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Just had to upgrade my machine and went to a MacPro dual and a new 424 PCI-e card to use my existing 2408 mk3. I was at a crossroads since I've been using Cubase for years but the ProTools spectre was looming large since I had to upgrade software. I went Cubase 6.5 and couldn't be happier. On this m...

Thanks for the encouragement, I would love to buy a new Mac and a new 424 PCI express card (along with a new DM2000!!!), but for that cost I am seriously going to consider a hard disc recorder! I am trying to utilize what I have with the least expense at this point. But thanks.

I have been nursing a custom PC with CuBase for the last 6 years and now have decided to go Mac!( I might be a lot of bit stubborn and a little bit of a slow learner, not necessarily in that order)!! I have a 2408mk3 with a 424-PCI card.The new Macs are all PCI express but there are plenty of older ...

Whoa, hang on there, before you chuck your system in a box and send it to me cause I could use a new machine... http://www.motunation.com/forum/posting.php?mode=reply&f=14&t=36089# Try shutting down all unnecessary services( black Viper had a long list of things to shut down or change priori...

I have to agree with the last post, I run a 2.6 p4 ht , xp pro sp 2 with a 2408 mk 3 and can run 25 to 30 tracks with a fair amout of processing before my machine says uncle... please look at your pci bus resources, is your video card pci???

Daniel, I will look into that, thanks.
Nice Shakespeare reference on this the high holy day of the Bard( at least in Chicago anyway)!

I recorded my friends band, direct out of the console into my 2 896's and the vox trac is way to hot, how to eq and or compress to make it sound reasonable?

Thanks for the info I'll check all this and post progress soon.

Cuttime, I hadn't even thought about that aspect thanks, and then what machine specs should I be looking for?

I have the opportunity to start a mobile recording rig and would like to know at this point in time... -I have 1 896 HD and 1 896 that I could chain together for 16 channels of audio. I would probably run at 48K. Questions: -What is the middle of the road Mac laptop that wuold handle this with no pr...