Man what a sweet configuration! May the peace of God that passes all understanding guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus God Bless You! email neville@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Website http://www.nevillepeter.com phone number 407-222-4488 _____ From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sean A. Cummins Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 9:31 AM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: minimum computer requirements for sonar 8.5 John, I'm currently using an Intel I7 Quad core, 2.9 GHz with the Intel x58 chipset. 6 Gb, triple channel memory, ASUS P6T Deluxe, 3 Western Digital Raptor 10000 RPM drives, with a 1Tb bulk storage drive. I use a SoundBlaster PCI X-FI for JAWS and the Tascam FW 1884 with the Digimac 96K ADAT, for 16 simultaneous audio channels, with 4 MIDI inputs all recording at the same time plus 3 Dimension Pro soft synths and a dozen or so plug-ins with no drop-outs, and I mean NO drop-outs at all! It took me 4 years to get to this place, but all the major DAW builders are using this configuration . The OS is currently vista Ultimate 64, but I have been testing Windows 7 for 3 or 4 months now, and it is worth the upgrade. Versions of Sonar I'm using are Sonar 8.31 both 32 and 64, and Sonar 8.51, both 32 and 64 bit. Hope this helps. Sean ----- Original Message ----- From: John Fioravanti <mailto:fioresq1@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 4:45 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: minimum computer requirements for sonar 8.5 I don't want to do that at this time. Would you stay with the dual rather than the quad? ----- Original Message ----- From: Sean A. <mailto:seanacummins@xxxxxxxxx> Cummins To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 7:42 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: minimum computer requirements for sonar 8.5 Upgrade to Windows 7 at the same time. Sean ----- Original Message ----- From: John Fioravanti <mailto:fioresq1@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 3:12 AM Subject: [ddots-l] minimum computer requirements for sonar 8.5 Hi: I'm using a Pc with the following spects with sonar 6 and am going to upgrade. processor amd afnold 64 processor 3500plus 2.25 gigaherts, ram 1 gig. I was going to upgrade to quad core; however, someone who knows what he is talking about posted a message on the midimag list which read: " Hey, the only problem not is that quad cores aren't really supported right by xp 32 bit, I understand that two cores is really only used, and with 64 bit, which will be king sometday, but for now, many dxi synths and effects won't work, so for now, better do dual boot or wait till 64 bit grows up and everyone catches up. Any thoughts on this? John Fioravanti No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.420 / Virus Database: 270.14.4/2416 - Release Date: 10/06/09 06:50:00