stonefree said:
Even if UAD released 64 bit drivers, the plug ins would still be 32 bit. From my understanding, there is little benefit (aside from access to more RAM) by using XP64 at this point.
Not sure when Vista will be ready for DAW work. The initial release will almost ceratinly be a mess and we'll probably have to wait until atleast SP1 to use in a DAW. Plus Vista is reported to be a major resource hog.
I've heard it incliudes a lot of "features" running in the background that may interfere with audio work, though I saw
this thread that suggest otherwise. All this is just my speculation of course.
Yes, this is talking point I think.
I've had my dual xeon system for over 3.5 years now. ( not bad going conidering I used to uprade my single cpu systems every year ).
I can still get projects done, but I'm increasingly rendering VSti's to audio. Mostly for RAM reasons really. And cpu usage is starting to edge close to the max.
I'm close to being ready to upgrade my DAW. Howevr I feel it's a crazy time to do it right now. I want the next DAW to least at least the next three years. Which means a dual-dual core at least, and they are still too expensive ( for me ) at the moment.
I would also like a 64bit OS, simply so I can access a decent amount of RAM. 2Gb ain't enough, and Cubase SX2 and SX3 have an annoying 1.3 top 1.7Gb memory limit anyway. Which means you can't even use the swap file.
Plus there's the issue of UAD-1 cards themselves. mobos with enough PCI slots can still be had, although they're getting rarer. I don't want to jump into a short term solution just for the UAD-1 cards. And what about the UAD-2. It can't be that far away now ( I'd be suprised if we don't see some kind of UAD-2 announcement this year ). Butr what format will it be in? PCIe? Firewire type serial bus?
The other reason for wanting a real powerful DAW is that I want to move on from recording at 44.1 and goto 88.2. I have the convertors, but my current DAW would never run a typical project at that sample rate.
with PCIe, 64bit, and even possibly host programs with 64bit float audio streams, I feel we're entering ( entered ) bit of a transition period right now.
So with all that stuff in mind, I'm gonna hang on in there with what I've got until things start to settle down again, and I know where the land lies.