kgdrum wrote:The fact that some people here don't see how major this upgrade is baffles me,potentially DP8 is more of a leap than anything we've
experienced in many years!
I do think this is a much larger upgrade than we experienced w/ the DP---> OSX transition & yes I expect a few bumps along the way that will require a few revisions to get everything working as intended.
On top of all of this Motu has announced new additional plugs and features & there are probably a few more as well that we don't know about yet, I don't want more, I want everything to work!
I see some exciting possibilities in our future w/DP8!
Not at all wanting to start some sort of argument but 64 bit was in the roadmap, new plug ins are not that interesting to older users as we've bought most of what we need, and and workflow enhancements are the main interest that most of us here have talked about since DP7 hit, how cool it was that it was a focus of DP7 and wishes for new ones.
So to recap:
Not moving to Windows, so that's cool for MOTU, means nothing to me.
64 bit, cool, we all knew it was coming, but cool.
New plug ins, not that interested, sorry, they tend to be leaders for new customers, I use Trim, MW EQ and Pro Verb, not much else.
Punch Guard, cool! would like to know more about the little features that are new to DP8, because quite honestly besides 64 bit for old customers this is it.
Windows version is a game changer for MOTU, for me, not so much. So the
major difference in DP, the one that was a big surprise is of little use to veteran users. So what exactly are we to be excited about? This is brutal I know, but 64 bit isn't anything to get excited about, it's not a new feature, it's a necessary step if DP is to survive. In the end I'm sorry but I care only about the features that I can use, and so far it's Punch guard and that's it.
M2 Studio Ultra, RME Babyface FS, Slate Raven Mti2, NI SL88 MKII, Linnstrument, MPC Live II, Launchpad MK3. Hundreds of plug ins.
