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  • VE Pro and Mac Pro 2008

    J
    J

    Is my early 2008 Mac Pro 8 core machine compatible with the latest VE Pro and MIR, or do I have to upgrade the hardware to the latest Mac? I'd rather not do that just yet, since Apple are this year probably going to release a significant upgrade to their Mac Pro line.
  • PaulP
    VSL Team
    PaulP
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    Hi jrm1,

    I´d say, check it out with a free demo license! MIR PRO will only work with a few channels though, here are the actual minimum system requirements for MIR PRO.

    And here´s a thread that explains how to test both VE PRO 5 and MIR PRO, step by step [:)]

    Best,

    Paul

    Paul Kopf Head of Product Marketing, Social Media and Support
  • J
    J

    I have only 10Gb RAM in this Mac Pro. It's either buy more RAM for a computer that's pretty old (2008) or buy the latest Mac today, knowing that the Sandy Bridge version is coming this year....frustrating.
  • PaulP
    VSL Team
    PaulP
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    Hi,

    You could always add a powerful PC slave machine for much less than a new Mac Pro....

    Best,

    Paul

    Paul Kopf Head of Product Marketing, Social Media and Support
  • D
    D

    Yep, check out the demo and see how it goes. Like you said, you'd definitely have to get more RAM, though, because MIR eats up a good chunk before you even get to loading samples. I have a top of the line 2008 Mac Pro that I used to do everything in, but with the release of MIR Pro, I added a PC slave as Paul suggests. For the cost of a decent new Mac Pro, I built a ridiculously powerful 12-core Xeon machine with SSDs that I use only for VSL and GVI, while still running my sequencer, live audio and other virtual instruments on the Mac just like before.
  • B
    B
    I have the exact same Mac Pro. I have no problem with VEP or VIP.
  • G
    G

    I have that same machine and have recently pondered all the upgrade options as well.

    In the end I increased my RAM to 24G and bought a MacMiniServer (Quad i7 with 16Gig RAM and SSDs) to be a slave.  The MacPro upgrade options are hella-expensive, but once you've got one, slaving one or more MacMiniServers with VEP is very cost effective and works beautifully.