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@Beaswax said:
I'm asking to see how long it will take to work out the kinks before I buy into the library.
@musos said:
For me, a big setback with the Quad G5 is the fact that there is a completely new slot (PCIe = PCI extended) format. This means that NO existing PCI or even PCIx audio cards will work in these new machines. So, the only realistic audio option is an external firwire system.
An article in the recent issue of Sound on Sound has representatives from all the majors (RME, MOTU, Edirol, Yamaha etc) all saying that they are not rushing towards this new format, so we may not see PCIe soundcards for a long time yet.
Just curious - what are current Quad owners using for audio?
Regards - Colin
for me at the moment the Quads were never designed for audio in the first place - more to do with the graphics people.
@mpower88 said:
Good prayer Guy. I think you'll be alright perhaps a few hiccups remember not to panic! have paper bags at the ready...
The only problem with the quads I think is the lack of PCI interfaces but that's not a problem for you, and I think you will find that besides the possible few initial bumps over the first few weeks getting things set up (remember to save often and backup often especially projects) - you should do really well with the quad. Having said that, you may well have no problems at all. Logic is Apple, updates would be very forthcoming for any initial problems, and VSL will be right on top of any probs with the VI and quads/g5's so again very little downtime if any I would expect any major issues to be sorted out within days/weeks if there are any. Perhaps I will eat my words? I don't think so nobody can tell the future but that's what I think anyway.
A tip: skip the bread and learn a yogic breathing exercise to transform the positive ions from the back of the fan of your G5 into glucose and proteins (using your nose to breath in the air flow) then you won't need to eat at all except as a luxury, steal a few multivitamin pills from a friends cupboard they won't notice. You may even be able to contact spiritual beings after a time who can instruct you on your music and provide lottery numbers on occasion perhaps even in sequence. [:O] learn to write music without sleeping. seriously though positive ions are bad for your health! [*-)] [*-)]
Seriously seriously though the one thing you WILL NEED to watch out for and be very careful about is which audio interface you choose because they can be very slow in releasing drivers with new release hardware problems and could leave you stuck. Don't buy anything that you aren't sure works with the G5 quad + Logic + VSL it should ideally be a firewire interface with coreaudio drivers. Even the Metric Halo that I own - I mean, sometimes it's months before they release a fix for major problems, although everything is good now.
@DG said:
I think that the Multiface is a little bit cheaper, and I've had no problems with it.
DG