At least for serials put them in a text-file right next to the installer on the hotline server.

that is what we normally only do for stuff where its SN is not in SS, which should be the first place where to look.

otherwise our SN textfiles even wear custom icons so that you can tell their source if in doubt.

and in opposite to the old forums the HL server actually has the latest SS database. just saying. discussions about those matters are useless anway, i rather get actual work done.

"rare" is an exaggeration

"digitalize some old tapes": depending on the content (speech? music? historical?) you may apply different methods. if they are personal you can always apply what floats your boat, if they are historical or might be of interest for future generations: archive.org them

i too got handed hundreds of MC's DAT's Hi8's and MD's and each format has its own challenges. they all deserve digitizing.

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great shit ! sanam

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Hello,
I do really appreciate all your efforts to improve the availability of serial numbers. It would indeed be fantastic to find them in one place that is intuitively easy to access. Dverb is already asking me for another one! But no hurry about that.

Quote from: ssp3 on October 30, 2025, 12:52:11 PM

Protools5LEGuy is probably meaning otboard A/D and D/A converter, not another card.
Audiomedia III, when used as digital I/O only card is very very good.
I've been using it with all sorts of converters with very good results. Still have 6 of them
A/D and D/A chips on AMIII are of cheap variety, though.

Hello, you're probably right, I read too quikly. Perhaps my Tascam DA-P1 could do the job? I have to check this.

Yes, you're right, Protools5LEGuy and ssp3, and my first answer was not adequate, since my Tascam DA-P1 offers "only" 16 bits sampling for analog inputs. But I'm the lucky owner of a BOSS Portastudio BR-8 (yes, @@@Vintage, rare!@@@ etc.) which offers a 24 bits A/D conversion! So I'll be able to get by. Many thanks for your useful knowledge to everyone.

Good idea, Windoze. We’ve been thinking of adding a readme file to every directory with the info that used to be on the download board for each download respectively.

we need to make one dir Pro Tools then dirs with version numbers then everything related goes in there

Well, I think that an earthquake is good now and again to shake things up. A good and constructive alternative to complaining would be to find a new solution to the serial problem. But complaining and pointing fingers is always easier of course.

Post your ideas and solutions to the problems you are seeing in the Staff forum and lets discuss, Protools5LEGuy.

At least for serials put them in a text-file right next to the installer on the hotline server.

That is another reason to have the "old" download pages still intact and leading to the actual Hotline. We had the serial on every Protools download before the Hotline update. The retention inside MacOS9Lives! forum is smaller than before. Now you have to go to the "outsider" garden/repository to get to the serial when we had that info here before Knez/110 earthquake.

Well, I think that an earthquake is good now and again to shake things up. A good and constructive alternative to complaining would be to find a new solution to the serial problem. But complaining and pointing fingers is always easier of course.

Post your ideas and solutions to the problems you are seeing in the Staff forum and lets discuss, Protools5LEGuy.

Protools5LEGuy is probably meaning otboard A/D and D/A converter, not another card.
Audiomedia III, when used as digital I/O only card is very very good.
I've been using it with all sorts of converters with very good results. Still have 6 of them
A/D and D/A chips on AMIII are of cheap variety, though.

Hello, you're probably right, I read too quikly. Perhaps my Tascam DA-P1 could do the job? I have to check this.

Protools5LEGuy is probably meaning otboard A/D and D/A converter, not another card.
Audiomedia III, when used as digital I/O only card is very very good.
I've been using it with all sorts of converters with very good results. Still have 6 of them
A/D and D/A chips on AMIII are of cheap variety, though.