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Originally Posted by albee1952
The reason I asked about your computer specs is because an early Mac Pro(and 1,1 is certainly early) may not have enough horsepower to run an HDN rig. If you can find a deal on a 5,1 with at least a 6-core @ 3+ GHz and 32GB of RAM, that should do a solid job with HD/Native. This is based on my own success with a 6-core PC(same specs). If you're not married to Macs, a used HP z820 12-core can be had for barely over $1K and those are solid as a rock. 3 years ago, I ran a commercial studio in Nashville with that setup and loved it. The computer was a used z820 with dual 6-core XEON's at 3.5GHz, 64GB of RAM and a GeForce 750Ti graphics card. It ran Windows 10 and PT 2018HD with a pair of 192's and a pair of HD IO's. I tracked 32 inputs and sent 6 stereo headphone mixes(from the sessions) with plenty of plugins with a 64 buffer setting(low latency) day in and day out(I would expect similar with a 5,1 12-core at over 3GHz, but the hp cost me $1100, shipped to my door)  |
I'm thinking I might be stuck here- the upgrade I currently have and want to use is for 10/11/12 and a perpetual license. I could ditch that idea and go HD Native (I assume that's a non-perpetual license). Maybe that's a thought down the road, I'm still thinking....
Yessir, I've known that going to 12 would mean a new(er) computer, and I'm good with that. Your specs listed above will be most helpful in the search. I'm kinda tied to Mac, it's been good for me for a very long time.
But, just to be clear, you're saying and HD Native PCIe card will run a pair of TDM-era 192's? I use the extra outputs to drive a 16 channel cue system, and I'd rather not have to deal with latency issues for headphones.
Thanks so much for your response, this has been quite the journey. Next time, I'll just rob a bank and go all the way.
