I've been doing as much research as I can and I'm about ready to go for the Octo 2.26 w/12GB ram. I'm using it mainly with Ableton Live an a buttload of 3rd party plugs such as Omnisphere, NI Kore 2, NI Komplete 5, and more. So whaddya think? I'm moving from a Powerbook G4 that I've had for the last 7-8 years, so I'm expecting to be impressed. Do you think this is a good choice for Live?
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Which Mac Pro for Ableton Live?
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No matter.I've using live6 on my mac pro 2.66G quadcore for a year.I don't see any problem on it.Mac pro is more than enough for most of software sound source,even NI massive.but one thing I have to notice,you have 12G of ram but you can only use 4G virtual memory for a single program,you know what I mean,do you?
A good musician should know how much thing you need to do.In the worst situation we can still freeze track.So don't need to worry about peoformance too much.
A good musician should know how much thing you need to do.In the worst situation we can still freeze track.So don't need to worry about peoformance too much.
No, he's saying you won't actually be able (ton? harhar) to use all 12 since Live is 32 bit (and can't access more then 4 gig).
If I were you, I'd just start with the stock RAM and see how much you use (you have iStat, right?), then see if you need to upgrade.
Then proceed to rock.
So what do those cheesy benchmarks (without any unit?!) mean exactly?
http://www.barefeats.com/nehal04.html
When we insert 8GB the 4GB are accessed by Live faster than 4GB will be accessed if we insert 6GB? Or the other way around?
Sorry, but those benchmarks look kind of useless to me..
http://www.barefeats.com/nehal04.html
When we insert 8GB the 4GB are accessed by Live faster than 4GB will be accessed if we insert 6GB? Or the other way around?
Sorry, but those benchmarks look kind of useless to me..
What about audio units running in Live.. propably each of those can access another 4 or 8 gig.
most of them not,they share with DAW.Some like EXS24 in logic or kontakt can direct access to HDD are exceptions.
I highly doubt that plugins like Reaktor will share the 4GB Live is using.
I think the decision is actually pretty easy:
6GB = 6 Slots used.. raplacing 6 Dimms when upgrading RAM.. no thanks
8GB = 4 Slots used but slower RAM access.. no thanks
12GB = faster RAM access and no need to upgrade anyway
I think the decision is actually pretty easy:
6GB = 6 Slots used.. raplacing 6 Dimms when upgrading RAM.. no thanks
8GB = 4 Slots used but slower RAM access.. no thanks
12GB = faster RAM access and no need to upgrade anyway
????
Plugins are opened within the app, and thusly subject to the ~4 gig limit.
Reaktor is more CPU intensive (compared to say, Akoustic Piano, which just has **** tons of samples) so it's maybe not the best example, but using lots of plugs is the main (audio related) reason for the push for 64 bit.
If you really want to know,you can use activity monitor to check how much memory you are using.When your virtual memory reach 4G....you will see.
I disagree. I have logic and live and find myself using only live nowadays. For dance music anyways. Live is just so incredibly creative for production in the studio, it's truly been an eye opener. And Live hardly ever crashes. Logic on the other hand
Can you explain the "slower RAM access" you mentioned?
I was thinking 8GB of RAM myself and wasn't aware this would be slower than 6GB?
Thanks
I disagree. I have logic and live and find myself using only live nowadays. For dance music anyways. Live is just so incredibly creative for production in the studio, it's truly been an eye opener. And Live hardly ever crashes. Logic on the other hand
Yeah, there's no doubt that Live is geared towards, well, playing live, but it can work as a regular DAW too. Maybe the UI's a little cramped, but it'd work.
Different strokes for different folks.
Thanks for the link.
the author doesn't seem "overly" excited about his new tower coming...
I got a macbook pro for years and it's the biggest pain in the world to plug that thing to my screen and to my soundcard and to the power supply each single day. And there's plenty of producers using Live on desktop machines. Actually everybody I know. Just because you can perform your music live with it, doesnt't mean you cannot produce complex tracks which need a lot of resources.