Hi all,
this is the first test series we have made, more results will be published, when the second run is through (AMD dual core, P4 double core, IĀ“m trying to get a hold of the fastest machines I can find).
@Another User said:
What looks really worrying in the first instance is the max instances of VI achieved - 24 max. I have regularly used 100 EXS 24 instruments in a score now I know the VI's with their matrices reduce the requirement for channels. But in an orchestral line-up "Strings 5, Wind 7, Brass 6, Harp, Piano Percussion (4) and now we've run out before we think solo's, choirs, and all the other instruments often used.
In Logic on a mac if you run out of voices, RAM or CPU you can always freeze the most important thing you can complete the largest orchestrations on one computer.
If there is really a score limit of 24 staves (24 instruments) this could be an issue.
Let's hope the mac performances are a little more revealing when they are published.
Julian, you can make use of RAM Optimize to stay on the MIDI level, when your RAM reaches the limits. We would like to see the perfect orchestration computer that never runs out of RAM ourselves...
I canĀ“t wait to have the final figures for MAC as well, I just really want to make sure that everything is doublechecked, so that you know what it really looks like....
Thanks for your input, everybody!
Best wishes, Paul