KVR Audio

steph · Post by **steph** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 9:00 pm

hi,

I know I've been quite distracted, been busy, and I just learned that there is a logic pro 6, and it is still on os 9, ant it has just been updated.

I own logic gold 6 and a powerbook g4 titanium 1ghz (which means it still runs os9 on boot). so I guess logic pro 6 could be the last host advance that my computer can take, since Logic on osX is kind of glitchy here and more for a G5 or something.

Since logic pro 7 (os x only) came out since, my question is, is there any chance I can still get logic pro 6 for my powerbook?..

thanks.

jones-y · Post by **jones-y** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 9:06 pm

You can try americanmusical.com They still have it on the books. But first check to see if you can still register and authorize it.

BTW, I'm on a Quicksilver 933, and Logic 6 Pro (and platinum for that matter) runs just fine for me. What kind of problems are you having?

steph · Post by **steph** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 5:58 pm

you mean on osX?

as I add instrument and effects plugins, the audio starts glitchering or stuttering or whatever quite sooner than on os9.

I have 512 of RAM. what about you?

how far can you get with logic, in terms of plugins and tracks?

jones-y · Post by **jones-y** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:07 pm

Oh ok. You are referring to the fact that OS X uses more system resources than OS 9. True indeed.

I never did any benchmarks, but Os X was always slower than OS 9 for me. Less effects, tracks, and instruments. But it has gotten better as OS x has progressed (panther is way better than Jaguar, but still slower than OS 9).

I'm running Panther 10.3.5 on a G4 933, with 1024MB and 2 HDD's (60 and 120). If there are any specific tests you'd like me to run, I'll do them when I have some spare time...

There is an article ( http://emusician.com/mag/emusic_tracking_big_cats/ ) that deals with optimizing OS X for audio. I haven't applied its suggestions yet, so I can't vouch, but the author did come up with some very impressive stats in his b4/after comparison.

steph · Post by **steph** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:15 pm

great info!!

truth is I havent installed logic on panther. Ill try it out.

Thanks for help and benchmark offering!

by the way, how is logic pro 7 in terms of speed?

jones-y · Post by **jones-y** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:05 pm

Don't have it yet

I hear various things, some say its faster, some say its slower, some say its about the same. But I think the prevailing opinion is that its about the same, but maybe a pinch faster than Logic Pro/Platinum 6 OS X version.

jones-y · Post by **jones-y** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:06 pm

You should hang out at http://OSXAudio.com. Plenty of good info there, as well as a great number of Logic users.

DHR53 · Post by **DHR53** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:53 pm

Logic 7 is much faster interface wise... I'm running it on a Dual G5, and it seems to go a lot quicker dropping menus etc. The cpu usage seems higher, but that may be just the scaling on the cpu meter being different from 6.4 to 7.0?? There are a lof of new features and interface tweaks, but I suspect it uses a lot more system resources... New instruments are truly awesome, but wack the cpu... I haven't really hammered it yet, but the dual processor use will probably offload some of the hit!

logic pro 6 : last mac os 9 advance?