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  • Help me spend $7K properly

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    Hey guys, bike sold, got about $5K less than I wanted, but that's life:)

    I want to dedicate $7K to music...would like more but that's all I have.

    Unfortunately, out of that amount, I need samples (all Vienna) an 88 key keyboard (I'm going to get the MPK as I have the 49 and love it) and I also need to build a box to house all my samples in VEP. I'm running a quad iMac with 8Gb ram, and probably that will just be running Cubase when I'm done.

    So the questions:

    Should I build a Mac or PC for running all my samples and VEP? My concern is EWQL Symphonic Choirs is absolutely critical to me, like VSL stuff, and right now that doesn't work with the Mac. Does it work with Window 7/64? Is Play 3 going to fix the Max osx problem? I hope so!

    And for samples, I have only the Special edition, extended, plus Epic. I'll buy Plus, that's a given. I want Solo strings all articulations (I'm a guitar player), no matter what, and I want some hollywood style brass, and some high-pitched winds, solo, too (I like Vivaldi a lot, but I like so many differnt styles and composers that I'm lost. Capriccio Espangol from R-K is one of my very favourites, very different than a Vivaldi concerto!). 

    If I do this wrong I'll be out of money without getting all I want/need, so any input will be much appreciated.

    A list of what I have if it helps:

    Cubase 4 (on a Mac)

    VSL:

    VEP

    VIP

    Special Edition Extended

    Epic

    a choir but I don't use it often

    EWQL:

    Symphonic Choirs

    Ra

    The Dark Side

    Battery 3

    Absynth 5

    Superior Drummer 2 w/DFH

    Miroslav/sample tank.etc. the bundle from IK - I never use it

    Trilian and Trilogy

    Computer: as noted, mid-2010 iMac 27": with 1Gb 7200 rpm drive, 8GB ram. All other drives are stupid external FireWire, slow because my card (M-Audio 2626) doesn't support the faster speed.

    All suggestions welcome. 

    Shawn
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    Actually I also want to spend $1000 for lessons, because when I was young lessons made a huge difference in everything. Haven't taken classical lessons ever (just jazz/neoclassical/rock), but I know the basics...like what a key is, and the fact that a key is not something you stick in a door, musically-speaking. I get modes, timing, tempo, etc. but I don't get playing out of key at all. Also, I don't get lucky very often, but I don't have enough money for that...
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    Answering my own question. I got a new motherboard+i7 CPU/16GB ram/videocard for my Supermicro 2u server, will use my raptors for samples, and put VEP on it. The iMac will house only Cubase. 

    Passed on the keyboard, as I have MPK 49 but I noticed I also have an Oxygen 8 here so I can use that to trigger things. I'd like an 88 key keyboard but that's $1000 I don't absolutely need to spend.

    Also just bought the full PLUS, full solo strings, and Dimension brass. When my credit card recovers tomorrow (I have the cash here)  I'll get picollos and Vienna Suite.

    I hope I've thought this all out well, especially the slave. EWQL Wordbuilder doesn't work in VEP on my 10.6.7 so I hope it does with Win7/64 on the slave.

    Done! Yay!

    But now I'm flat stinking broke lol.

    Shawn