Ugh.

I upgraded a few months ago from a 1 gig athlon w/ 562 mb of ram (because of clipping) to a now 2.0 AMD Athlon 3000+ w/ 562 MB of ram.. Now it's a bit better but I still run into problems when I have 5-6 vst's going in cubase (with effects) and my sample's loaded as well. I should've probably gone higher but thats all that I could afford at the time.

I'm planing on upgrading again because I really can't stand the clipping... What should I get next time so that I won't run into problems? Any suggestions?


BTW I am using an Audiophile 2946 as soundcard.

- Rodas

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use the search or go here

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Originally posted by davedresden i suggest getting the gabriel & dresden prog-a-minute. in 3 easy steps you too could change the face of dance music. batteries not included. - dave

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Originally posted by Vizay use the search or go here

I don't mean to be an ass. But I did use "search" and yes, my specific request / discussion I wanted to bring up it didn't.

Thanks for the link. I'll definitly check it out.

Anymore suggestions are welcome.

- Rodas

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no worries, that one might be a bit tricky to find if all you know is that you want to upgrade your computer (that's why I include the link )

no offense taken

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Originally posted by davedresden i suggest getting the gabriel & dresden prog-a-minute. in 3 easy steps you too could change the face of dance music. batteries not included. - dave

dual amd opteron 250s.

2 gb corsair xms ram.


there u go man.

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Originally posted by Sirocco dual amd opteron 250s. 2 gb corsair xms ram. there u go man.

what a GREAT idea to recomend thoose corsair memorysticks for that processor. They are not ECC and will therefore probably not work with the opteron system.

Sirocco don't suggest things to people without doing some research first.

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Originally posted by davedresden i suggest getting the gabriel & dresden prog-a-minute. in 3 easy steps you too could change the face of dance music. batteries not included. - dave

well i dont have pc tech written on my forehead but its a general idea

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Originally posted by Rodas I'm planing on upgrading again because I really can't stand the clipping... What should I get next time so that I won't run into problems? Any suggestions? BTW I am using an Audiophile 2946 as soundcard. - Rodas

buy a apple

i just ordered:

amd64 3500+ (socket 939)
1gm ddr
radeon x850pro (pci express)
m audi 2496
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Originally posted by Rodas Ugh. I upgraded a few months ago from a 1 gig athlon w/ 562 mb of ram (because of clipping) to a now 2.0 AMD Athlon 3000+ w/ 562 MB of ram.. Now it's a bit better but I still run into problems when I have 5-6 vst's going in cubase (with effects) and my sample's loaded as well. I should've probably gone higher but thats all that I could afford at the time. I'm planing on upgrading again because I really can't stand the clipping... What should I get next time so that I won't run into problems? Any suggestions? BTW I am using an Audiophile 2946 as soundcard. - Rodas

heh. it depends on the synths. in one project i used battery, vaz modular (with 3 synths used), and virsyn tera (7 channels), and run completely out of cpu, so i got athlon64 2800+ socket754 because socket939 just costs too much right now. and guess what - never finished the track
almost everyone will suggest you to go with an athlon, so will i. if you really want to upgrade, get an athlon64 on socket939, opteron and socket940 solutions are just too pricey ... i am paying for my own hardware, and my salary aint 1000 euros. i cannot understand how can someone suggest a dual opteron for a hobby like this (unless you are a professional, of course, in which other rules apply). some obvious solutions to your problem are:
- increase latency (do you really need low latencies? i do not most of the time)
- instead of some cpu intensive synths, try using some other synths with similar sounds - i use synth1 a lot for almost any kind of sound, and have maximum 2 or 3 cpu hogs in one song.
- render some synth sounds to loops and layer the wavs in your song instead of the synth - this can be used especially for drums and basslines.
try this before spending even more money than you already did. btw a friend of mine is making wicked psytrance, goa and techno tracks on a pentium 3 900 mhz 256 mb sdram creative labs pci128.
anyway, what is that clipping you are talking about? sound clipping or what?

I must say that I agree with h.vox. There's no idea that we give you our ideas of a dreamsystem because in reality you'll probably not afford it just like the rest of us

a perfectly valid system wich wouldn't cost the world to upgrade to would be something like this:

OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Platinum Rev2 2x512MB
Athlon 64 3500+ (s939)
a fitting motherboard for that (wich one you choose should mainly be decided by if you want PCI express or not)

if you choose to go for PCI express you'll need a new gfx card too, I'd suggest a regular Geforce 6600 (not GT).
It'll do perfectly fine for production and will work pretty good for games too if you'd want that and it wouldn't dig a too big hole in your wallet

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Originally posted by davedresden i suggest getting the gabriel & dresden prog-a-minute. in 3 easy steps you too could change the face of dance music. batteries not included. - dave

eyo, i just upgraded my system. currently running:

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 90nm socket939 (make sure u get the 90nm, newer technology)
MSI K8N Neo Platinum 2 Socket 939 - (awesome fucking board)
1 gig 512x2 patriot ram 3200 w/ red heatsinks.
1 160 mb hitachi sata harddrive
1 200 mb maxtor harddrive (from old computer)
1 zalman cnps7000b-cu heatsink/fan
1 radeon 9600 pro w/ 256 mb (from old computer)
1 m-audio revolution (from old computer)
1 silverstone temjin-b06 full tower case w/ windtunnel
1 rosewill 500 w power supply

all this (not including parts from old computer) is under $1000. now after installing this, i gotta say, there really is no need to dish out the extra money for the 3800+, 4000+, fx-53, fx-55, or the opterons. first of all the new 3000+, 3200+, and 3500+ all run on the new 90nm technology, while the 3800+ and up run on 1.3microns. secondly, paired with low latency unbuffered ram, a good motherboard (i recommend the msi motherboard i got, but there's other options), and a nice heatsink, you can easily overclock this. pushing the 3500+ to 3800 speed is no problem as long as u have the right parts, and with my setup right now, i'm ocing up to 4000+ speed still with low temperatures. now, compare the price of the new 3500+ which i got for $259, to a 4000+ or fx-53 (both basically the same thing) which at newegg costs $770. thats a huge difference. if ur thinking bout the fx-55 then thats reaching 1000 just for the processor alone. Basically what i'm saying is, save your money, get the cheaper processor, with better parts to fit the processor, and then overclock to the same speed you thought u were missing out on. (not like the original speed of the 3500+ was slow anyways; i booted windows in a couple seconds when i first started it up)

now, i'm running logic, w/ a bunch of vsts, and plugins with no problems at all. no latency or lagging issues.

however, i also noticed that u said u upgraded to a 3000+. honestly, that cpu should not be giving you any problems either (i believe filo & peri use the same processor). possibly your soundcard settings are not optimal which is causing some of the lagging issues. it might also be better to upgrade to 1 gig of ram as well. One a final note, even though you have a fast computer, try not to go crazy on the plugins. conserve ur cpu and bounce parts to audio when u think u have it finalized. it'll definitely help a lot.