 Hardware And Virtual Instruments, What most impacts the performance of virtual instruments |
 lun. 30 oct. 2006, 21:39
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I have a 2 yr old dual processor G4 with 1.25 G RAM, no off-board audio gear. I can't provide the processor speed right now because I'm not at home. I have numerous commercial and free audio unit instruments. However, when I'm working in Digital Performer I find that I can typically only have a couple instruments playing simultaneously. I have to disable tracks such that they aren't playing or "freeze" them (you DP folks will know what I mean). Plus, I often have to twiddle with the latency/sample size or audio playback will break up.
What would have the biggest impact on the ability to play virtual instruments simultaneously - faster processor? more RAM? Should I expect to really only be able to work with one instrument at a time? I'm looking at getting a new Mac - and yes, I already anticipate problems getting universal binary versions for at least some of the instruments. However, should I go for the fastest processor, biggest RAM machine I can afford? Or what? I welcome any advice. Thanks, Seth |
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mer. 1 nov. 2006, 14:48
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fishbite. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". If you can afford it go for a Dual G5. If your system is "solid" why change?
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fishbite Hardware And Virtual Instruments lun. 30 oct. 2006, 21:39
lepetitmartien RAM will help (first by helping OS X to be way mor... mar. 31 oct. 2006, 13:20
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