Matt Thanks for your detailed reply. I hope we hear from some more people in this situation to get an idea of how many people are affected. - Dave On Jan 29, 2007, at 2:37 PM, matt_eleph wrote: > Hi, I am in the same world as you, have found the whole experience > a bit of a nightmare. I > had some time off from projects and decided to upgrade, in the same > way I always have, > from the days of G4's and Mix + to todays HD rig. I bought a new HD > PCIe system and new > Apogee interface's and decided to take the plunge on a new Intel > Mac. I checked the Apple > website, but have had so few problems in the past did not search > any forums. > Installed as always, and then found the problem...... since then I > am lost as what to do. I > use Logic everyday, never used Pro Tools software, all my writing > ideas are in Logic, all the > work from the last few years-which I need to access for recall at > times are in Logic...all of > it is not available to me. > At the moment I am deciding, stick with Logic, go down the core > route-which I don't > believe is right for me, or learn Pro Tools more until Apple > update, if they update. I have > found a couple of last G5, which are compatible, but don't want to > take a step back and > spend more money...might have to happen though. > I am currently spending the time I do have, transfering the stuff I > can to Pro Tools, and > fighting my way through losing plug in settings, exs settings etc etc > I called Apple customer relations today, and they say they are > aware of the issue, but > couldnt be any better than that, given the history of not > supporting items, not sure if they > will sort it out. > I still feel TDM is way to go for me, Olympic and Strongroom are > the two main studios I > use, both of which I have always been able to just take Hard > Drive's and start work.... all > these places are TDM equiped. > I have got through the angry stage, the Intel came very close to > leaving the studio at high > velocity, and am getting my head around PT software-it doesnt seem > to bad. > > > > > --- In logic-tdm@yahoogroups.com, David Gordon <music-pro@...> wrote: >> >> There have been several threads here about professional users finding >> that their new Mac Pro does not run TDM and Logic together. >> >> When I bought my Mac Pro, I fully expected Logic and TDM to work >> together as always. I have multiple screen shots of advertising on >> Apple's website telling me that Logic works with Pro Tools TDM and >> that Logic works on the Intel Mac Pro, and nowhere was there any >> warning that Logic can not use TDM on the Mac Pro. >> >> Later, after buying the Mac Pro, I saw that a warning about this did >> appear on the Digidesign website on their compatibility page. And >> that's an example of what's positive about how Digi does business. >> On the other hand, Apple refuses to even discuss it at all other than >> to say they know about it and plan to fix it - someday - whenever. >> >> I know there at least three others on this list who have the same >> experience, plus another person I work with who is not on this list. >> >> What do we do next? Return the Mac Pros and join the dark side of >> the force with Windows? Buy G5's off eBay? Sell Pro Tools HD and go >> native? Continue to wait around wondering when or if Apple will fix >> their broken program? >> >> I wonder how many music professionals are staring at Mac Pros that >> will run Logic natively, or run Pro Tools HD Accel, but won't run >> them together... ? >> >> If you are one of the victims of this mess - please reply and post >> your experiences. >> >> Thanks >> Dave >> >> >> >> >> On Jan 29, 2007, at 12:45 PM, Peter Duemmler wrote: >> >>> Logic is not compatible with TDM on Intel yet... >>> >>> Peter >>> --- >>> http://www.merlinsound.de >>> >>> >>> Am 29.01.2007 um 21:02 schrieb Ryan McBride: >>> >>>> Message posted by Ryan McBride <ryan@...>: >>>> >>>> I am running on a 2.66 mac pro and yes, i installed pro tools first >