Thanks Tiger Isn't it interesting - 2 opposing posts in one day - one person has 2 working systems and one has a system with serious bugs and ongoing frustration. I would love to figure out what makes the difference...maybe PCI vs. PCIx, or the model of G5, or more likely, the combination of software versions (PT/LOGIC and OS). So many many of us have abandoned the DTDM/ESB thing that the few of us that stay with it must now hold the key to the timeless secrets of life. OK, I've been mixing too long tonight, Thanks for the responses - please keep 'em coming Greg PS - anyone know if my PCI cards (HD2) will work in anything beyond a G5 Dual 2GHz? On Mar 23, 2008, at 8:33 AM, tiger wrote: > Message posted by tiger <tiger@ngi.it>: > > as of today logic 8 and tdm is full of bugs, there are all the old > logic 7 bugs plus some very annoying new entries. > I do not know the situation with mac intels, but with PPC you should > get the latest released g5, like dual 2.7 or quad and stay with logic > 7.2.3, i'm using PT 7.1, this is the best combination of stability and > bugs for use Logic DTDM in osx. > THE BEST VERSION ANYWAY IS STILL THE LOGIC 6 PRO IN OS9 !!!!! > > Consider that going to PT7 you will loose all HTDM plug-ins, in PT7 > they have been substituted by RTAS2, so in other words you can't use > them in Logic anymore (assuming you have any of that). > > Wish they fix tdm issues with next logic release. > > If you want to use Logic 8 be prepared as probably solo doesn't works > as expected and there are some problems with stereo splitted files, > add to it all the old logic 7 bugs that are still alive and you will > have one of the crapppiest combinations ;) > > Logic 7.1.1 i remember clearly that was really unstable, LOT of > crashes, expecially when you use extensively DTDM, logic 7.2 has > solved most of that crashes, i mean now instead of crash it reloads > DTDM (like when you open the song), that is much better than crash!!! > > Actually i'm using logic 8.0.1 but i've switched my workflow, i've > turned off DTDM and i'm using core audio with a big ADAT rig to go > into TDM, go back some threads if you want more infos. > I still use Logic 7.2.3 when i want to work extensively in TDM. > > hope this helps bye!!! > > My CFG > > G5 dual 2.5 PPC agp/pcix > PT Accel HD2 > Logic 7.2.3 for TDM + ESB > Logic 8.0.1 for TDM + Core audio(motu 2408) > Pro Tools 7.1cs10 > OSX 10.4.9 > Digidesign 96 > Digidesign 96i > Digidesign ADAT Bridge I/O > Digidesign 1622 (unconnected right now, i need adats) > > ------------------------------------