They had offered an optional configuration with Dual Six Core Processors, a total of 12, by the addition of a CPU Riser which also supported extra memory expansion. I seriously considered going out and spending almost $3,000 on a new PC and be done with it and then I watched that video series on Pro Tools Expert with Rich from Create Pro, upgrading James' Mac Pro. If they could do that with an older Mac why not MY Pro Tools computer? I was on a quest!☺ A Possible Solution?Īlthough I didn’t know it at the time of purchase, the Dell T5500 model I had was the only one they made at the time that was “CPU Expandable”. So after the usual upgrades of the OS and ProTools, things have been running better, but as I pushed my Pro Tools computer's limits it would still bog down occasionally and made for a frustrating environment to work in. Finally, Windows users were no longer constrained by any OS and memory limitations and had an application that could take advantage of the combined platform. After Windows 7 64 Bit appeared, Avid introduced AAX64 and a 64 Bit version of Pro Tools. They were but just not as much or as often and besides, I was a Windows guy. I somehow wanted to believe the Apple users were not having these issues.

along with all its warts.crashes, driver issues, MIDI halts. Still, I was using Pro Tools because “it was the industry standard”. Incredible and diverse tone can be had from that setup. As an amateur musician and guitarist, I used an old Delta 66 interface connected to a 1980’s Tom Scholz Rockman Rack I had cobbled together off of Ebay. I’ve been using Pro Tools Native since version 8 and 4 years ago I purchased a slightly used Dell Precision T5500 Workstation with a Six Core 2.53Ghz Xeon Processor, 16GB RAM and two 500GB SATA Drives and Windows 7 Pro.

I would always advise clients to purchase the software they needed to accomplish their desired goals and then buy the expandable hardware that runs it. Prior to moving to Florida and starting LightWing Studios with my wife Lyuba, I had been an IT Consultant for some 30 years in the New York City area.

Verb: Keep or put something in a steady position so that it does not fall or fail.

Noun: A condition in which different elements are equal or in the correct proportions.

Whether they realized it or not, that was what they were seeking to achieve.Balance. Balance Is NeededĪs I sat one day and watched the ProTools Expert video series James Ivey and Create Pro’s Richard Rogers presented, “ Installation & Testing Of Create Pro 12 Core Mac Pro Upgrade “, I just had to smile. Community member Patrick Pearce who runs Lightwing Studios took a leaf out of Create Pro's book and decided to upgrade his aging Dell Precision T5500 Workstation to give it a new lease of life as his Pro Tools computer using the Windows platform.

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