@mpower88 said:
.... On a quad intel, with 16gigs of ram the problem is ram access not cpu anyway, you could just run your system on a lower buffer setting -seems worth it to be able to access all that ram...
Miklos.
That sort of reinforces something that has been at the back of my mind for a long time.
We have clearly reached a technological impass of sorts when some aspects of hardware meet or exceed the demands of software while other necessities of code structure prove to be counter productive. As long as VI users are willing to buy and sustain a network of comptuers then it may not be a problem.
But at some point, something has got to give-- the need alone will force a change sooner or later-- always does.
So maybe users of orchestral VIs represent a minority of computer users, but the term Pro User as far as the Mac Pro is concerned is in a strange way doing as much to alienate users as it attracts them.
The Cube is an awesome accomplishment-- its sound exceeds anything believed to be possible on a computer, imho. We're just in a bit of a 3GB limbo for a while yet.