Re: Re:Sound Quality

So the latency thing is not a problem when tracking live? How does it  
compare to TDM? I'm confident that the sound quality is great using  
Native but the latency issue is what concerns me.  What is your  
experience?

Thank You,

Jan
On Jan 14, 2009, at 2:27 AM, Richard G. Mitchell wrote:

> Hi Bryan
>
> Sadly - I am no longer a TDM user and have jumped ship to Logic 8 on
> an 8 Core Big Mac with 10 gig of RAM in the summer (not without long
> nights of worry and stress about the move!).
>
> I haven't had any contribution here for some time but still receive
> the group mail just to see how things are going.
>
> For many years I was a huge fan of this beastly combo. This group
> often had 30 or 40 entries daily! There was always a discussion
> somewhere about the 2 differences in sound quality ........ my
> memory suggests this was never resolved and that we a had arguments
> for both camps. Perhaps there was no difference?
>
> However ...... I've just finished my first 5.1 score on the new
> system (Logic "naked") ..... recording real orchestra & choral
> elements in other studios then extra soloist musicians here at my
> place + the usual VSL/Kontakt 3 /ESX24 type sampler plugins etc.
>
> Nothing that I worked on in 5.1 during my entire time with Logic/TDM
> comes close to the precision of sound quality in the new Logic 8
> simply working on board the Mac. I do realise that 5.1 is slightly
> more demanding in terms of phase as you have 6 channels not 2 but I
> should have though this was a good indication. I work on movies using
> huge jigsaw puzzles of audio and midi entailing many many cut an
> paste 5.1 stems ......... my largest track count importing 5.1 mixes
> back in and re-mixing this time would probably be around 30. (that's
> 180 channels of audio)
>
> Yet I have many famous friends all hanging onto their Protools rigs.
> Some even as we speak advertise boldly that they run everything on
> Logic and yet I know they still get their engineers to export
> everything as audio to Protools to mix.(but somewhat unfairly Apple
> do have their endorsement) When you talk to the engineers that are
> given the inane task of carrying out these operations ...... they
> tell you that there is NO reason technically ....... simply that the
> mega stars are worried that they might be seen to be acting un-
> professionally ....... "this Logic 8 and a big mac thing is for semi
> - pros" ........ BOLLOCKS ......... it's stable - it rocks.
>
> THE FEAR is that kids in bedrooms all over the world had our fully
> professional wonderful platform delivered in their Chritsmas stocking.
>
> That isn't to say it doesn't work though. If you need to run both
> large midi and audio sessions, it works ........ the latency thing is
> very copable with ......... not what most expect.
>
> Anyone with £2000 (uk pounds) should seriously consider the
> possibility of running Logic Naked. (...... or at least go somewhere
> and have a test run) It's been a huge catharsis for me ....... my
> eureka moment ......... freedom at last.
>
> Best
> Dick
>
>
> 



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