[ddots-l] Re: Lap top suggestion
- From: "Dan Rugman" <danrugman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 10:39:27 -0000
MessageCaglar, JS is right about the display settings for CT and Sib Speaking.
SS needs 16 bit colour and CT 32. This is only a problem if your planning to
run them both at the same time, which is difficult as it is, because Sibelius
gets very stroppy about MIDI settings. If you only use one followed by the
other then you just have to reconfigure the display modes.
There are two ways to work around this. The first is to get JSonar, which can
work on 16 or 32 bit colour, and use that whenever you need to run Sibelius and
Sonar with out rebooting. The big difference between JSonar and CT is that
JSonar gives you Sonar as it comes out of the box, whilst CT adds a lot of
extra functions which can make things easier (although JSonar has a few options
for scrubbing and moving the now time in small steps from the keyboard which CT
would be well advised to implement). You could always install two versions of
JAWS, one with CT and one with JSonar.
The other is to use Sibelius without any scripts, which is not as difficult as
you might think. It doesn't give you the same feed back as SS and I'd only
chance doing it this way on simple pieces, but if you just need to do basic
stuff like note entry and putting dynamics and lyrics in then you don't need
any scripts. Obviously, if you needed to do serious work on a score, you'd
have to use the scripts with 3 but this does give you a way of working around
the display modes.
I know this sounds like a bit of a fiddle but its better than buying a second
laptop, and certainly cheaper.
Regarding the laptop - you don't need to worry about Sibelius, that'll run on
almost anything. The problem is Sonar.
It really depends on what kind of work you'll be doing. If your likely to be
pushing the machine hard then you'll have to spend a lot on a good one. You
should try to get one with two hard drives and as much RAM and processor power
as possible. You should also consider getting one with a full sized keyboard.
There a little bigger and heavier but you might find that preferable to
carrying a PC keyboard around with you, since you'll need it to run Sib
Speaking and Sonar.
As for which type of processor you should go for - the juries still out on this
one. From what I've been able to glean over the years, Athlons have a lot of
number crunching potential which makes them good for batch processing.
Pentiums, on the other hand, are good at streaming which makes them better for
real time operations like recording and effect processing. I know that a lot
of the big companies that sell specialised audio PCs use Pentiums over Athlons.
Still, I'm sure that everyone else will have different views on this one.
Hope this helps,
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: John Sanfilippo
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 5:32 AM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Lap top suggestion
Well, as of right now and what I understand, screen access to Sonar requires
one resolution setting, while screen access to Sibelius requires another screen
resolution setting. So having both softwares on one machine and having to
swithch between them is going to be, somewhat inconvenient.
Someone chime in and correct me if I'm wrong here.
One solution might be to get a fairly standard laptop for your Sibelius
machine, and be very careful about getting another very suped up laptop with
quality components for your Sonar machine.
Just my thoughts.
js
-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of A. Caglar Arsu
Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 00:14
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Lap top suggestion
Hi guys,
I am planning to get a new Lap top. What should I be careful with
while choosing the new lap top to be able to use it properly with Jaws, Sonar
and Sibelius? Thanks for any suggestions in advance.
Merry Christmas
Caglar
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