Re: Thinking of dumping PT HD and going with Symphony 64 PCI-e and two 8-cores...

Unfortunately Lee I can't talk you out of it. I will probably follow  
your lead with the exception of keeping my old PT rig, computer with  
slimmed down 192's. I have years of music and scores from TV shows  
recorded on that system that I  may need to recall. I think a major  
point is whether or not you need to have PT on your system. In the TV  
and film world almost every dub stage has a PT system. Many things to  
consider.

JS
On Jan 26, 2009, at 11:37 AM, Blaske Lee wrote:

> It's time to upgrade the DP 2.5 G5 running my PT HD6 rig with two
> Accel cards (2 regular and 2 digital Digi 192 interfaces). It's
> obviously going to be a significant investment, and I'll also need a
> new PCI-e to PCI Magma chassis. I run this system along with four
> additional PC's (several years old) and one additional Mac for
> virtual instruments, and a large sample library (Full VSL, EWQLSO,
> etc.). In short, when everything's on, I've got a real machine shop
> going (fortunately, it rages away in a machine room).
>
> Now...
>
> I just watched all the videos on the Apogee site on their new
> Symphony 64 PCI-e system, and how you can link up two Macs. For my
> studio needs, 16 analog i/o's would be fine. That's what I've got now
> with my PT rig.
>
> Here's the link to the page with the three videos...
>
> http://www.apogeedigital.com/products/symphony.php
>
> At this point, I'm REALLY impressed with this new Apogee system. I
> work all the time in Logic, so I don't need PT. I'm thinking making
> the switch to Logic native, using this new system, plus an additional
> computer for VSL, etc. (i.e. two 8 core Maces to replace everything
> I'm running now) would make my life a LOT more simple, and give me a
> much more powerful, crash-free and stable system.
>
> I've got nice analog front-end stuff, and I never track through plug-
> ins, so I'm thinking the 1.6 ms latency will be fine. I also expect
> that having two Macs linked via Symphony would tighten up all my
> virtual stuff a great deal. I'd love to be able to do all the things
> I can't now do with Logic because of PT (e.g. fast off-line bounces,
> automatic rendering of all session tracks, really snappy plug-in
> instanciation, no more waiting for PT to boot, a lot less spinning
> beach ball watching, no more fan noise from four Digi 192's in the
> control room, lower monthly electric bill, etc.).
>
> Let's face it, PT HD is getting old. Now might be a good time to
> liquidate and get some money out of the system before Digidesign
> comes out with something new, and the value of PT HD hardware drops.
> The next PT system transition is going to be really painful, since
> Motorola DSP is at the end of the line, and whatever they move to
> next will mean that a lot of TDM plug-ins will most likely fall by
> the wayside.
>
> The more I think about this, the more it seems like a no-brainer.
> With what I can still get for the Digidesign stuff I stiff have, the
> transition will probably not be that expensive.
>
> Somebody try to talk me out of this.
>
> Do your best. ;)
>
> Lee Blaske
>
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