DigiWorld event in NYC tomorrow (03/02): Worth going to????

Digi is hosting a DigiWorld event tomorrow in NYC. I am registered, and was wondering if anybody has been to those before, and is it really worth it? Is the emphasis mostly on the TDM systems, or LE is well represented? My choice is a cool band jam at home versus the event? Help!

Go for the jam. I went to one a few months ago called "Digidesign - Sample & Groove Tour" which I was really excited about. Half-hour into the presentation, DaBasstard and I realised that all they're doing is showing us what's available for the Mac. Sure, I learned a couple of cool things but all the excitement was based around third party development for Mac's PT LE. Had we never asked in the middle of the event, no one from Digi would have mentioned it, they just kept talking with the assumption that only Mac users were present and gave a ****. In other words, it was a 'could've been great' type of event. My thoughts are that if you plan on uprgading to the new HD system in the near future, go, watch, and learn (and get really excited). If you had nothing else planned for the evening, again, go and you may pick up a few PT tricks here and there, perhaps meet some interesting people, make good contacts. If a cool jam is to be postponed in favor of being surrounded by TDM pros in a dream factory, I'd stay home and jam. You can always read about the new HD systems and their features in magazines... just my two senses, pk

You should definitely go. My guess is, they'll have more Windows related info this time. They'll probably have the same Kiosk they had a NAMM with the PC running on WinXP. pk_hat is right; the main demo will be all Mac related but since they are so far along with WinXP development, they'll probably have the PC Kiosk off to the side for one-on-one question & answers. It'll give you an opportunity to talk first hand to the 3rd party vendors about future PC support (at least that's how it was setup when I went to the one at Warner Bros in 1999).

I'll skip, as buying HD will never be an option for me. I couldn't give a rat's ass about XP. My WinME rig works just fine, I have no plans to make Microsoft richer by buying XP for the moment. What I'd really like to see is the MBox running under Windows so I can hook it up to my laptop and record my band live in stereo. But it doesn't look like that's in the cards, and certainly not at tomorrow's digi gig. Thanks guys.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by pk_hat: ....they just kept talking with the assumption that only Mac users were present and gave a ****.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> boy was that true! they never even considered that there might even be a windows user there... i guess that shows how invisible we are to them.