TonyMusic

Mac Quad & Hard Drives

I've been trying to look into how many audio tracks at 24/96 KHz can Logic Pro 7 playback (not record) in Mac Quad...and I need about 100 tracks. And I'm totally confused does it depend on the RAM or the hard drives or both. And now before anyone starts to question my need for that kind of amount of tracks, I have to say that I know exactly what I'm doing in that area...what's unclear is what kind of hardware I'm going to need to achieve it.

So 100 tracks at 24/96 KHz...yeah...I have a feeling this is going to set me back. So I'm going to have 8GB RAM update to my mac. And I've been looking into Maxtor Atlas 15K 73,5 Hard drive. Would these two updates in combination be enough to get me that track count. Or is solely depending on the RAM amount?

And another question...I've noticed some discussions on some forums about Mac Quads unability to use in Logig Pro 7 more than about 5GB RAM. Is that true?

Mac Quad And The Right Sound Card?

Okay, so I'm buying a mac Quad, and need some advice on how some things work...
I'm getting a Logic Pro also, and obviously need a sound card or maybe two?

What I need from the computer is to be able to playback at least 100 tracks of 24bit/96kHz at the same time...I don't need that many of in/outs...the hole music making process is going to happen mainly with soft synths, plugins and so on. No need to record a symphony orchestra.

The price range isn't that much of a problem, though I don't have money for Pro tools yet.

So my question is, what kind of sound card/s do I need. What would be the best solution...Or is pro tools HD3 the only one that can do this?