 Help! New 27" Imac - Dual Core Or Quad Core For My Needs..., Would the 3.33 Ghz suffice? |
 Sat 24 Oct 2009, 17:28
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Hi there community,
I have asked this question of many other people and forums but no one can give me a straight answer. I compose music using Logic Studio and all included sounds, VSTs and a lot of different libraries (EW/QL samples) with very little live recording. I want to upgrade my system (currently using a dual 2.3 Ghz PowerMac G5 with 8 GB of RAM) to one of the new 27" iMacs - definitely going to go 16 GB of RAM and a 2 TB HD, but I'm torn as to processor. I just don't know whether the 3.33 Ghz Dual Core processor will be adequate or I should wait and get one of the Quad Core i7 processors for about $500 more money, but I'd have to wait. For what I do, will the processor make a huge difference? What I've been told is that processor only matters for audio encoding (which I am not really doing a lot of) or video work/rendering... not really applicable to composing with samples using Logic. Any thoughts? Thanks! Uvee |
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Mon 26 Oct 2009, 16:49
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well, no straight answers here, and you won't get one from me either.
i'll just report that i do multi sampler composition on a daily basis, often running 100 or more simultaneous voices, using Play, Kontakt, and variety of virtual analog synths. i often don't have time to bounce to audio for my mixes. (though i always prefer to) this work flow is speeded considerably by my quad core. there's no question i got a bump in speed and stability when i went from the duo to the quad. |
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Tue 27 Oct 2009, 09:44
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 21 Joined: 08-Oct 04 From: Ridgecrest - US Member No.: 52,800 |
QUOTE (houstonmusic @ Mon 26 Oct 2009, 08:49)  well, no straight answers here, and you won't get one from me either. i'll just report that i do multi sampler composition on a daily basis, often running 100 or more simultaneous voices, using Play, Kontakt, and variety of virtual analog synths. i often don't have time to bounce to audio for my mixes. (though i always prefer to) this work flow is speeded considerably by my quad core. there's no question i got a bump in speed and stability when i went from the duo to the quad. Ah houstonmusic, ya makes me green with envy! How soon ya think it be a-fore quads get shoved in MB Pros? (snif-whimper) May not be a straight answer, but Real World experience makes fer pow'ful persuasion! [100 or more and etc etc etc? Dang! Kudos! ...umm, would you do my income taxes? (grins)] |
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uvbnskoold Help! New 27" Imac - Dual Core Or Quad Core For My Needs... Sat 24 Oct 2009, 17:28
kayj_prod Whew! If you're going for 16 gb of RAM
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