Hi everyone,

Just wondering if anyone knows the answer to this:

I currently have PT 6.8 "M-Powered" running at home on my mac, with an
M-audio Firewire 410 interface... I am in the process of trying to
mimic my home setup with an Ibook/Ozonic combination for theater sound
design on the road. HAven't bought anything yet.

Does anyone know if I will be able to install PT on my laptop, insert
Ilok with my plug in and PT authorization, buy the m-audio Ozonic
interface for it, and live happily ever after? Or will I have to
buy/license another copy of PT? Same question for the MOTU Symphonic
Instrument Plug-in, if anyone knows. I haven't dealt too much with
authorizations yet so please bear with me if this is a stupid question.
I want to make sure my budget is in order!

Thanks in advance,

Matt
Fort Lauderdale, FL

As far as I know (someone back me up before this guy spends anything) any
plug thats on your ILOK can operate on any system with the software
installed. Your auth is on the ILOK so it doesnt care what system its
attached to, as long as the associated software is on that comp.


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Hi everyone,

Just wondering if anyone knows the answer to this:

I currently have PT 6.8 "M-Powered" running at home on my mac, with an
M-audio Firewire 410 interface... I am in the process of trying to
mimic my home setup with an Ibook/Ozonic combination for theater sound
design on the road. HAven't bought anything yet.

Does anyone know if I will be able to install PT on my laptop, insert
Ilok with my plug in and PT authorization, buy the m-audio Ozonic
interface for it, and live happily ever after? Or will I have to
buy/license another copy of PT? Same question for the MOTU Symphonic
Instrument Plug-in, if anyone knows. I haven't dealt too much with
authorizations yet so please bear with me if this is a stupid question.
I want to make sure my budget is in order!

Thanks in advance,

Matt
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Yeah
Protools will open on any computer where the installed software is
present and the i-lok is in place. (you can remove it once the
application is opened). I have the same version of M-powered PT on 2
laptops. I use both with a 410 but as long as the correct interface
driver is loaded I don't see any problems. The Ozonic has a different
driver to the 410.

I'm also using Tiger, I had to wait a few weeks for the PT upgrade for
that...
Don't know about the MOTU what sort of protection does that use?
Regards
DS

Thanks for the info guys....not sure about the copy protection for the
MOTU symphonic instrument. How is Tiger, BTW? Worth upgrading from
10.3.9? Also was wondering if you had any problems with the midi
timing on the built in interface on the 410....mine is totally screwy,
to the point of being unusable for ext synths or even my motormix. The
midiman 2x2 on the usb bus is perfect, though. driver problem for 410?

--Matt

Tiger is worth going to for the dash board.... It's great fun.
There are a few conflicts between some of the short cuts between tools
and the OS but I have not had a problem with them. I didn't notice any
timing problems but I'm not a big midi user, actually now that I think
of it I've been using a usb keyboard. The 410 driver is specific for
10.4 and I haven't read the bug fixes... It seems to be ok sync'ing to
midi clock though.

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Tiger is worth going to for the dash board.... It's great fun.
There are a few conflicts between some of the short cuts between tools
and the OS but I have not had a problem with them. I didn't notice any
timing problems but I'm not a big midi user, actually now that I think
of it I've been using a usb keyboard. The 410 driver is specific for
10.4 and I haven't read the bug fixes... It seems to be ok sync'ing to
midi clock though.

Is the freaking Disk Utility bug fixed under 10.4 finally? If I try
and burn a DVD from a previously created image, the speed is greyed out
and I am forced to use the maximum possible speed. I've reported it
to Apple.

It's not all that serious, since Disk Utility turns out to be just a
GUI wrapper for the hdiutil command, and I can do it from the command
line with no problems at any speed. But it's annoying.
--scott
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