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Audio Apps in XP on the MacBook Pro - report. [message #66261]

Thu, 06 April 2006 22:11

gene lennon
Messages: 565
Registered: July 2006

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I installed M-Audio drivers for an Audiophile Firewire interface.
Both MIDI I/O and Audio I/O worked fine. I ran SPDIF out to my main rig.
The built in SPDIF connectors also work but don�t have ASIO drivers, so under
XP the latency is higher. In OSX the SPDIF ports seem fast.
I tried several apps including V-Stack with VSTI plugs running from MIDI
�It all worked well.
The processor meter in V-Stack showed about half the CPU use that my AMD3200
PC shows for the same plugin load.
The only thing that is a little squirrelly is the trackpad under XP, but
you would want a two-button mouse anyway and the mouse runs fine.
I loaded a demo of SawStudio running off a USB II external drive for audio.
The demo has a number of limitations, but it appears that it would run great,
with very low load. SawStudio would probably be a good choice for remote
work because it is so incredibly efficient.
I have just a few hours in at this point. Not long enough to make a blanket
recommendation, but so far Logic runs great under OSX and most things seem
to run well under XP as well.

An ExpressCard/34 with a second Firewire port would probably be the best
possible addition for this laptop. USBII comes up a little short for heavy
throughput. On my next trip I will have a very powerful studio in my backpack.
g

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Re: Audio Apps in XP on the MacBook Pro - report. [message #66300 is a reply to message #66261]

Fri, 07 April 2006 09:34

Tony Benson

Messages: 453
Registered: June 2006

Senior Member

Thanks for the report Gene. Since I just bought a G4 Powerbook last fall, I
think I'll be waiting for whatever Apple comes up with for a pro level Intel
based tower. It's good to know things should work well should I decide to
run any Windows stuff!

Tony

"gene lennon" <glennon@NOSPmyrealbox.com> wrote in message
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> I installed M-Audio drivers for an Audiophile Firewire interface.
> Both MIDI I/O and Audio I/O worked fine. I ran SPDIF out to my main rig.
> The built in SPDIF connectors also work but don't have ASIO drivers, so
> under
> XP the latency is higher. In OSX the SPDIF ports seem fast.
> I tried several apps including V-Stack with VSTI plugs running from MIDI
> .It all worked well.
> The processor meter in V-Stack showed about half the CPU use that my
> AMD3200
> PC shows for the same plugin load.
> The only thing that is a little squirrelly is the trackpad under XP, but
> you would want a two-button mouse anyway and the mouse runs fine.
> I loaded a demo of SawStudio running off a USB II external drive for
> audio.
> The demo has a number of limitations, but it appears that it would run
> great,
> with very low load. SawStudio would probably be a good choice for remote
> work because it is so incredibly efficient.
> I have just a few hours in at this point. Not long enough to make a
> blanket
> recommendation, but so far Logic runs great under OSX and most things seem
> to run well under XP as well.
>
> An ExpressCard/34 with a second Firewire port would probably be the best
> possible addition for this laptop. USBII comes up a little short for
> heavy
> throughput. On my next trip I will have a very powerful studio in my
> backpack.
> g

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