Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

On Dec 19, 2004, at 11:58 AM, activist749 wrote:

> Hi,
> My programs: EWQLSO Gold & Silver, Kontakt.  I do orchestral work so I
> have a pretty heavy load of samples.  I have gotten the AU validation
> fixes for all of my programs.
>
> What do think?  Will my machine handle it and can I expect a
> reasonably smooth transition?  Or should I wait until I can afford to
> upgrade to a dual G5?

Hi Leon,

I'm frankly surprised you can get all of your present samplers and 
samplers to work well with your present system. Gold loves a 10k drive 
and eats a lot of memory. Kontakt doesn't stream especially well and 
also uses big time resources. Especially if you have a nice big piano 
in the mix.

I'm doing pretty well with a dual 1.25 but in the light of my recent 
purchase of Gold am taking delivery of a 2/2.5 G5, lots of RAM and a 
couple of 10k SATA drives.

I'm imagining that you can't get more than 32-40 voices with your rig, 
which can work for certain pieces I'm sure, but if you're getting into 
larger scale works you'll be wanting more power. Of course you can 
always bounce.... bounce.... bounce, or freeze.......freeze.....freeze. 
But that gets to be a real drag on your creativity after a while. Most 
composers aspire to be able to hear all their parts in real time, all 
the time. (I think)

If you can't buy a G5, get more RAM! Now! 2.5-3 GB.

You won't regret either decision. Then, when you buy the G5 (I call it, 
the inevitable G5) you network the two, of course.

Regards
Michael Telle