How slow is OSX/PT6.1 ???? problems

There's been some post that are saying OSX with PT6.1 is slow.....is there anymore comments? I'm using OS9 and a new (mirror) Mac 1gig with no problems and would rather wait to update until Digidesign gets to about 6.3 on the updates....... Thoughts....... I assume that's the reason for the plug-in promotion package!

Tom, There is a benchmarking thread on the LE pages that set some standards for testing different Macs on PT5. I used these benchmarks and compared the performance of PT5.2.1 and PT6. My original impression before the test was that PT6 on a 99% committed dual processor machine was about the same as PT5.x on an 85% committed one. However, when I ran the tests, I found PT6 to have more plug-in capacity than PT5 in almost direct proportion to the 99/85 ratio of the processor dedication. In addition, the graphics and screen operations were much smoother due to these being handled by the second CPU. From this rough test, it appears that the code in PT6 is close to the same efficiency as the code in PT5. These tests were done using PTLE and may be different with HD/TDM. John

That's what I have is PT/HD.......I'm hearing problems with screen redraws... can anyone confirm problems?

6.1 TDM isn' t out yet! Or is it? Anyway I use the 6.0.1 TDM! Well, it looks to me that the Half Speed Recording is not recording at all! It is there but it wont work! 6.0.1 TDM crashed my Mac a few times than I realised that even though it runs on the fabulous OSX I need to do a simmilar system setup as it was under OS 9. Also you always have to turn on the I/O unit first and wait till it is set befor you turn on the Mac. I'm still not hundred % sure about what was the real cose of the crashes but this is what you have to do according to the manual. Once a crash happened right the way I opened the Gain Audio Suite Plug-In! I had to hard restart my Mac! I maybe still new to the 6.0.1 version sinc I've only been using it for about 50 hours but it seems to me that there are some more things should be done with this 6.0.1 version to work properly. Maybe 6.1 will be the answer. I just hope it will come out faster than the first 6.0 version.

If Digi is listening........I'm running OS9 w/o any problems and I will not upgrade even with the MASSIVE marketing stunt to move me towards PT6.01!!!

I'm suspecting that most of the time Core Audio is responsible for the crash problems! Digi said that a new version of Core Audio will be out this week! So far what I like the most in Pro Tools 6.0.1 is the Groove Quantize with the new Beat Detective's Audio Groove Extraction capability! My hat is off for Digi for this! Of course Pro Tools Audio capabilities are unbeatable but Digi need to do more in the MIDI field. They finally improved the MIDI resolution to 960 ppq. Drag and drop Audio Files into sessions are also cool but e.g. Cubase VST 4.2 was able to do this about 4 years ago! Anyway there are a few nice improvments here and there in 6.0.1 but Digi should work more on Core Audio and Half Sepp Recording !

"Well, it looks to me that the Half Speed Recording is not recording at all! It is there but it wont work!" Actually, it works for audio, just not for MIDI. Unfortunately, this also means you don't hear midi click while doing half speed record. Digi has said they're looking into it on a midi thread.