ProTools 10.2 Survey
I use ProTools 10.0.1. I heard horror stories about 10.1 and stayed away.
Last week I started asking my Twitter friends and colleagues:
Are you running ProTools 10.2? Is it stable? Some interesting replies…
@awalk94 – OS 6.8
been running it for a few weeks now, only on a macbook not HD software, runs great though, no complaints.
@bscheuble – OS 10.7.4
Yes… (arm up) And yes, stable.
@chuck_russom – OS 10.7.4
10.2 is not bad and totally usable daily. 10.1 was bad for me. Still think 10.0 was better.
Also, I am completely native with non Avid hardware.
@rhythminmind – OS 10.6.8 and Win 7 64 on personal rig
I’ve installed 10.2 on 20+ rigs. It solved many of the showstopping post bugs with 10.1.x.
It’s stable on my setup for sure, I wasn’t on 10.x long do to a timeline/framerate bug that I couldn’t deal with.
On my home rig 10.2 works much better with my 3rd party hardware.
@Mikehillier – OS 10.7
I run 10.2 it’s a gazillion times better than the previous version I ran – 10.0.4 I think.
@colinhart – OS 10.6.8
HD 10.2.0: so far so good – I’ve been working on a feature in it for the past two weeks, haven’t had a single problem
@viktorphoenix – OS 10.7
Yup. Totally stable.
@Pct1theory – OS 10.8
I’m running it on Mountain Lion Told me it was incompatible but it works
been running it on ML since launch. It’s crashed once and lags occasionally. Not a big deal to me.
but this is only with core audio. I haven’t tried using it with my 003 yet.
@joelraabe – OS 10.6.8
it’s been fairly stable for me.
@thomasdulin – OS 10.6.8 and 10.7
super stable on 10.6.8. also good experience on 10.7 but have only used to track on that machine.
@eesn – OS 10.6.8
very stable on 10.6.8. Just don’t expect the same of Eucon.
@dieffe – OS 10.7.4
Pro Tools is quite stable. Lion on the other hand is not performing well with my (old) macbook pro.
I think the problem is my macbook pro (first unibody) and only 4 gb of ram. Lion is not bad, even if it has some quirks
@CreateMusicPro – OS 10.7
10.0 was good. 10.1 was all kinds of horrible. 10.2 solved 95% of those problems.
[I asked: Would you rather be running 10.0 or 10.2?]
10.0. Anything after seems to want to move into 1024 buffer constantly and can’t really handle as many heavy-CPU plugs
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Thanks for the replies everyone. I’ll be running Time Machine just prior to upgrading sometime soon.
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Randy Coppinger 
It has been totally stable for me. The region based gain control will same you tons of time and allow your Dialogue editor to balance your dialogue while leaving you a full fader of volume to control. You can also process files, with RX for example, and keep your edits and fades with handles. I have used it natively for a number of mixes as well as pre dubbed and dialogue edited and taken the session to facilities with 9 or even 7 and have had no issues. I just same my session as a version 7-9 and render all gain automation.
I love it!
Thanks for the feedback Karol. Glad 10.2 is working so well for you.
Just went up to 10.3 on both OS 10.6.8 & 10.7.5 machines. Major fix regarding rendering clip gain. On 10.2 or below, rendering clip gain will nudge the sync on clips after a crossfade. It’s been a week, so far, so good.
Cool. I spoke with some other colleagues this week who said they’re on 10.3 with no issues. Thanks for the info.