Re: Moving to Logic Pro... have some questions
- From: rakmanenuff <rakmanenuff@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:18:41 -0800 (PST)
On Nov 20, 6:42 pm, Alex <alex.escala...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi, guys, thanks for your attention.
I am evaluating moving from PC/Windows/Cubase to MacPro/Logic at the
end of the year. I have a problem with my recent setup: a nasty bug on
NVidia NF4 chipset renders my current machine unusable for audio, tho
it was supposed to be a BIG machine (Athlon 64 3200, 2 GB of RAM).
Performance is horrible. I can't use more than 10 tracks with the
usual plugins (EQ, compression, normal effects) without my CPU
indicator in Cubase going to the top, making everything slugish. And I
am not doing anything extraordinary: Battery 3, synths for bass, pads
and keys, several audio tracks for guitars, main and backup voices,
doubling, etc. And then reverb, delay, some vintage emulation stuff,
etc.
I would like to know what performance could I expect from a new Mac
Pro (desktop) with 2 GB of RAM and Logic Pro 8.
Ah... and I have an M-Audio FW-410.
Any feedback would be appreciated...
That should give u quite a lot of action, but one thing to bear in
mind is that the plug-ins keep getting better and more cpu-hungry as
the machines improve.
If you get into convolution and use the space designer a lot you can
get some awesome sounds, not only the most amazing reverbs but all
kinds of amps, compressors, consoles etc. The only thing convolution
doesn't seem to do well is overdrive/distortion, for that you need amp
modelling, same thing with "softsat", the pleasing analog saturation
emulation u can get on a tc powercore for instance. The space designer
sounds great, better than other plug-ins, but eats processing like
mad.
The Apple graphic EQ is of lower quality than the Logic EQ, more of a
grainy sound, but takes less processing. Logic's channel EQ is ok, not
the best ever compared to SSL nuendo, Mackie digital 8bus or something
like that, but not bad. And the match EQ, same as freefilter but
better, is very useful if u use it in a sensible way.
With the freeze function, however, you can get round the problem of
too much processing, and on that Mac u should also be able to
distribute processing to other computers, if that ever becomes an
option.
U could use lower quality EQ on your drums and bass, and higher
quality EQ on your vocals for instance, and bounce or freeze some of
the larger reverbs like cathedrals or tunnels etc.
Sounds like a good investment, if u ask me. I can't afford to upgrade
my computer every 3 years, so I'm still on my old G4 upgraded to dual
1.2, but if I could I would.
Macs seem a little easier to use than PCs, but there aren't quite as
many free programs available. Logic is cool, the new upgrade a bit
more efficient than the older ones, but you might miss some of the
better functions from Cubase, like the quantize presets (the logic
ones don't groove like the cubase ones) or some of the cool vst
plugins for instance. But if u know your stuff u can get those jobs
done in Logic too, so you're not losing anything really, only gaining.
.
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