#PRO TOOLS 12.7 FEATURES UPDATE#
If the update goes smooth, I will run it for a month or so, and then clone this newest drive over the previous. If the update turns out to be a mess, I can swap back to the earlier drive(and re-clone if the update totally hosed something).
#PRO TOOLS 12.7 FEATURES INSTALL#
Then I swap the 2 drives so the fresh clone goes into the computer, and I install the update. When I want to try an updated version, I clone my current C: drive to the backup. One has my working setup and the spare is usually the previous version of PT.
I keep 2(or more) similar system drives on hand(I rotate a pair of 500GB Samsung SSD's). #-ALWAYS(as in always, ust me) have a backup plan. #1-DON'T jump on any update the first week it gets released(pay attention to what others have to say about an update, in case its a disaster.which happens sometimes) Try every update, BUT(the great big BUT), do these 2 things: When it comes to updates, trials and new software of any type, I have a very simple philosophy(which you should consider). Please see attached: Pro Tools 12.7 to 2018.12 will I see?Īvid Knowledge Base - Pro Tools Release Notes That brings me to the question is what about upgrading to 2018. can he open the projects we do at my place.Īppreciate any suggestions you might have. xx? and what changes in features and the interface will I see? Also now what happens if my friend stays with 12.7 and does not upgrade to 2018. So Far the projects we have done have been working fine, with the audio set at 64 For our use of less than 32 tracks we have not run in to any real issues. My interface is to an RME Raydat card with Light Pipe to my Sony DMXR 100 digital console.
32gb ram, NVME PCIE M.2 1TB OS - Program Drive (C:) 2TB Seagate HDD storage drive and a 1TB Samsung 970 NvME m.2 SSD with a Star Tech x4 PCIE adapter (3300MBs read, 2800MBs write) as my project audio drive. I am using a Dell XPS 8930 I7 8086 processor. Now that I"m getting to my upgrade end I was wondering is there any videos or comparisons on what the big difference is in the PT 12.7 vs 2018.xx ? My plans are to keep the upgrade program going but I"ve not used the phone - Technical support, I've always asked questions here. I've stayed at 12.7 just because that is what my friend had been using. So, Be Kind on my questionsįirst, My perpetual license includes up to 2018, and my license is paid up to I think June of this year. I am actually fairly new to ProTools, have been using Cubase for the last 5 years but added ProTools to the studio for another engineer that will be doing projects in our studio and he uses Pt.