Well, it's actually an upgrade. I just purchased an Intel Mac and am upgrading to Pro Tools 9. It's such a pain in the cajones, having to keep track of all of the various audio plug-ins that need to be upgraded, adding more drives, more memory and additional firewire ports to the computer, updating iLok licenses, etc. The biggest pain is having to semi-dismantle the studio to pull the old computer. Fortunately everything has been going smoothly so far (knock wood) and the vendors have been very helpful - as they should be in this economy!
What's really weird is that this is the first time that I have done major software upgrades via electronic delivery - no boxes of software arriving via FedEx and UPS and the endlessly whirring of the CD/DVD drive as the new software loads.
This weekend I'll be re-wiring the computer into the studio, running all the final tests and reconfiguring the audio interfaces as well as installing additional sound treatment. I almost feel like a little kid before Christmas.
What's really weird is that this is the first time that I have done major software upgrades via electronic delivery - no boxes of software arriving via FedEx and UPS and the endlessly whirring of the CD/DVD drive as the new software loads.
This weekend I'll be re-wiring the computer into the studio, running all the final tests and reconfiguring the audio interfaces as well as installing additional sound treatment. I almost feel like a little kid before Christmas.