That's fine, Phil, so long as everyone appreciates that no all software is designed this way. Too many people are still using software such as Office 97, for example, where performance doesn't improve one iota. George. -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Phil Muir Sent: 12 April 2006 15:17 To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Upgrade Madness George, from my reading up on this, Sonar is written for duel core processor systems. Found this on: http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1784125 As said above Sonar5, ACID 6 and Podium (supports up to 32 processors). And got the item below from: http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.asp?m=432220&mpage=1%E9%B9%BF I think you should read what it does do already: SONAR's got possibly the best mult-processor (not just dual) support of any current DAW. Finally: http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.asp?m=660850&mpage=1&key=᧐ 50 Lots of discussion on that one about using Sonar 5 on a duel core AMD system. Not sure if they are using Sonar on the 64 bit version of Windows though. Obviously the 64 nbit version of Windows would be out for us at the moment. Regards, Phil Muir P J Muir Productions, Music and audio production, Mixing, Mastering: www.philmuir.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 2:33 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Upgrade Madness I hate to spoil the myth, but dual processors don't actually double the speed of your system without software which can make use of the process. Before investing in such a beast, check with your software manufacturer to see if their software is designed for dual processor use. You may find you are in for a few disappointments. George W F Bell Techno-Vision Systems Ltd -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Phil Muir Sent: 12 April 2006 13:14 To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Upgrade Madness Hi Chi!! You may want to consider upgrading your CPU to a duel core processor. Duel core processors are chips that have 2 processors on one chip. For example, if you had a duel core 3 gig then, in actual fact, you would have 6 gig of processing power. Regarding the 64 bit version of Windows, Jaws or, CT don't work on it at all. I am not sure if Jaws will ever be coded for the 64 bit version of Windows Xp. They may get around to coding it for vista though. Regards, Phil Muir P J Muir Productions, Music and audio production, Mixing, Mastering: www.philmuir.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chi Kim" <ms22282@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 1:28 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Upgrade Madness > Hi, > > I have a 2.9ghz intel cpu, 1gb ddr ram, and 2 300gb sata hard drives. > At first, I was doing small production like rhythm section plus vocal, and I had no problem in > terms of computer power. > But as I aproach my graduation from a music college, I found myself involved with bigger projects > such as dealing with studio orchestra with lots of additional tracks (rhythm section, synth, > voice, and so on). > My school provide record session at a professional commercial studio with protool, then I bring > the entire session on a hard drive and import on a sonar project that I've been already working on > with some midi tracks to be added with live recording. > When loading the heavy project, jaws started to become sluggish, and it caused drop outs > especially when inserting some indivisual effects for certain tracks and bus effects. > I'm using asio with 512 latency. I can't even think about 128 latency. it won't even start > playing. Just drop out before playback! > Anyways, I was thinking about upgrading my system, but I realized there are quite a few upgrades > coming up. > Sonar upgraded to 5.2, and jaws released public beta upgrade, and I believe windows vista is > coming out sometimes later. > Top of that, there's new jaws script for sonar from JSonar Development. > Not to mention, there's sibelius that I need to use to make scores for orchestra and so on. > Sibelius also upgraded. > I'm lost with all those near future stuff. What do you all think I should do? I'd appreciate all > of your oppinion. > thanks, > > PS: Does jaws and caketalking run on windows 64 eddition? > > > MS ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subjectúq] ** or send a message, to ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subjectúq] ** or send a message, to ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq