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So you're adding, what, 5 stereo inputs with EQ, compression and aux sends?yaboss wrote:I forgot to mention 2 x 828motu and 5 synths (hardware)...
Dual 2.0 G5 - Easy.giles117 wrote:My Dual 2.0 G5 handles what you request with ease.
giles117 wrote:4 processors..... So a quad 2.0 should be fine.
monkey man wrote:So you're adding, what, 5 stereo inputs with EQ, compression and aux sends?yaboss wrote:I forgot to mention 2 x 828motu and 5 synths (hardware)...
- Yes , you're right
Dual 2.0 G5 - Easy.giles117 wrote:My Dual 2.0 G5 handles what you request with ease.
- cool..
giles117 wrote:4 processors..... So a quad 2.0 should be fine.
Quad 2.0 - Doubly easy.
The dual 2.0 should still handle this, based on what you just added and on what giles117 said.
Good luck, yaboss
Of course, Boss-man!yaboss wrote:...Big thks man . if it's ok on g5 2.0 , it'll be fien on macpro+enough ram too..?!!
A 100% margin is a 2:1 difference.yaboss wrote:Sorry but I don't understand ... could you say it in other words please.The ape-man wrote:Is a 100% "grunt margin" enough for ya?
Should be, else you're just ripping yourself off.
kelldammit wrote:i have a macbook, and yes, you should be easily able to do this.
for instance, even on my g4 1.67ghz w/1g ram, i was running 30+ channel (48k/24) mixes in which all audio was bounced from vi's. this is playing back off of the internal drive, no less.
how many vi's you can run at once will depend on a number of things:
1. how much horsepower does each vi draw? balance that with the polyphony, and it can seem pretty limiting. for instance, on my g4 with a heavy duty blue patch, i could barely get one instance to work without dropping out, and only as long as i only used 1 or 2 voices. so...even on a dual 2.0 intel machine, i'm seeing some limitations in that regard (though, now i can run usually about 1/2 dozen instances of blue playing 3-4 note chords). remember, you can always bounce and save the cpu.
2. how many other plugs do you already have in-line?
** About 6 Vi's , 4 plugs (as fx,eq..) for a sesssion
3. how much bussing, etc do you have going on?
** never tried more than 1
4. how many channels of audio playback are going on?
** some demo voices (4-6)
as a rule, the more memory, the better. you may as well max it out to start with, you'll probably need to do so anyway eventually.
either way, i'd say the macbook should get you where you need to go.
enjoy! ...** thks to you **
kell
kelldammit wrote:i have a macbook, and yes, you should be easily able to do this.
for instance, even on my g4 1.67ghz w/1g ram, i was running 30+ channel (48k/24) mixes in which all audio was bounced from vi's. this is playing back off of the internal drive, no less.
how many vi's you can run at once will depend on a number of things:
1. how much horsepower does each vi draw? balance that with the polyphony, and it can seem pretty limiting. for instance, on my g4 with a heavy duty blue patch, i could barely get one instance to work without dropping out, and only as long as i only used 1 or 2 voices. so...even on a dual 2.0 intel machine, i'm seeing some limitations in that regard (though, now i can run usually about 1/2 dozen instances of blue playing 3-4 note chords). remember, you can always bounce and save the cpu.
2. how many other plugs do you already have in-line?
** About 6 Vi's , 4 plugs (as fx,eq..) for a sesssion
3. how much bussing, etc do you have going on?
** never tried more than 1
4. how many channels of audio playback are going on?
** some demo voices (4-6)
as a rule, the more memory, the better. you may as well max it out to start with, you'll probably need to do so anyway eventually.
either way, i'd say the macbook should get you where you need to go.
enjoy! ...** thks to you **
kell
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