Hey, slugg. Thanks for the comments. I'm getting excited about the possibilities of this new setup.
On my PC rig, I could have several instances of the Kompakt player open with each running it's on virtual instrument library; one for Symphonic Orchestra, one for RA, one with Stormdrum and maybe still have Stylus RMX open. Of course there was absolutely no way to have them all playing back at once, but it allowed for a very efficient work flow. That worked fine for doing orchestral type stuff. I also could not run all three stereo mics in Symphonic Orchestra; dropout city.
While make rock or metal music, I only really use Drumkit from Hell Superior as far as virtual instruments go. If you're familiar with the DFHS sampler, you'll know that the soundsets are huge. I was not able to compose with the room mics or mic bleeds enabled; my old rig would bog down, then drop out. Just dry mics on each drum piece. I don't expect to be able to utilize all of the mics and mic bleeding with the new box, but it'd be nice!
That was all done at 24/96, so this new system will be much better if I choose to stay with that sampling rate.
As for the RAM, I'll probably just buy 8GB to start with. That should be plenty. One nice thing about upgrading to the PLAY technology for Symphonic Orchestra is that I went ahead and upgraded to the PLAY Plus version. That'll include the entire library in 24-bit and 16-bit formats. You can then use the 16-bit for composing, then load the 24-bit soundset later for printing. So, as I said, 8GB should be fine, plus I'll have the 2GB that arrives with the system.
As for an audio interface, my old MAudio 1010 PCI card, with the rackmounted I/O, isn't compatible with the Mac Pro as the Mac doesn't have PCI slots, just PCIe slots. So, I've been rading reviews, forums and researching. I'm now pretty set on an Apogee Ensemble. It's supposed to fit like a glove with OSX and Logic 8.
On my PC rig, I could have several instances of the Kompakt player open with each running it's on virtual instrument library; one for Symphonic Orchestra, one for RA, one with Stormdrum and maybe still have Stylus RMX open. Of course there was absolutely no way to have them all playing back at once, but it allowed for a very efficient work flow. That worked fine for doing orchestral type stuff. I also could not run all three stereo mics in Symphonic Orchestra; dropout city.
While make rock or metal music, I only really use Drumkit from Hell Superior as far as virtual instruments go. If you're familiar with the DFHS sampler, you'll know that the soundsets are huge. I was not able to compose with the room mics or mic bleeds enabled; my old rig would bog down, then drop out. Just dry mics on each drum piece. I don't expect to be able to utilize all of the mics and mic bleeding with the new box, but it'd be nice!
That was all done at 24/96, so this new system will be much better if I choose to stay with that sampling rate.
As for the RAM, I'll probably just buy 8GB to start with. That should be plenty. One nice thing about upgrading to the PLAY technology for Symphonic Orchestra is that I went ahead and upgraded to the PLAY Plus version. That'll include the entire library in 24-bit and 16-bit formats. You can then use the 16-bit for composing, then load the 24-bit soundset later for printing. So, as I said, 8GB should be fine, plus I'll have the 2GB that arrives with the system.
As for an audio interface, my old MAudio 1010 PCI card, with the rackmounted I/O, isn't compatible with the Mac Pro as the Mac doesn't have PCI slots, just PCIe slots. So, I've been rading reviews, forums and researching. I'm now pretty set on an Apogee Ensemble. It's supposed to fit like a glove with OSX and Logic 8.
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