kgdrum wrote:Prime- why do you think this is a MOTU issue?
From my perspective this is more in WAVES hands.
The hell it is! Sorry, but this just makes no sense. There are literally thousands of fairly recently programmed 32bit plugins out there that are compatible with every single DAW out there, because they all have fully functioning 32bit bridges. If DP is the only DAW that can't run them, it's no one's loss but MOTU and the users: us. Everyone knows that the transition to 64bit is a touchy subject, and must be treaded lightly rather than blazing full speed ahead, that's precisely the excuse that DP users have been using for the past 2 years as to why it's taken so long for the program to go 64bit in the first place. So, to, in one stroke, sever all ties with 3-month old plugins, and those that will NEVER be ported to 64bit is completely lunacy. It's like Apple, circa 2001, releasing iMacs with OSX that couldn't run OS9. Apple would have gone bankrupt. Not only could they run OS9, but they could run it inside of OSX seemlessly, so we had a transition period where OS9 and OSX programs ran beside each other for a good 3-4 years.
Waves is releasing plugins TODAY that are 32bit. They won't all be 64bit ready by the time DP8 comes out. And you know what, if I were Waves, I wouldn't give a damn. It's only the 6th most used DAW. It means absolutely nothing to plugin manufacturers. As long as they have the Logic userbase, Pro Tools userbase, Cubase userbase, and Sonar userbase locked up, then who gives a damn about DP compatibility?
Everyone talks of how unstable bridges are, but from everything I've heard, after the first few versions were ironed out, Logic, Cubase, and Protools bridges are all very sound. Sure, there were initial hickups, but there are with anything.
You do realize that WAVES currently runs all their plugins inside of VST wrappers? That's a far more processing intensive operation than 64bit to 32bit conversion, and it seems to work just fine. They've been doing it for years, and though it would be "nice" if they would make an AU, we've just been happy to use the plugins at all. That's how I feel about 32bit. I'd rather run a slow 32bit bridge then be completely locked out of some very important plugins.
Kgdrum, you've responded very thoughtfully to a lot of my recent post, so I don't really want to piss you off, but I strongly disagree with this sentiment.