the stranger Posted January 3, 2001 Share Posted January 3, 2001 Ok, all you pros, will this system work? A Fostex VF-16 for the primary recording duties. The Steinberg Producer Pac/32, which is Cubase VST and Wavelab. The VF-16 has ADAT in and out. So with a suitable soundcard, will I be able to get the tracks from the VF-16 into Cubase for editing and mixing? Also, I have a PII 400mhz. I have 96megs of ram, at the moment. With the addition of a lot more ram and a dedicated hd for sound files, will my machine be able to run 16 tracks in Cubase? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curve Dominant Posted January 3, 2001 Share Posted January 3, 2001 >>With the addition of a lot more ram and a dedicated hd for sound files, will my machine be able to run 16 tracks in Cubase?<< 128MB RAM should work, but spring for 256 if ya got da bank. Smart man, gettin'the dedicated HD 4 sound files. Do ya really wanna get serious? Apple's slashing their prices due to excessive inventory. Get a grey & white Mac G4 w/duel processor, and put your dedicated HD in THAT spacecraft, & you'll be stylin'. The new version of Cubase is programmed to take advantage of the Alti-Vec duel processor in the G4 by assigning each new track to an alternate processor, cutting the computing time in half. Here's George Jetson, Baby!!! Eric Vincent (ASCAP) www.curvedominant.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderton Posted January 3, 2001 Share Posted January 3, 2001 Recording lots of tracks simultaneously is harder than playing them back. Recording 16 tracks is doable, but may stretch your system. I'd suggest a sound card with ADAT sync, not just the optical audio I/O, so if needed you can fly tracks over 4 or 8 at a time. And don't forget to defragment your drive! Oh yes, and go for 7200 or 10000 RPM models - you don't want a 5400 RPM type. Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curve Dominant Posted January 3, 2001 Share Posted January 3, 2001 I'll second all that. I thought the good Doktor meant "run" 16 tracks, not record them all simultaneously. Heavens, no, young man, don't ever try that on the little digital hookups we been disussing. But yeah, if ya talkin about recording bits at a time, you can "run" 16 tracks w/128RAM no problem. Eric Vincent (ASCAP) www.curvedominant.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copacapripacbell.net Posted January 3, 2001 Share Posted January 3, 2001 Hey all, and Happy New Year!! I must whisper in case my Mac hears me (7600w/G3 upgrade 266/1mb backside cache) I'm running Cubase 32 VST and I tranfered 16 tracks in one pass from my M20 ADATS last week no problem. My HD is a Seagate Barricuda 18GB. I'm also using MOTU 2408 system. ------------------ Cheers, L7 Copa Capri Recorders Hollyhood Productions Cheers, La Vida Musica Copa Capri Recorders Hollyhood Productions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 3, 2001 Share Posted January 3, 2001 Have you got the fostex yet? Are their any major limitations? Can tracks be downloaded with out a computer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderton Posted January 3, 2001 Share Posted January 3, 2001 >>(7600w/G3 upgrade 266/1mb backside cache) I'm running Cubase 32 VST and I tranfered 16 tracks in one pass from my M20 ADATS last week no problem. My HD is a Seagate Barricuda 18GB.<< FYI, in general, the bigger the hard drive, the faster the access. I suppose that's because the tracks are squeezed closer together, so the head doesn't have to move as far? Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stranger Posted January 3, 2001 Author Share Posted January 3, 2001 Ralphed@indy.net, I downloaded a .pdf document that was a very good overview of the VF-16. http://www.fostex.co.jp/int/pdf/vf16.pdf The VF-16 seems like quite a bargain, really. Craig, So even if I record 16 tracks with the VF-16, bringing them into Cubase would be "recording" them, rather than just doing a file transfer? The machine is set up for scsi backup. IE: .wav file export and import. It also has the adat interface for importing/exporting adat compatable material. I'm really wanting to keep my recording on the hardware side of things, but be able to do mixing and editing on the computer side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curve Dominant Posted January 4, 2001 Share Posted January 4, 2001 One thing we can all concur on is that ya need a big hard drive with a lot of RAM. Eric Vincent (ASCAP) www.curvedominant.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderton Posted January 4, 2001 Share Posted January 4, 2001 >>So even if I record 16 tracks with the VF-16, bringing them into Cubase would be "recording" them, rather than just doing a file transfer? The machine is set up for scsi backup. IE: .wav file export and import.<< Well, if you can export each track as a wav, it's a whole different deal. Most likely you could just import them into the Cubase audio pool, and take off from there. Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stranger Posted January 4, 2001 Author Share Posted January 4, 2001 One thing we can all concur on is that ya need a big hard drive with a lot of RAM. Valuable insights like these will be gained from the worthwhile purchase of "Thriving In Obscurity", the #1 bestseller from the master author of the bestselling series "Music For Dummies". Sorry, Curve. I just read that other thread and couldn't resist. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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