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 Thu 21 Nov 2002, 10:31
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I presently run all my audio and effects natively on my G3 processor. It's only a small one (233MHz) and gets overloaded quickly with about 6 or 8 audio tracks with effects. I need some advice on what non-native solutions are available out there. As far as I'm aware there are DSP's (Digital Signal Processors) that take care of the effects (like the Powercore) and others that do both audio and effects (like DigiDesign's MixPlus). Is that right? Potential candidates so far are: TC Powercore, Digi Design 001, Yamaha DSP 2416, something by Terratec, MOTU Audio 2408, DigiDesign MixPlus, Creamware Pulsar, Creamware Scope.
Ideally I'm willing to spend more money on something that fully removes the load from my processor so that no matter what computer I buy (Macintosh) it will not overload. Basically I need at least 30 Audio tracks. thankyou karambos  ---------- www.thefair.de -------------------- Waiting on my new MacBook Pro
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Fri 29 Nov 2002, 23:18
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Karambos,
Yes, the 2408MkII is a rack mount unit, with a special cable called "audiowire" that connects it to it's own PCI-324 card in the Mac. The 2408MkII has 8 analog ins/outs on balanced jacks, and 3 ADAT I/O's (one of those shares the same first 8 channels as the analog in/outs.) Replacing your Audiowerk card is not going to make much of a difference in terms of CPU performance/track count. As I said before, you will need a newer faster Mac and an ATA Seagate Barracuda or IBM Deskstar 7200 rpm hard drive for audio in order to overcome such limitations. It's just the features on the 2408MkII that are more plentiful than on the Audiowerk, such as 3 ADAT I/O's, stable wordclock, SPDIF (also standard on the Audiowerk.) It all depends mainly on if you need 3 ADAT I/O's and so forth. Check out the specs on the 2408. They have the MkIII out now (zero monitoring latency on this new version.) http://www.motu.com/ That's it! 
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karambos Going No-native Thu 21 Nov 2002, 10:31
Teiwaz Realistically, a G3 233mhz processor (even without... Fri 22 Nov 2002, 01:43 karambos many thanks for your informative reply, Teiwaz. To... Fri 22 Nov 2002, 12:07 Johnny Valium Hi,
all you need to know about the UAD card you... Fri 22 Nov 2002, 14:19 Teiwaz Yes, I am a very happy owner. I also have TDM hard... Fri 22 Nov 2002, 20:44 karambos Many thanks for these informative replies - it... Sat 23 Nov 2002, 14:40 Johnny Valium HI Kamambos,
QUOTE but why do I get an overload a... Tue 26 Nov 2002, 18:12 MrD. You have received some excellent replys...
To cons... Wed 25 Dec 2002, 22:48 karambos Dear MrD.
many thanks for the recommendation. Do ... Fri 27 Dec 2002, 14:47
Levon River The replies you've received have all this topi... Sat 28 Dec 2002, 07:26 |
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