Statistics: Posted by La Tenaille — 17 Sep 2008, 08:23
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thanks for the link
PS:unfortunately in french...
I know..sorry for those who don't understand french.PS:unfortunately in french...
Statistics: Posted by moody33 — 17 Jul 2008, 23:44
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I've find this webpage to optimize Vista if anyone want to take a look: http://zikmao.net/#/optimiservista/2718798 If you know other tips, let me know.
thanks for the link PS:unfortunately in french...
Statistics: Posted by senso — 17 Jul 2008, 08:14
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1-The Turbo Mode seems to Rock! At 50 % CPU under usine, if I engage it, i win near 10-13 % power ( CPU goes near 37 -40 %).
2-The TC electronic drivers are not good , even at 512 samples, lot of glitch. But I have a good 256 samples size latency with asio4all without any problem .
Statistics: Posted by moody33 — 16 Jul 2008, 23:00
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But if you can find a 9300, Memory 800 MHz, a and 4Go it better...
Thanks for advice Senso, but my budget was to small for a higher processor. I've buy the MSI GX600-62 yesterday. It have an overclock feature ( not test with usine yet).
I have better performance than ever . I'm still under Vista but I want to test it before passing a day or two to downgrade to XP ( I hate installing and searching drivers) . I've find this webpage to optimize Vista if anyone want to take a look: http://zikmao.net/#/optimiservista/2718798 If you know other tips, let me know.
I've also buy a TC electronic Konnekt 6. A little budget ( 250 euros) firewire sound card with great preamp ! My microphone is happy and my Ashbory Bass too! I really like the sound and the reverb include in it.
However, I've glitch under vista when buffer size is set to 256 samples. But it works quite well with Asio4all. I will make better test later.
I'm really thinking about XP...but I'm still asking myself if the Turbo Mode ( overclock feature )and the laptop in itself are compatible with XP ( I 'm not a geek master at the moment, I need to improve this part of me) .
I wish I could make good sound during my holidays ( far from cities and peoples , with the birds and the trees, the rocks and the silence ! ). If you know any beautiful nuns... give them my adress !
Statistics: Posted by moody33 — 16 Jul 2008, 22:04
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the 1 has too much screen resolution, for stage utilisation.
so the N°3?
But if you can find a 9300, Memory 800 MHz, a and 4Go it better...
Statistics: Posted by senso — 16 Jul 2008, 20:57
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My question is: is the graphic card is important regarding sound ( stupid question?) ? The MSI seems to have a beter graphic card but less cpu power. Any advice between these 3 laptop below? ( of course, I prefer a 15.4' screen, the last asus is 17').
1- ---- Asus M51SE-AS018C --------
* Processeur Intel® Core™2 Duo T8300,2.4GHz
* Chipset Mobile Intel® PM965 Express + ICH8M
* Mémoire 3 Go DDR2 667 MHz
* Disque dur 250 Go SATA
* Ecran 15.4" WXGA+ Résolution 1440x900
* Vidéo ATI Mobility™ Radeon® HD 3470
2--- MSI GX600-062 ---
* Intel® Core 2 Duo T8100 ,2.1 GHz
* Chipset Intel® 965PM Express
* Ecran 15.4' WXGA+ Cristal Bright Display (1280x800), compatible Dual View
* Vidéo NVidia® Geforce 8600M GT, 512 Mo VRAM, 1280 Mo Turbo Cache
* Disque dur 250 Go SATA 5400 tours/min
* Mémoire 3072 Mo (1x1024 + 1x2048) DDR2 SO-DIMM
* Graveur DVD Super Multi (+/-R; +/-RW; RAM) avec support double couche
3 ------Asus F7SE-7S036C --------
* Processeur Intel® Core™2 Duo T8300, 2.4GHz 3 Mo
* Chipset Mobile Intel® PM965 Express + ICH8M
* 3 Go DDR2 667 MHz (2Go+1Go)
* 250 Go SATA 5400 trs/mn
* 17' Color Shine (WXGA+ 1440x900)
* Vidéo ATI Radeon HD3470 256 Mo / 1024Mo HyperMemory
* Caméra de 1,3 mégapixels
* DVDRW Super-Multi Double Couche LightScribe
Edit : I add a laptop to the list: it doesn't have bluetooth...so bye bye wiimote !
----------Toshiba Satelite A200-25C ----------
* Processeur Intel® Core™2 Duo T8100,2.1GHz
* Mémoire 2 Go DDR2 667 MHz
* Disque dur 320 Go
* Graveur DVD Super Multi Double couche
* Ecran 15.4'' WXGA (1280x 800)
* Vidéo ATI Radeon HD2600
Thanks.
Statistics: Posted by moody33 — 14 Jul 2008, 11:41
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I'm now using Logic 8 under Mac OSX Tiger and love it; Mainstage makes me laugh, it's a nice toy but I'd swap the cool 3d interface with Usine's modularity every day, but since there is no concrete hope for a Mac version of Usine it will make do...
I'm still proud of having bought a Usine license, even though I don't use it now: Olivier needs all the support he can get!
Statistics: Posted by Golcondio — 07 Jun 2008, 15:38
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i will check this out
Statistics: Posted by noise2sine — 24 Apr 2008, 00:12
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on 2 vista pc ( one laptop ) , no problems here
sp1 has solved all problems for me , specially the slow copy for files , some drivers..
vista need ram , that's right but with 4 giga , it's ok
Statistics: Posted by nay-seven — 23 Apr 2008, 17:53
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Window vista or Xp pro ? the thing is that with my budget i can offord a laptop with 4gb ram but will i be able to use this 4Gb with XP pro? and if i use Vista ,will my software (usine,ableton live,and many freeware) will work? and the motu 828mkII driver? a friend of mine told me that if the host is working fine under Vista, all the plug ins will work too.
thank you!!!!
Statistics: Posted by noise2sine — 23 Apr 2008, 15:33
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I never used Mac, but then again I'd never buy a laptop that does not come with a clit/nub navigation. I'm just too much used to that... I can't handle touchpads.
Statistics: Posted by Igorrr — 16 Apr 2008, 17:08
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after many gigs since my last posting in this thread, I can confirm I now have a system that works rock-solid. A lot of the problems had to do with Motu Ultralite's poor Windows drivers but some of them are well known Windows-problems which could appear with other sound interfaces as well. I don't know if the firewire problems were fixed in Vista but there are hotfixes for XP. A lot of trouble was caused by interference from the WLAN card. I got far by disabling that.
I have the Santa Rosa MacBookPro with Bootcamp running XP.
From what I've heard "Vista is only now beginning to work as well as XP", for me this means I will continue to stay away from it.
Anyhow, I'd say you're safe to go MacBookPro and XP. Don't know what you're soundcard is but I can give you a whole rundown on fixes if you run into trouble...
Oh, and performance-wise: I'm more than happy with what I get - of course you can get a better-performance PC for the same bucks. But I'm happy.
antwan
Statistics: Posted by antwan — 11 Mar 2008, 11:39
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I just want to know if usine could work on a mac without cpu penalties! Is the new Mac os works better?
Thanks you.
Statistics: Posted by moody33 — 10 Mar 2008, 22:08
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http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/produ ... l=fr&s=bsd
some tests
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Del ... 316.0.html
and french language
http://www.jmax-hardware.com/index.php? ... mitstart=1
Statistics: Posted by damstraversaz — 10 Mar 2008, 21:42
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I'm really thinking about a mac. I definitly hate windows, but I can't imagine me making music without usine.... So my question is: anybody have made the test with the latest macbook , running XP Or Vista under Bootcamp?
You 're talking about firewire problem. Is this problem is solved running Vista under bootcamp?
Please, let me know. Thanks you a lot.
Statistics: Posted by moody33 — 10 Mar 2008, 20:34
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I've actually been struggling the last couple of days with the issues you mentioned. I got a second hand Ultralite in good condition for a good price, so I thought: that looks like a interface of my choice.
Only AFTER i bought it did I notice how the word was out all over the internet that MOTU is renowned for it's huge compatibility problems with Windows specifically.
Sure Windows has always been a challenge for all pro audio, also true that there are (among other things) firewire problems with XP SP2 etc, and Bootcamp too has problems of it's own...
But the Ultralite does cause a lot of similar headache also on dedicated PC machines.
I've just spent 3 days trying to get the Ultralite to work in any acceptable fashion and MIGHT be getting there. But I need to test it a lot more before I can say I've succeeded. If I do not succeed I might have to get rid of the interface... and probably get an RME because I am starting to believe that's the only rock-solid solution. We'll see. Anyway, you're not alone on that one - if you want to exchange experiences on getting the Ultralite to work, I'll be happy to.
antwan
Statistics: Posted by antwan — 27 Jan 2008, 18:37
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The test was made with the same driver (RME fireface):
1) download the pro version 2.52 or 2.501
2) unzip, run and change the setup to your sound card. The ASIO4All isn't good for test because there are a lots of fluctuations. So take your 'normal driver'.
3) play the demo in its basic form. Don't look at the global cpu load in the dashboard, because it's only a system average, not really precise.
4) now take a look into the 'Bassliner' and 'Draw Filter' patches and the cpu load of the patch.
5) you will notice some fluctuations, so you play the workspace and you try to get the minimum value of the patch cpu load during 1 minute.
resultsSo the macbook-pro isn't faster than the macbook and globally asus is twince faster than the mac.
I've tried and retried with a MacBookPro, and the results are in line with yours; also, my MoTU Ultralite suffers from crackles and random clicks in the audio streams: it seems that under Bootcamp the Firewire bus isn't managed properly and that would explain both the excessive cpu consumption and the fact that I get 16% CPU usage WITH USINE'S ENGINE TURNED OFF (should be 0% or nearly so).1) download the pro version 2.52 or 2.501
2) unzip, run and change the setup to your sound card. The ASIO4All isn't good for test because there are a lots of fluctuations. So take your 'normal driver'.
3) play the demo in its basic form. Don't look at the global cpu load in the dashboard, because it's only a system average, not really precise.
4) now take a look into the 'Bassliner' and 'Draw Filter' patches and the cpu load of the patch.
5) you will notice some fluctuations, so you play the workspace and you try to get the minimum value of the patch cpu load during 1 minute.
results
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bassliner draw filtermacbook 7400 1.20% 1.20%macbook pro 7400 1.20% 1.20%asus W1 7200 0.60% 0.60%The card doesn't lose sync on a dedicated windows laptop, doesn't lose sync on a MacBookPro under OSX, therefore I think it's an issue with Bootcamp, more than with the Mac itself.
Statistics: Posted by Golcondio — 27 Jan 2008, 11:43
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Statistics: Posted by Golcondio — 23 Jan 2008, 10:18
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as low as 0.82% with the draw filter
I'll try and do this with my girlfriend's macbook too...
Statistics: Posted by Golcondio — 22 Jan 2008, 23:50
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For 699 euros ( modèle d'expo )....
Statistics: Posted by moody33 — 22 Jan 2008, 21:19
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I was thinking about a Mac, but it's expensive for me, and if Mac is a cpu killer: no thanks!
I really need a good performance laptop. About the screen, I don't really know what I want because of my budget.
So the only thing I want to know is: what are my need in terms of dual proc since my workspaces are often running at 75-80% with an AMD one core 2.2 ( 3.2 Ghz) ? What about the bus frequency? 800 Mhz ?
What manufacturer are not recommended ? HP? Ionevo?Packard Bell?
I also need a sound card...I was thinking about the Onyx Satellite firewire by Mackie ( about 200 euros) .
So, I was thinking about 800- 900 euros for the laptop and 200 euros for the sound card.
My goal is to compose outside my home, and of course, giving performance with it. Sure, I want a stable machine above all....
The Toshiba seems ok, but a bit expansive for me.
About the Dell, I don't know what is the las Dell ! Could you give the reference?
Thanks you a lot for your advices, I'm really scared ! huhuhuu
Statistics: Posted by moody33 — 22 Jan 2008, 09:41
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