Pro Tools 9n shell shock.

Question

It must be a year since I wrote here.
The release of PT9 is confusing to me. I understand all the options but with PTHD you can use any other boxes such as the RME 800. But why should I do that since I have I already have a PT hardware.
Actually I use Logic more often now (With am RME 888) and UAD2 plugins. I found this combo a much better deal than the complex PTHD expensive setup. I work as a hobbyist but since I was a pro recording artist in my younger days I find the Logic + UAD very rewarding. SO The PTHD hardware took another hit down yesterday. Which is not a good idea to follow that company IMHO. Logic and PD are just very good now and the UAD plugins are the best. I actually remove one of my accel card to put a UAD card in my MP.
SO For those of us who do Midi on Logic and Audio on PT. The switch back to Logic is a no brainer for me I AM FEED UP with PT superior attitude and marketing tricks. $349 for an upgrade the list of things they provide for that money is pretty slim 512 tracks OH wow, I need so many tracks to records a power trio. Euphonix compatibility. NO thanks I was NOT planning to buy a $3000 Control surface.
Native is the way........ Plus Mc DSP (Only TDM) is coming out with a AU version of their famous lines of great plugins (Close to the UAD in quality)
SO with a new line MAC PRO, LOGIC and the UAD2 plugins a NICE I/O BOX WHAT DO PT HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT. NOTHING I HOPE.
I already invested in an old and defunct system Ensoniq PARIS back in 1998. it was superb. But died. Don't know why. So I repeated this mistake (Total 2) by buying PTHD3, SO now it is time ti switch back to Logic and DP. (did you see DP it is so good looking. Enough. Time to make good music and I dion't need PT for that. It is what 's on the tracks that count. PT is kings on gimick. Once they wanted $600 to repair a card that I sent them working fine just to update for the new Mac Pro i7.
Finally I was so mad I ended up paying only $150. But it show their true color.
Sorry for the long post
Eric d

Answer 1

The native version is going to be huge for some users but still not interesting for others. I'd say it mainly depends on the sessions, for sessions that are mainly audio PT is nice, but for midi heavy stuff Logic still probably handles it better. And for things like post mixing or intensive video work PT wins hands down although that sort of thing probably requires the $2k add on.