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Ok so I got a laptop today, question about isolating Fl Studio. (pg. 2)
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| user19503 |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Robby Rox
I am rather curious though how much work can you throw at that thing?
Or should I ask "how often do you find yourself craving more processing power?" lol I know it depends cause everyone works different but I want something thats not gonna choke if I throw a fairly heavy workload at it. Say about 20-25 "average" or "moderate" cpu killing vsts, 40-50fx (3 usually maximus alone which eats a lot), 5-10 rompler/vsts.. I don't think I could ever see myself really getting past that point.
My last project alone was 12 vsts, 8 nexus, about 20-25 random fx (2 maximus and about 4 native FL Reverbs, the rest of 20-25 fx was maybe about 8 equalizers, 4-5 delays, a couple distortion and overdrive units) and my computer was finished, could not tolerate it so I shutdown Fl and just stopped. |
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are u rtying to make whitenoise with sinus-oscs? |
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| DJ RANN |
Just ing buy an imac and save us from the ******** wall of text threads.
Seriously though, my imac has never maxed out on me and I'm all in the box, with a cockload of synths of FX. Just do it and be done with it. No virus, no malware, no maintenance. Best £1k you'll ever spend. In four years time repeat and be done again.
Problem solved.
Back OT, cracked programs can actually slow down your computer becuase some of the protection is built in the main coding in such a way that te performance of the program is actually effected when the protection is removed or circumvented. Steinberg have implemented this in all of their recent releasese for one. In a lot of cases the stability becuase the protection again is inherent to the programs structure. |
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| orTofønChiLd |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RANN
Just ing buy an imac and save us from the ******** wall of text threads.
Seriously though, my imac has never maxed out on me and I'm all in the box, with a cockload of synths of FX. Just do it and be done with it. No virus, no malware, no maintenance. Best £1k you'll ever spend. In four years time repeat and be done again.
Problem solved.
Back OT, cracked programs can actually slow down your computer becuase some of the protection is built in the main coding in such a way that te performance of the program is actually effected when the protection is removed or circumvented. Steinberg have implemented this in all of their recent releasese for one. In a lot of cases the stability becuase the protection again is inherent to the programs structure. |
way to go rann
you can put fl studio with ur windows laptop robby rox in the garbage, imac with logic express is good money spent |
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by orTofønChiLd
way to go rann
you can put fl studio with ur windows laptop robby rox in the garbage, imac with logic express is good money spent |
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| DJ Robby Rox |
| quote: | Originally posted by orTofønChiLd
way to go rann
you can put fl studio with ur windows laptop robby rox in the garbage, imac with logic express is good money spent |
I do love the way logic looks and I've tried it myself on multiple occasions. But I simply prefer FL Studio for the time being.
Logic IS good money spent I concur, but you don't put the *technique* to garbage, you put the artist in the garbage. If an artist is good, who gives a whether he uses Logic OR Fl Studio.
I asked about Windows XP upgrades and stated my needs and preferences. Logic is not an option. I'm thinking in terms of quads from intel as an upgrade from the duo.
Or are you saying FL Studio is the reason I'm having speed issues? I already said its my habits. I just need help finding a solution thats not gonna empty my wallet. I mean are quads weak in general or what? Would you consider them I supppose "significantly" limited?
I was hoping there was at some point I'd hit a limit to my needs but I DO suppose ultimately the most IDEAL way to go is something like the i7. Over the years for some reason Im always finding myself using more and more instruments AND fx, I'm not sure if its a good thing but I just notice it happening.
I'm just getting tired of always sacrificing inspiration by having a certain amount of resources. I'm not sure how the i7s operate musically. I would imagine *maybe they are the only real "overkill synths". I mean the quads are around 40% the strength on avg (of the i7s). I just wish I could demo processors on my computer somehow and see what truley fits my needs.
Its hard to get real specific because of how relative it is. But like I said I can have anywhere between 15 instruments open and 20-25 fx and easily need double that right now to finish a song or want to finish a song.
I need at least 30 instruments (both vsts (considering the "avg" patch)/and romplers like Nexus) per track, and 50-60fx usually 2-3 of those 30 would be cpu whores like the mastering fx maximus, only a max of 4gb ram I do fine with that so I'm good there. What I'm asking is can a quad pull that off or do I need faster like the i7? Or is the i7 for basically unlimited power?
I don't know how all these cpus perform because I've only used the pentium d and core2duo. I need to know if a strong enough quad can relatively meet the needs I mentioned.
Thats all I'm asking.
I'm prob just gonna wind up getting a quad anyway and finding out, because I need some money for an interface to save. And I might just have to learn to live with the limits of the quad IF I do experience limits to begin. I'm hoping I can not get too out of control with my needs but its just the way I work. I can break it down more specifically so it makes sense, but that would be too boring and this is already long enough. So please play nice and just help me, that is all I ask. I wound up spending a lot of reserved money I'd been saving on a massive update on everything, but now I'm just doing my cpu and getting an interface. In all honesty this thread is worthless because I already admitted I'm bias to the intel quads, but more comments are def welcome.
As long as its not flaming =]
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| evo8 |
| quote: | Originally posted by aLviNx80
what audio interface are you using..? |
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| DJ Robby Rox |
| quote: | Originally posted by evo8
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In my thread I already stated I'm trying to save money on this cpu/mobo deal so I can get an interface too. Its most likely gonna be something cheap like the M-Audio Fast track pro. |
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| Morvan |
| quote: | | Originally posted by DJ Robby Rox I need at least 30 instruments (both vsts (considering the "avg" patch)/and romplers like Nexus) per track, and 50-60fx usually 2-3 of those 30 would be cpu whores like the mastering fx maximus, only a max of 4gb ram I do fine with that so I'm good there. |
Less is more. If you want detailed help, you will need to invest some time in showing us a specific song you'd normally be happy with but which is lagging a lot for you now.
What you do is list every VST and the exact routing into the Effects Busses and what Effects each Bus has (and what each of the effect does in short (EQ just a lowcut or actually having several bands etc.)) and we'll tell you where you went overboard and what you can do (maybe a screenshot of each Bus with all Effect plugins of that Bus open).
This is the only way you'll receive constructive help that would actually make you a better producer.
As a general rule, if you have 60 FX, disabling stuff you don't need in them (Disable all the bands you don't use; disable graphical feedback etc.). |
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| evo8 |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Robby Rox
In my thread I already stated I'm trying to save money on this cpu/mobo deal so I can get an interface too. Its most likely gonna be something cheap like the M-Audio Fast track pro. |
I meant what are you using at the moment?
What latency are you running at?
Also are you running the latest version of FL Studio, the previous versions didnt support multicore CPUs is that right? |
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| user19503 |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Robby Rox
Its most likely gonna be something cheap like the M-Audio Fast track pro. |
u might as well use the MB included soundcard and save the money for a better device. |
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| RoBDaWG |
I have an AMD Phenom, it's a triple core I forget the model off hand I'm at work now.
I have 2 gigs of RAM, Vista, and FL... I just play around with FL but I can usually run a good 5 or 6 instances of Nexus without problems, but that's not counting effects and stuff.
My motherboard is nothing special, I grabbed one of the less expensive ones when I was building the desktop. |
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| Mad for Brad |
| Find it rather strange that you struggle with such high end specs when perhaps ingesting a bit of time in streamlining the way you mix. I doubt you need all this power. I have a dual core 2.4 from 3 years ago that still handles everything I throw at it. You need to organize your mind and your mixes. |
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