With over 5000 units sold, a high proportion of ICONs are still in daily use by some of the world’s biggest film studios, post production facilities and broadcasters. We’ll be sure to feature such things on these pages. Whether/When these tools will find their way to market, or whether similar products may exist for ICON, remains to be seen.
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Unknown UnknownsĬonsole futureists and keen users of the internet will point out that even today, there are a couple of very clever people currently working on ways to resuscitate ProControl and Control 24, developing software tools which will at least partially bridge the gap between today’s Pro Tools (and other DAWs) and the surfaces of yester-year. They can then choose to stick on that version as long as they’re prepared to ignore new functionality. Living incrementally and month-to-month as we now do will reduce the impact of whichever version brings the curtain down on ICON: users will benefit from new features, right up until the final month. Each new version represented a year’s worth of feature developments in one big hit. In the ProControl example from 2013, software releases were, give-or-take, annual. One benefit of Avid’s move to a subscription model is the little-and-often nature of software upgrades these days. Typically, unsupported ‘legacy’ hardware will fall by the wayside as a side-effect of advances in other areas of the DAW software Whether through necessity, design, coincidence or accident. Not that this is any sort of indicator, or useable benchmark, of what’s in store for ICON. It was still a surprise when it happened.
Console historians will point out that ICON’s predecessor, ProControl, enjoyed four more years of support from its End of Support date, finally ceasing to function only with the advent of Pro Tools 11, 9 years after the last unit was sold. Just because the clock has stopped, doesn’t mean it’s the end of time. We know of customers happily running Pro Tools 10 and ProControl. Those ICON users who aren’t inclined to chase the very latest version of OS and Pro Tools will be the last affected. The inevitable future release of an Icon-unfriendly version of Pro Tools into the accounts of subscribing customers, when it happens, will have no impact on prior versions. Check out our Buy page for examples of current pricing.
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If the Avid S6 upgrade programme doesn’t suit your preferred pathway, Resurface can help you sell your ICON to part-fund an outright S6 purchase.įact is, the highest value to be had for a used ICON is in a private sale to an individual or studio for whom it’s their ideal surface. Conversely, if you’re hoping to make better use of S6’s assignability and session navigation by going smaller-footprint, say from a 24 Fader D Command to a 16 Fader S6: This isn’t on the upgrade promo menu. Upgrade programmes typically require a like-for-like trade in, and the best deals on offer are for a step-up in fader count. Your local S6-authorised reseller may well advertise at the top and bottom of this page, give them a call to discuss the options.
Time-limited promotional upgrade programmes exist for those wanting to transition to the current standard: S6. Keeping a buffer of a spare or two on the shelf is recommended. The good news is they were always independently-made 3rd party products and they are still in production. If you’re in need, drop us a line via bad news is that faders are moving parts which wear out over time. We have a small number left but more are on the way and can be pre-ordered. In fact, we recently allocated a decent-sized batch of stock to happy customers in New York, Paris and London. New faders for ICON D Control are still available via Resurface. An ICON owner in need of repair or spares will need to find a solution outside of Avid’s official support channels. Known KnownsĮnd of Support, in terms of manufacturer-authorised repairs, spares and warranties, means exactly what it says. To figure out what we know and what we don’t. Not all of what happens next is certain, which makes it all the more important to understand what the options are. 31st August 2018 marks the date – five years after End Of Sale – after which future versions of Pro Tools will no longer be guaranteed to work with ICON. The intervening two years have flown by.įor the thousands (yes, thousands) of ICON D Control and D Command consoles in use worldwide, that all-important End Of Support date is now just two months away. It seemed a long way away when we first published an article about Avid Icon End of Support, and what it means to owners and users.
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