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  • slave computer specs

    I've been reading about setting up a slave computer. Without going into the whole subject at once I'll ask a few questions first. BASIC SETUP: 2 I7 950 computers (1 master and 1 slave) with 24 gigs ram each. QUESTION 1: I am assuming the slave only needs a motherboard, processor,ram and hard drives (SSDs) and a LAN connection. Nothing else. TRUE?

  • You will need a monitor or a KVR switch. The SSD drives won't give you much space. Slave will pretty much need everything your master does minus the processing power. I wouldn't go overboard on the chip as it won't really get used. Unless I suppose you are doing other things than pure sample streaming

  • The software I'd be using is Sonar X1 as DAW, all 3 of Spectrasonics apps, Kontakt 4 (nothing heavy here) and VSL SE+ (may add Orchestral String 1). I want to stay 64 bit with everything.(waiting for Altiverb 7) or will possibly use MIR. I don't know what the best software/drive arrangement is for this set up.........?

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    @BadOrange said:

    . The SSD drives won't give you much space.

    I have SE + Appassionata I and all downloaded inst on a raid of 3 x 64 Gb ssd


    MacBook Pro M3 MAX 128 GB 8TB - 2 x 48" screen --- Logic Pro --- Mir Pro 3D --- Most of the VI libs, a few Synch... libs --- Quite a few Kontakt libs --- CS80 fanatic
  • I probably could get by on one computer. I wouldn't be using a bunch of Spectrasonics sounds with a big load of VSL anyway. 2 different genres.