DAW Day – Pro Tools 8.0.1: No Windows 7 or 10.6 Support, End of the Road for Legacy
Pro Tools got an update at the end of August. A number of readers have pointed out that this is a milestone for what it includes, what it doesn’t include, and what it represents.
What’s in 8.0.1
If you’re an existing Pro Tools 8 owner, you’ll want 8.0.1:
- Improved interface performance (“snappiness”!)
- Improved selection drawing in audio
- Workflow improvements, fixes
Those of you who grabbed the update in the last week or two, I’ll be curious to hear what you’ve found in some of those subtler improvements. Avid, to their credit, does do a lot of work on these point releases, not only in bugfixes but in other improvements, as well.
Software update for 8.0.1 (LE + HD + M-Powered)
End of the Line
Pro Tools 8.0.1 is the end of the road for quite a range of "legacy" hardware. 8.0.1 (in one or several of its LE, HD, and M-Powered flavors) will be the last version to support:
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