Mac Quad And The Right Sound Card?, I need some expert advice... Options

[TonyMusic]

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?

[banevt]

Yeah I would say that what is more important for the track count you are trying to achieve in Logic is upgrade your RAM to it's max, and just like mortalengines said Logic has a cool function that lets you use networked computers to add more processing power. I would be interested in knowing how many tracks a Quad G-5 can handle playing back in Logic. So really I would think your RAM would be more important than how many interfaces you have in this case.

[TonyMusic]

Thanks everyone for your input!

Now I just need to know what would be the sound card for the job. I'm also interested about the ram thing...cause I've thought of getting 8 gb of it, but I've been reading that the G5s can't use more than like 4 Gbs of it or something...is that true?

[mortalengines]

There are so many good soundcards out there that (even the ones with only 2 in & out tend to be really good) - follow some of the postings here as to in/compatibilities & you can't go wrong- BTW: I hear the RME fireface 800 is dang fine as is the Mackie Onyx 400f. The RAM upgrade will kill you (Mac RAM is very expensive) but is absolutely essential.

Ce message a été modifié par mortalengines - jeu. 9 févr. 2006, 04:52.

[beyaRecords]

Apogee Symphony(PCie)
Apogee AD-16X
Apogee DA-16X

Expensive yes but in my books if you're going to do it, do it properly.

Beya

[TonyMusic]

Thanks you guys...I'll be looking into the sound card choices. And what comes to that RAM update...You don't have to get them from Apple...The cheapest place I found, sells them in 2GB (a pair of 1GBs) for 149 $. And that times 4 is 596 $...So that's something I can take. Though I'm not sure if there's any point in getting 8GB, if one is to believe people telling that for example Logic can handle only 4-5GBs...anyone know if that's true?