• Avid Media Composer

  avid mc6 with proTools

  Posted by Peter Groom on July 11, 2012 at 11:20 am

  HI
  Im thinking about adding Pro tools 9/10 onto my current “home” edit system with MC6 currently running on win 7 64.
  Does anyone know of any specific problems with running the 2 on the same machine and any specific installation orders / requirements to follow.

  I had it in my head that Id to d register and uninstall avid, then add Pt then re install avid.
  Peter

  Post Production Dubbing Mixer

  Chris Conlee replied 13 years, 10 months ago 4 Members · 6 Replies
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  Daniel Frome

  July 11, 2012 at 12:00 pm

  I run mc6 and pt9 on the same system. Mc6 is just a serial number and Protools is dongled. Works fine.
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  Peter Groom

  July 11, 2012 at 1:04 pm

  so do i not need to uninstall avid before installing pt 9.
  Peter

  Post Production Dubbing Mixer
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  Daniel Frome

  July 11, 2012 at 1:18 pm

  Nope.
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  Job Ter burg

  July 11, 2012 at 8:43 pm

  You ABSOLUTELY should UNINSTALL Media Composer first.

  See the Coinstall notes here:
  https://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/Compatibility/en354427

  * Install Pro Tools first and then Media Composer.
  * You must uninstall all older versions of Media Composer or Pro Tools before installing newer versions.
  * Co-install does not support both applications launched simultaneously.
  * Co-install of Pro Tools LE with Mbox 2 Pro is not supported with Mojo, Mojo SDI or Adrenaline due to Firewire conflicts.
  * Co-install was not qualified with Windows Vista 64.
  * When you uninstall Pro Tools, choose to uninstall just the application, not the audio drivers. On a Macintosh Pro Tools system, this is named the “Safe Uninstall”.
  * If you uninstall the audio drivers for Mbox or Mbox 2, Media Composer will no longer see these devices.
  * If you run into any issues, uninstall both applications and reinstall Pro Tools first, then Media Composer.
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  Job Ter burg

  July 11, 2012 at 8:45 pm

  P.S.: I have three PC’s and one Mac, all of them have had PT and MC (or Symphony) coinstalled. I have always stuck to the instructions in the co-install notes. For PT updates, I would uninstall MC/SY first, update PT, then reinstall MC/SY. And it always kept working.
  Thing is: both apps install some common files, and MC/SY demands these are of a certain specific version, and PT apparently is less critical about that (or is more compatible).
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  Chris Conlee

  July 20, 2012 at 5:00 pm

  Job’s advice is good. I installed PT on top of my Avid install a while back and over time started having some audio driver issues. When I recently uninstalled both and installed them in the “correct” way, the problems went away. I’d recommend being safe over sorry, even though it can be a bit of a PITA.

  Chris

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