Matt from iZotope has said “While I know this is something we’d like to do, I have not been made aware of any timetables for such features in any of our plug-ins.”
Eventide when asked on their forum “will the AAX license be only AAX-native or will there be AAX-DSP as well? Would be nice to know while thinking about HD->HDX card upgrade.” – Their response was “We can’t make any announcements regarding AAX-DSP support at this time. We’re looking into it, but I would not purchase it with the expectation that AAX-DSP support is coming soon.”
Antares in response to an email question on the subject said “Antares is currently formulating our AAX strategy for the release of AAX plug-ins. Please check our website for coming news about AAX plug-ins. We are sorry to not be able to give you a more concrete answer at the moment.”
Now that said, Avid and all the 3rd party developers would say ask the problem is? - You still have access to all your plug-ins through RTAS. This is true for most plug-ins that were available in both RTAS and TDM, but obviously not for those TDM only plug-ins. Also RTAS will use my computer processors and have to come out of the Pro Tools mixer with the appropriate latency hit (yes I know I can use Delay Compensation to cover this), where as my TDM plug-ins (and presumably the AAX DSP ones will too) keep the audio path in the Pro Tools mixer.
In being an early adopter, I feel that a lot of my HDX investment is sitting idle at the moment. Maybe I was being too hopeful in expecting developers to re-code their plug-ins overnight to the new format, maybe the statement from Avid saying they had 30 plus developers ready to release AAX plug-ins convinced me that the transition would be reasonably quick. Either way the reality after the buzz and glow of all the new features is that this transition is going to be a slow affair probably more like 6 to 12 months.
I just wish Avid had been more up front about the timescale of the transisition and Avid had explained it, early on, as clearly as Bobby Lombardi did in the interview with Russ Hughes at NAMM. I might not have jumped so quickly, but then again if I and others hadn’t jumped so soon would Avid’s figures been as good as they were? A difficult call to make, but despite the confused Pro Tools 10 launch, I do feel a lot more loved by Avid and a lot of that is down to Bobby Lombardi. There is no doubt that Pro Tools 10 is the best yet and all the features, many under the hood like the disk caching, which makes Pro Tools so much less depend on super fast drives etc is SO good. When I go back to clients systems that haven’t upgraded to PT10 I really miss a number of features, like clip gain and being able to integrate the Pro Tools mixer to establish how the routing is configured in your session.
So would I have upgraded to HDX if I knew then what I know now? Probably not, I would have definitely upgraded to Pro Tools 10 HD but probably got a little more money out of my HD2 cards and my 192 interface and made the jump in 6 months time when hopefully there will be many more AAX plug-ins.
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February 22, 2012 at 7:45 pm
I completely agree with you.
I miss my TDM plug in when I record VO’s, when I mix, when I master …..
Seeing the plug ins go into bypass when I record a VO is just killing me, feeling like in the LE days.
February 22, 2012 at 8:17 pm
Hi Pascal,
How have you found the included AAX DSP plug-ins? What about the Avid Channel Strip?
February 23, 2012 at 6:28 am
I heard that (some of) the Sonnox plugins are to arrive soon (within 2 to 3 weeks). Which is about time. They have been saying on their website that the EQ and Inflator plugin would be released in January and it’s almost March now.
February 23, 2012 at 12:17 pm
Smack! is in DSP now.. and Revibe and ReverbOne as well
real tape is also included:
http://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=430151
February 23, 2012 at 12:56 pm
Thanks for this. I posted about these 10.1 updates not so long ago Pro Tools 10.1 plug-in installers for 10.0.1 users Users have posted their experiences of using these installers on non HDX rigs too as these installers are 10.1 which officially is for HDX hardware only.
February 23, 2012 at 9:59 pm
What about Digidesign standard AAX native plugins, I have 10.1 installed in my HD3 system but DFi still is the old one, is the HDX installer different? Do you know if it works in HD3 system the AAX native plugins that come in 10.1 HDX installer?
Sorry for all the questions.
February 23, 2012 at 10:08 pm
The plug-ins from the HDX installer will be AAX plug-ins which won’t work on your TDM cards so although the AAX Native versions will probably work using your computers CPU you will need TDM versions to run on your HD3 cards so probably no joy.
February 24, 2012 at 1:26 am
Hi Mike,
I was asking this because some “new” aax native plugins are audiosuite plugins too, like DFi Varifi, I really don’t understand why Avid don’t put that new aax plugins (native and audiosuite version) to “OLD” systems like TDM.
The new Revibe, Reverb One, Impact work fine as AAX native (a bit cpu hog’s) but that’s ok.
I know that AAX DSP won’t work with my card, but native and audiosuite should work, right?
I’d love to catch that new DFi Varifi to make some weird experiences.
Thanks for you help, regards,
Marco Bernardo
February 24, 2012 at 7:06 am
Hi Marco,
As you say, AAX Native should work on your system but I am not sure if the new version of vari-fi is available. I remember that there has been a thread on the DUC about this so maybe have a search there and see if anyone has tracked down an installer for the new version.
Mike.
February 26, 2012 at 8:56 pm
Thank you