What kind of barrier are you running into with your 1.3 GHz system
now? I'd think that would be good enough for most work. If I had a
system running at that speed, I think I'd be inclined to hold out a
little longer, and then just replace the whole computer. That's what
I've been saying about the 266 MHz system I have.


I'm getting rid of my digital mixer and outboard gear and mixing "in the
box"..I've done this a few times in the last few months and it is easier, and
sounds better I think.
I do HipHOp but also rock band demos and full projects using Samplitude 7.12.
With the freeze function in Samplitude there is really no overhead if I do
things a certain way..I really love the realtime room simulator reverb and need
to run 2 or more instances live until I get the mix tweaked and I just want to
give myself some breathing room and be stable for 6 months to a year...got a
lot of other outside work to do and want to streamline the process as much as
possible.
I need to keep my older drives as I have current projects on them ..trying to
do as simple a swap as I can. I need to add a DVD drive right away so I figured
a partial upgrade was worth the investment.


John A. Chiara
SOS Recording Studio
Live Sound Inc.
Albany, NY
www.sosrecording.net
518-449-1637