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[eric_berlin]

you should check out distributed audio... a logic7 features... www.apple.com

you can also use your second computer as a sampler or synth... midi controlled from your master computer and have its audio out back into your audio ins of your master machine.
will make some delays that you will have to handle, but it works.

eric

[chappy]

I'm in a similar situation running Logic Pro and PT HD3Accell.
PT runs fine on my G4 but as a professional, I've learned the hard way
that skipping more than 1 generation of software/hardware ends up costing more.
So, what to do with a perfectly good G4, a ton of SCII drives, a perfectly working L5
ex smpte reader, 15x15 patchbay. Will Logic accept a g4 as a node?
The escalation curve is like having an organ ransplant!
cheers,
chap

[chappy]

ps- the new system is a dual 2.5 G5 with 6 gig or ram and 4 250 gig Glyph firewire drives. My experience with firewire (I have 8 drives, 4 have died) is that is slower and less reliable than SCII.
dang,
chap

[Adrian Delso]

Not sure that the L:7 'node' idea is easy as Apple make it sound! I'd just use the G4 as an extra storage drive, linked to your new one by Firewire. Agree 100% about interface and monitors.

[allears]

If you get a dual 2.5 gig G5 with 4 gig of RAM you won't even remember that you have that G4, trust me. I upgraded my system from a dual 1G G4 to a G5 and I am still amazed at the increase in performance. The G5 can handle an incredible virtual intrument track count in comparison to the G4. Sell the G4 and use that money for great AD/DA conversion.

[allears]

Apple will only provide support for the "node system" in Logic 7 if both computers are G5.

[designlord]

Hello,

Steinberg supports VST-LINK, linking up multiple machines via an audio cable to the sound card. I'm going to try this with my two PC's pretty soon, and you can have Mac's in the fray as well so with the G5 I'm getting I'll have 3 machines running, which if it works well is a very good reason for me to stay with Cubase SX/Nuendo.

I'll tell you Logic users that I did Logic PC 5.5 before going to SX2 and I found SX to support a very nice interface and I found the Audio to be better (Nuendo heritage, though I didn't know back then) and midi seemed pretty able as well, though Logic is considered the king by most. Wait to find out what Yamaha does with Steinberg, but if you have a few machines SX is an option and would be easy adapting to from my own experience. This is of course if Yamaha doesn't abandon the Apple market in reaction to Logic leaving PC market, because with Logic gone every PC user went to SX/Nuendo, with a few going to Sonar but they don't know any better =) (sorry but that interface flow just blows, even as far as PC apps go)

I have a post under PC | Mac that talks about a lot of this sort of stuff with good input from everyone, PT HD talk, and such. Maybe it might help.

[zelen0]

Logic 7 supports distributed processing on multiple Macs..

just chain them together on a network and you're set.