I got me one these puppies coming on November 15th. Apple's prices for upgrade elements are only about 10-20% more than street price, but none the less, to save about $400, I bought the RAM and SATA drives seperately. So my unit will be a 8GB machine with two 500GB Hitachi's.

On my current machine, a Dual 2.0Ghz G5 (=4Ghz) with 3.5GB Ram, I am running two Alitiverbs, 4 Legato Instruments, 45 EXS Instances some with as many as 15 multivelocity keyswitching layers, without any problem. What I hope to gain by the CPU and RAM boost is:

5 or 6 AltiVerb instances (making MIR obsolete or progressing too slow to keep up?)
10-15 Legato Instruments
60-70 EXS Instances

Around the end of November, I should have some words to post on the results.

Cheers,
Evan Evans

Are you sure, that logic even supports dual core CPUs?
Because if it doesn't, your arithmetic wouldn't work out...

And: i'm quite sure, that you won't benefit that much of the additional RAM, as long as Logic can't address it!

The arithmetic isn't linear right now but it will be in the future as Logic is programmed better for higher level OS. I will see performance increase and that's what I'm looking for.

Truth is, the QuadG5 is 10Ghz, but getting it to use all 10Ghz in symphony will be a ways off, and I'm fine with that.

NICK,
I do have AV5 and I didn't think of that. However, I typically like to adjust the tails differently for each position, but ... what you are saying is to line up a row of ER only AV5s that feed into a MAIN Non-ER/Tail Only AV5? interesting idea. Where have you seen this tip illustrated/talked about (I'd like to read more)?

Evan Evans

Ok, cool, I've been playing around with this and the results seem to be really good. Why though is this Martin Sprujeet recording used as the example for this thing? It sounds so bad. Am I the only one who enjoys a realistic hall sound? eeeek.

Evan Evans

I think there's an anti-reverb bias in continental Europe.

What's a "pupitre"?

Evan Evans

I think the Maarten example was a clear-cut-using-every-instrument-in-the-ensemble-in-order-to-show-off-the-features example. I really liked it; oftentimes with peoples' demos, I just want to hear the before & after because it can be very telling. Similarly, I really like the demo for Epic Horns on the VSL site that plays the full piece, and then just the horns by themselves.

The Maarten demo may not be Mozart, but it's effective.

My only criticism is that Maarten's demo doesn't have enough reverb. They're too refined in Europe. Slop it on, I say. []

And would Stravinsky have written what he wrote if Mozart hadn't come before him? [] What about Pergolesi? Was he more talented than Igor?

I really like Pergolesi.



Evan Evans

I am constantly amazed at the arrogance, entitlement, and absolute gall of some members.

Evan, after several years of watching your out-of-line, cocky, and incredibly rude postings on this board, I have to say that this one takes the cake.

You seem to be the only one so impressed with your own brilliance. Tell you what -- once you're as famous as you think you are, and as important to the world of film music as you think you are, and as much of a gift to the world as you think you are -- THEN you can cast judgment from on high on someone's tastes. I find your posts, especially this latest one, insulting.

I'd like to ask the room moderator if there's a way to put someone's posts on permanent "ignore"? I get a lot of great information out of these forums, and seeing people like Evan Evans on them really ruins the experience. Seriously, I'm disgusted.