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Re: Allenstein Quadzilla Machine
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hello everybody. i have just ordered all of my parts to build a quad like shans. i am one of the holdouts on the digi 001 still running 5.3.1. i want to thank allen for all of his hard work and dedication on the best pc thread. i built my first amd xp2200 3 or 4 years ago and it is still running rock solid in my busy little studio. a year or two later i built an xp 2500 with digi 001 to have a back up/ location recorder and it has performed flawlessly. i was tempted many times to upgrade but i never did. i watched everybody suffer from 6.0 to 6.4 where the digi 001 was left. i read all of the early 002r threads about the difference between 001 and 002r not being worth the cost, firewire not being as good as pci, power harness, etc. i am now finally tempted by the music production bundle, the factory bundle and the new enhancements of 7.??. so i am kind of viewing this as a software upgrade rather than a hardware upgrade. i am very excited and have ordered a new 002r with the factroy bundle, the music production toolkit and a brand new supercomputer...... the quadzilla. thanks again to allen and to shan and all of the guys on the quad thread. i cant wait. quad on!!!!!!
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Pro Tools Power User Editing Give your plug-ins a facelift...and skin 'em! __________________ "Music should be performed by the musician, not by the engineer." Michael Wagener 25th July 2005, 02:59 PM __________________ Pro Tools|HD Native 9.0.1 | Pro Tools|HDX 10.2 | Studio One | REAPER 4.22 | HD OMNI | HoboMac Pro 2.26Ghz Quad-Core | W7 Ultimate 64-bit |
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I held out too for three years and decided stability was more important than the added features. Just got 7.1 in the mail this week along with Logic Pro 7.2. Glad to see not everyone jumps on the marketing hype around here. Enjoy your new Quad and thanks for the great words. Allen |
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stability is a huge issue when you have paying customers. 5.3.1 has been great with the athlon/asus combination. i always said if it aint broke, dont fix it. i was gonna run this thing till the wheels fall off, but alas, i am a gearslut, and after reading the quad thread, temptation got the best of me. i am still a little skeptical of leaving such a great system. i do mostly live bands and usually record all 18 inputs at once with a 128 buffer setting. everything works so well. i just want to make sure i will not have any problems with the 002r and the quadzilla. also, does it matter if you use xp home or pro? when i built my last 2 allenstien's, i think you guys were recomending xp home, which i still have my copy of. i can get pro if needed. i am also excited about my raptor 10,000 rpm drives. i got a 150 for my audio and the 74 for the system. they were out of the smaller drive. also the 150 has 16mb of cache and the 74 only has 8, does it make a difference? can i install bfd and all my samples on the system drive or should i get a third drive for that? can the third drive be a 7200? hope i'm not asking too many questions. thanks in advance. looking forward to getting it up and running. ivan.
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But yes, you can also use a third drive. Yes, it can be 7200 SATA or ATA. Quad on. Shane
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Pro Tools Power User Editing Give your plug-ins a facelift...and skin 'em! __________________ "Music should be performed by the musician, not by the engineer." Michael Wagener 25th July 2005, 02:59 PM __________________ Pro Tools|HD Native 9.0.1 | Pro Tools|HDX 10.2 | Studio One | REAPER 4.22 | HD OMNI | HoboMac Pro 2.26Ghz Quad-Core | W7 Ultimate 64-bit |
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thanks a million. i'm still waiting for the case and the mobo.
i'll post my results here asap. ivan. |
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I did my first paying session with my new Quad/002 combo last night. This is moving from an ADAT/Mackie d8b system that I was very succesful with and knew my way around inside & out.
I have to say that, even as a relatively inexperienced PT operator (I have done occasional 001 and HD sessions at other studios), I was at least as productive last night as I was with the old system, and could do things a lot faster and more intuitively such as cut/paste choruses, triple tracking vocals, etc. No crashes, there was one time between verses where there was a buffer overload, but I went from 128 to 256 and it went away immediately (complex mix with several auxes going). And I haven't really tweaked anything on the PC yet. Quad and 7.1 works for me. RP |
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Just out of curiosity, I see you all having so much fun with (Quadzilla's) two dual core AMD Opterons that I want to ask, is there also a mobo for two Pentium D processors. I know that AMD is better all around and all but inquiring minds want to know. If so, has anyone here attempted this?
I didn't find any such mobo at my local Fry's and was wonder if I'm wasting my time looking for something that doesn't exist. The dual core AMD Opterons are back ordered there for now. They carry the ASUS K8N-DL mobo but not the Tyan Tiger K8WE mobo. What is the greatest performance and stability benefit due to?: A great motherboard The dual core processors 2 processors on one motherboard Opterons over Athlons The memory (you guys use high end memory modules that cost a lot more than the garden variety.) PCI express (or is this only for hybrid systems) The great cooling systems Or is it really the combination of all the above? What is the difference between AMD 265 and 865 or AMD 270 and 870 (What about all those other models like AMD 185, 285 and 885?) I have PTLE 7.1CS8 and I'm planning my own Quadzilla. I may need to do this in steps due to budget constraints.
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