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Old 03-09-2014, 06:50 AM
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Default pt 8 HD2 will adding an acell card help?

I've been trying to research this but have given up. I have a
mac g5 non intel 10.5.8
pt 8.1 HD with 2 cards
and a uad 1 card.
If I swap the process card for an acell card will I notice any improvement in speed or stability or will it be better to ditch the uad card and have hd3?.

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Old 03-09-2014, 07:52 AM
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Default Re: pt 8 HD2 will adding an acell card help?

It will give you slightly more oomph, but it will also give you few more voices. With normal cards (if I remember this right) max voice count is 128 but if you have an Accell card it will be 192
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Old 03-09-2014, 05:27 PM
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what about an acell core card?
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Default Re: pt 8 HD2 will adding an acell card help?

The Accel Core Card is PCIe only, so keep using your current HD Core card with a G5.

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Old 03-09-2014, 07:17 PM
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Default Re: pt 8 HD2 will adding an acell card help?

Why swap when you can add and go to a HD3?
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Old 03-10-2014, 04:05 AM
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Default Re: pt 8 HD2 will adding an acell card help?

Not sure..what I'm looking for is more power and faster response time but maybe that will only happen when I sell everything and get an intel mac?

I don't need bigger track counts so what are the advantages of HD 3 instead of 2?
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Old 03-10-2014, 11:15 AM
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more voices, more DSP
response will be about the same, what response(s) are you looking to improve
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