I'm a bit confused by the difference between Platinum and Gold. Emagic implies that Platinum is really just for ProTools users. Is this the only difference? Their comparison chart also shows 24 bit support for Platinum only, but their ads contridict this. Also, is Platinum Verb something wonderful that only comes with Platinum? Thanks, Andy

andrewfa [mailto:andrewa@...] : >I'm a bit confused by the difference between >Platinum and Gold. Emagic >implies that Platinum is really just for >ProTools users. Is this the only >difference? Their comparison chart also >shows 24 bit support for Platinum >only, but their ads contridict this. Gold V5 has 24 bit support. >Also, is Platinum Verb something wonderful >that only comes with Platinum? The comparison chart shows situation pre V5. PlatVerb comes with Platinum only but I doubt it's the last reverb you'll ever want, knowing SilverVerb and GoldVerb. Platinum has some more VST effects too. But chances are that Gold will suit your needs pretty good. Herbert Boland www.mp3.com/ztudio_zeppelin

andrewa@... writes: >I'm a bit confused by the difference between Platinum and Gold. Emagic >implies that Platinum is really just for ProTools users. Is this the only >difference? Their comparison chart also shows 24 bit support for Platinum >only, but their ads contridict this. Also, is Platinum Verb something >wonderful >that only comes with Platinum? ProTools/TDM support inside Platinum is only one of many things that are better about Platinum. Platinum will always be developed before Gold. Also, Gold lacks certain plugins (example: Platinum Verb) that Platinum has. And there are many other smaller (and not so small) features. The comparison chart is currently only for Version4, but it gives you a good idea. For every feature that is added to Gold5 (that didn't exist in Gold4), you can be sure that there are features added to Platinum5 that will *not* be added to Gold5. In other words, all the versions get better as time goes along, but Platinum gets more better (how's that for grammar?) or better yet, bestest. If you can afford it, always get Platinum. It's not as if the difference in money amounts to a hill of beans in the grand scheme of things. For example, it's not like making a decision between ProTools LE and ProTools TDM (many thousands of US$ difference) f-erenc szabo, smarty pants Z+E+R+O+B+E+A+T "NOW POWERED BY THE MIRACLE OF THE TRANSISTOR!"