Members KB Gunn Posted February 25, 2007 Members Share Posted February 25, 2007 I am about to start a remote recording business in my new southern location. I currently use an iBook G4 with DP 4.61 and a OWC Neptune firewire drive. I am considering buying an iMac intel with 2 gig memory to expand my tracking capability and speed. My question is, how interchangeable are the files from the iBook G4 and the intel iMac? Will I be able to use DP with both computers interchangeably, or will the files be changed using the intel rig so that they will not playback with the older mac? Also, is DP 4.61 upgraded for the intel chip or do I have to buy DP 5? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amplayer Posted February 26, 2007 Members Share Posted February 26, 2007 DP 4.61 will NOT run on an intel Mac. If you upgrade to an Intel Mac, you will need to buy DP 5 if you still want to use DP.DP 4.61 files will run great in DP 5. I have opened many DP 4.61 files in DP 5.11 with no issues. There is one exception to that though: If you use any 3rd party plugins that do not run as universal binaries, then you will need to buy upgrades for those as well. Additionally, if you use Waves plug-ins, they currently are not compatible with DP 5.11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KB Gunn Posted February 26, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 26, 2007 Thanks for the response Amplayer. Will the files play on the iBook after being opened on the intel? IOW, are they backwards compatible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members offramp Posted February 26, 2007 Members Share Posted February 26, 2007 That's an issue with DP versions, not an Apple issue, per se. You can, in some cases, open an issue in older versions, but generally, no. When I was 4.12 on a G4, I could not open a 5 or a 4.6 session sent to me from a collaborator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Billster Posted February 26, 2007 Members Share Posted February 26, 2007 Offramp, I'm familiar with that backwards compatibility issue KB, As stated, you will need DP 5 to run on the intel mac. Earlier versions are not available in universal binary. If you want to take files from DP 5/intel back to the G4 you will need to use the "save as" and choose the correct version to save back to. However, you need to be aware that any third party (or new to DP 5) plug ins will not be available to the G4, so... However, DP 5 should run well on the iBook. 5.11 is the current version, and is actually much more optimized and CPU efficient than 5.0, and probably even 4.x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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