking, like orchestra recording, and you need to have FX on every single track.
But hey, if you don't mind paying extra money for every single plugin just so it can run RTAS on an extra card, go right ahead brotha.
I say, ta hell with RTAS. Get real hardware, money way better spent. In 3-5 more years, I think those TDM chips will be a joke, no one will need them because of the advancement of CPU's, bus speeds, and the amount of headroom and low latency they will provide. Digidesign is just holding onto it, because it's a HUGE PROFIT. The money made by RTAS plug sales is probably way higher than the profits they make on the hardware, converters, and mixing consoles.
I run my buffer's at 128 milliseconds, & I never reach above 40 %. And that's with 4 instances of VST's like Sylenth (bad ass VST BTW) with a total of 32 voices running, and never one drop out. The group buy is still going on, and i'm really F*ckin happy with mine. solid. not one crash. Plus, I also run 5 live audio inputs with FX, and over 40 tracks, which most have some sort of FX.
I'm against people crackin Ableton. I don't know if ableton is putting a time limit on the Live demo now, but if so, I think that's a bad move. I downloaded the demo shortly after V7 came out, and I had it on my HD for atleast 3 months before I bought it. Because I was still using Cubase, and was still evaluating making the switch to Ableton. I couldn't export files, but I could take my time checking out the program. If they had a time limit on it, I would have never bought it. Heck, I've owned it for almost 6 month, and I'm still digging into areas that are new to me. Live is so different from other apps, but it's by far, the most stable, well performanced sequencer out there. But I do believe, if the person is going to actually use it, and is making money with it, I'd assume they would buy it out of respect and just to keep things clean on the HD. I don't appreciate when companies put all this extra BS on your HD just for verification. I had the Rob Papen Predator, and he introduced syncsoft license software in his V2 update, and it completely screwed up my system. All kinds of problems, so I threw Predator in the trash. My buddy downloaded predator by torrent, and it works perfect. Go figure. When companies do this stuff, I'm very inclined to just download the cracked versions even if i've paid for the app.
I think faith in the product is the best way to go. it seems like every time a software company gets too focused on securing their software, something goes horribly WRONG, and this really really makes me feel like we're moving backwards, and not into the future, and encourages me to buy hardware instead. I remember when Protools introduced the iLok usb dongle. One of my clients lost his, and he had to shut his studio down for 4 weeks. NICE. Cost him $60 per hour. BAD MOVE by Protools.
Getting an MPC with real synths has never completely left the table for me. Bad idea about adding a chip for Ableton.
