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 Thu 2 Feb 2006, 15:13
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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? |
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Sun 5 Feb 2006, 01:46
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 9 Joined: 02-Feb 06 From: Turku - FI Member No.: 76,230 |
Yeah, I just realized, that we're kinda talking about different things, 'cause I didn't think and confused things...
The G5 and sound card/s are making the soul of my studio. Nothing going in or out to outboard mixer or such...the only thing going in, is the Liquid channel. And out to the monitors... So what I ment was, that I would be having I quess you call them virtual tracks in Logic, like 100 or so...combined the virtual instrument track and virtual audio tracks (I think the virtual instrument tracks have to be bounced anyways, because of the CPU overload otherwise happening)...and those then would be assigned to 2 channels or so...is that right? So maybe the question should be frased as, can the G5 Quad play that amount (if I do a lot of bouncing effects too) and what would be the best sound card for this kind of job? And can the Quad playback 100 aiff tracks at 24bit/96kHz each? What I'm looking in the sound card is quality of course... Did that clarify my question? 
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TonyMusic Mac Quad And The Right Sound Card? Thu 2 Feb 2006, 15:13
TonyMusic Like, can I get that with 3 RME HDSP MADIs...or is... Fri 3 Feb 2006, 01:25 lepetitmartien Well, it'd be easier if you told us how many I... Fri 3 Feb 2006, 02:08 gpax The very first thing you will need to find out is ... Fri 3 Feb 2006, 03:29 TonyMusic Well, all I'm going to be recording is vocals ... Fri 3 Feb 2006, 15:17 TonyMusic Okay...and I did little more research of my own, a... Fri 3 Feb 2006, 15:40 TonyMusic Lol, this is becoming a chat with myself...but I j... Fri 3 Feb 2006, 21:45 mortalengines 100 tracks is a pretty outrageous need (& you ... Sat 4 Feb 2006, 20:16 mortalengines Basically you can use as many tracks as your CPU c... Mon 6 Feb 2006, 04:45 banevt Yeah I would say that what is more important for t... Mon 6 Feb 2006, 19:58 TonyMusic Thanks everyone for your input!
Now I just... Tue 7 Feb 2006, 20:48 mortalengines There are so many good soundcards out there that (... Thu 9 Feb 2006, 04:51 beyaRecords Apogee Symphony(PCie)
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