Tracktion on a Celeron M laptop?
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- KVRer
- 1 posts since 15 Dec, 2005
I do realize that a Celeron M is not a good choice for audio work (and that's probably an understatement), but what kind of performance could I expect using Tracktion on this platform? Memory would be somewhere near 1gig with an external 7200rpm usb drive. My needs are modest - I'd like to be able to do up to 16 tracks of audio, very few plugins, perhaps a VST drum machine like RMIV. Would even this level of performance be possible?
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- KVRist
- 261 posts since 31 Oct, 2003
I use Tracktion 1 on my 1.5 GHz Pentium M laptop without any trouble. I rarely use 16 tracks of audio, though I think it would not be a problem. If your'e thinking of a laptop, you should really consider buying a proper mouse with a scrolling wheel to make editing easier..
Edit: Sorry, I did not see the word "celeron" till now.
Edit: Sorry, I did not see the word "celeron" till now.
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- KVRist
- 420 posts since 30 Apr, 2004 from grand rapids, michigan
good audio performance has more to do with hard drive specs and amount of ram than processor horse power. a celeron M should work fine for your needs, especially the newer ones as azzurro said. hell, i have a sempron 64 2800+ desktop with a gig of ram and a sata drive that i can push pretty darn hard with VST's in FL5 or Tracktion... not quite an apples to apples comparison, but better than nothing i suppose 
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- KVRAF
- 3158 posts since 2 Jul, 2005 from Stuck in the closet
I use a Celeron for audio work now. My Celeron is 2.6ghz, and between this and my old Pentium IV (which was 2.8ghz) I've noticed only a 2-5% difference in CPU when using VSTs. I don't use Tracktion, I use Cakewalk, but I still don't think you'd have a problem.
Edit: I just saw you were using a laptop.
Not sure what difference there'd be, though.
Edit: I just saw you were using a laptop.
Not sure what difference there'd be, though.Mizutaphile.
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- KVRer
- 5 posts since 14 Jun, 2002 from Canada
You guys are comparing desktop chips to laptop chips. This isn't a bad thing, but there are some details to be addressed:
Everyone thinks that there is some 'stigma' with the Celeron name. On the desktop, they do perform worse than their Pentium counterparts, but the high clock speeds and plenty of RAM can do wonders when making up for a lack of on chip cache.
However, in the mobile world, the Celeron Ms are actually, for all intensive purposes, the same thing* as their Pentium M counterparts. So there's no performance loss to worry about.
*There are a couple of differences. Some Celeron Ms don't have as much cache. But the later ones do. Anyways, things like speed throttling aren't available with the Celeron Ms, but, if anything this will only improve performance. Some extensions also are not available, but I doubt that that plays a large role.
Everyone thinks that there is some 'stigma' with the Celeron name. On the desktop, they do perform worse than their Pentium counterparts, but the high clock speeds and plenty of RAM can do wonders when making up for a lack of on chip cache.
However, in the mobile world, the Celeron Ms are actually, for all intensive purposes, the same thing* as their Pentium M counterparts. So there's no performance loss to worry about.
*There are a couple of differences. Some Celeron Ms don't have as much cache. But the later ones do. Anyways, things like speed throttling aren't available with the Celeron Ms, but, if anything this will only improve performance. Some extensions also are not available, but I doubt that that plays a large role.
