| Re: ITB real world track counts??? [message #82532 is a reply to message #82531] |
Mon, 02 April 2007 15:44   |
EK Sound
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Registered: June 2005
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Up your RAM to 2 gigs and it would probably cut it...
See if you can find a nice Intel Core Duo machine for around the same
money...
David.
Mike R. wrote:
> Paris has been an awesome system. I intend to continue working with it,
> but I'm considering an ITB solution to use in addition to Paris. I've
> got some jack to throw at a new computer, but not top dollar -I'm
> thinking maybe 800.00. I haven't checked out a barebones system or what
> it would cost to roll my own, but Dell is selling a system that includes
> an Athlon 64 X2 dual core 4400+. 1 gig of ram. 250gig sata drive. (I'd
> get a separate audio drive.) Anyhoo, I know there's lots of if ands and
> buts, but, any thoughts on what kind of real world track counts are
> possible? Or alternatively, I'm trying to run about five soft synths,
> ten tracks with loops (a la Acid) and 16 - 20 audio tracks --so probably
> at least 10 compressors, a couple of verbs of the auxs, and eq on all
> at least 24 tracks. I'd rather not have to "freeze" anything. Is this
> even approachable with a dual core athlon, or in this price range?
> Thanks!
> MR
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