Logic Space Designer
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- KVRian
- 755 posts since 12 Mar, 2004
Hi, mac users! Please tell me how many Space Designer instances can you run on a, let's say 1,5 G4. Just want to now how hungry this baby is. I'm considering on switching to mac and Logic so...
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- KVRian
- 649 posts since 30 Oct, 2004 from Brighton, UK
I don't have a G4 so I can't answer your question. Although Logic runs very well on any G4 or G5 because it is highly optimised for it.
Go to www.osxaudio.com and ask on their forums.
or
www.soundonsound.com and go to Mac Music.
Go to www.osxaudio.com and ask on their forums.
or
www.soundonsound.com and go to Mac Music.
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- KVRAF
- 13444 posts since 14 Nov, 2000 from Hannover / Germany
I wouldn't happen to have an answer either, but it's depending a LOT on the amount of RAM you have installed. On the powerbook of a friend (a 1.4 model I think, 512MB RAM) it's performing pretty much mediocre, if at all, while on the 2x2 G5s I'm using for my classes at the music conservatory (1024MB) it's really not a big deal to have a few of them in use - sorry, no exact figures, maybe I'm gonna do a test one day, but I haven't been running into much CPU issues on those machines yet at all.
And, having said that, do yourself a favour and don't get a single CPU Mac (unless you really want to go mobile). Better save some money and get a refurbished G4 DP or so (if you can't afford a G5).
If anything, Logic is the PERFECT host for dual CPU useage under OSX - the differences are just dramatic.
Amazingly enough, the differences between a G4 and a G5 aren't as huge as I expected them to be. Maybe the latest 2x2.5 G5 makes up for some more differences, but the 2x2 certainly isn't.
Just recently I've been working on a 2x1.25 and it was pretty much powerful.
And, having said that, do yourself a favour and don't get a single CPU Mac (unless you really want to go mobile). Better save some money and get a refurbished G4 DP or so (if you can't afford a G5).
If anything, Logic is the PERFECT host for dual CPU useage under OSX - the differences are just dramatic.
Amazingly enough, the differences between a G4 and a G5 aren't as huge as I expected them to be. Maybe the latest 2x2.5 G5 makes up for some more differences, but the 2x2 certainly isn't.
Just recently I've been working on a 2x1.25 and it was pretty much powerful.
There are 3 kinds of people:
Those who can do maths and those who can't.
Those who can do maths and those who can't.
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- KVRer
- 19 posts since 23 Jun, 2003
From SOS comparisons:
800Mhz G4:
2 instances of a 2 sec reverb (Space Designer)
Aprox 150 voices of EXS at 44.1Khz 24bit
2 Ghz G5:
32 instances of a 2 sec reverb (Space Designer)
Between 400 to 450 voices of EXS at 44.1Khz 24bit
There is more to find out in SOS articles, here are some:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan04/a ... ppleg5.htm
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar04/a ... enotes.htm
The idea that the G5 aren't a big difference from the G4 are quite bogus.
It comes down to what You are loading the machine with, disk streaming are not that much better on a G5 because the limitation is the disks not the CPU. And on the otherhand You can bring a G4 on it's knees with a softsynt that a G5 barley notice...
Janne
800Mhz G4:
2 instances of a 2 sec reverb (Space Designer)
Aprox 150 voices of EXS at 44.1Khz 24bit
2 Ghz G5:
32 instances of a 2 sec reverb (Space Designer)
Between 400 to 450 voices of EXS at 44.1Khz 24bit
There is more to find out in SOS articles, here are some:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan04/a ... ppleg5.htm
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar04/a ... enotes.htm
The idea that the G5 aren't a big difference from the G4 are quite bogus.
It comes down to what You are loading the machine with, disk streaming are not that much better on a G5 because the limitation is the disks not the CPU. And on the otherhand You can bring a G4 on it's knees with a softsynt that a G5 barley notice...
Janne
