Hi all
After what feels like a gazillion years of using a Dual G5/HD3 TDM rig with Logic/ESB I am about to upgrade/crossgrade to a (hopefully) all singing, all dancing Mac Pro/Symphony rig.
I have finally faced up to much preferring Logic over Protools and I am probably correct in thinking that a native rig will do everything I need to do these days.
The ESB has never really worked for me but I stuck with it forever.
Finally looking forward to being able to use a single audio
So... I request some assistance if I may.
First question is how powerful in real world terms is a single processor/4 core Mac Pro?
I am looking to be able to run large 100 track sessions on a regular basis.
Most of my sessions seem to be around 40-50 tracks.
Not looking at PCIe based processing (UAD etc).
Will a single processor do it or am I better off stumping for a dual?
Tp begin with I am looking for a Rosetta 200 or 800 with a Symphony card and then expand to multiple AD16/DA16 when budget allows.
What sort of latency can I expect with the AD/DA16s recording 16 tracks at once.
VI's are DHF Superior, Trillium, RMX, all of the Rob Papens & NI's.
I'm mostly producing electronic rock music and some electro-breaks
I'm happy working at 24/44.1 mostly but can I get decent performance at 24/96?
I haven't use a native rig in around 8 years (except for a mobile MBP rig that I don't mix on).
I have a vague inkling of what they can do (a lot, it seems) but I'd like to hear from people who are using them.
Much appreciated.
Regards,
Jim Richmond
After what feels like a gazillion years of using a Dual G5/HD3 TDM rig with Logic/ESB I am about to upgrade/crossgrade to a (hopefully) all singing, all dancing Mac Pro/Symphony rig.
I have finally faced up to much preferring Logic over Protools and I am probably correct in thinking that a native rig will do everything I need to do these days.
The ESB has never really worked for me but I stuck with it forever.
Finally looking forward to being able to use a single audio
So... I request some assistance if I may.
First question is how powerful in real world terms is a single processor/4 core Mac Pro?
I am looking to be able to run large 100 track sessions on a regular basis.
Most of my sessions seem to be around 40-50 tracks.
Not looking at PCIe based processing (UAD etc).
Will a single processor do it or am I better off stumping for a dual?
Tp begin with I am looking for a Rosetta 200 or 800 with a Symphony card and then expand to multiple AD16/DA16 when budget allows.
What sort of latency can I expect with the AD/DA16s recording 16 tracks at once.
VI's are DHF Superior, Trillium, RMX, all of the Rob Papens & NI's.
I'm mostly producing electronic rock music and some electro-breaks
I'm happy working at 24/44.1 mostly but can I get decent performance at 24/96?
I haven't use a native rig in around 8 years (except for a mobile MBP rig that I don't mix on).
I have a vague inkling of what they can do (a lot, it seems) but I'd like to hear from people who are using them.
Much appreciated.
Regards,
Jim Richmond