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Windows x64 & Cubase sx 3: are you experienced ?
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Boobytrip
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Posted : Oct 22, 2006 13:34
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Hi,
I'm considering switching to the 64 bits version of Windows xp professional and 64 bits drivers for my M-Audio Audiophile, because i figure that a 64 bits system can IN THEORY handle larger chucks of audio per processor cycle, reducing the latency.
BUT... i'm not sure if Cubase SX 3.11 will work properly IN REALITY. Did anyone try this ? Was it any good ?
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psylevation
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Posted : Oct 25, 2006 00:29
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here is some information regarding it, I was kinda interested myself. Since i'm building a new computer with an AMD athlon 64 x2 +4400 dual core
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Meta
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Posted : Oct 25, 2006 00:56
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On 2006-10-22 13:34, Boobytrip wrote:
BUT... i'm not sure if Cubase SX 3.11 will work properly IN REALITY. Did anyone try this ? Was it any good ?
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It will work, but if you're asking if Cubase itself will specifically take advantage of 64bit arcitecture, the answer still appears to be no... even with SX4.
Sonar (and I think 1 other somewhat obscure sequencer I'm forgetting) are the only ones that make specific use of 64 bit processors.
It's bascially impossible to buy a new chip that isn't 64bit these days, but it's kind of silly as OS implementation is so low. XP x64 has been kind of a wash, as so few companies wrote drivers in a timely fashion, at this point x64 has basically been abandoned in anticipation of Vista.
Anyway, I have a dual-boot system with XP & XP x64 at home which I installed to try Sonar. If I have time tonight I'll try some kind of bench test with SX3 and some CPU heavy VSTs, but honestly I expect there to be very little difference.
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Boobytrip
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Posted : Oct 25, 2006 12:55
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Thnx for the infos guys. I'll do some checking here as well and keep you posted.
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psylevation
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Posted : Oct 26, 2006 02:43
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yes please do, I just got my processor in the mail today, now I just need power supply, ram, and a new hard drive.
I was thinking about getting a SATA or SATA II since my mobo supports them. Anybody know if it would make a signifigant increase in data transfer speed over EIDE? |
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robci
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Posted : Oct 26, 2006 03:51
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SATA II support 3 Gb/s transfer rate and NCQ (Native Command Queuing) which allows your hard drive to fasten multiple fileaccessing and things like that, so you should use SATA II instead of ATA drives... |
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psylevation
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Posted : Oct 27, 2006 01:54
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nice, I guess that make sense since it's a "serial" connection. Doesn't look like there is a huge price difference either, I'll make sure to go with SATA II
thanx for the info |
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Ghost Host
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Posted : Apr 27, 2007 20:43
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hey Boobytrip, so how x64 runing? ..what about VST's and drivers compateblity? i also have M-Audio Audiophile and would love to hear your feedback.
tnx in advance 
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Boobytrip
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Posted : Apr 28, 2007 22:19
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Hi, to be honest i didn't switch to x64 yet because i thought i'd be risking wasting days of potential studio-time searching forums and trying to figure out why some plugins don't work. At the moment i'm very happy with my setup and i decided to wait until i hear a stream of enthousiastic reactions about the x64 platform. I'm sorry for being such a coward
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Ghost Host
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Posted : Apr 29, 2007 01:35
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aha i see....well thx for the fast responce anyway, i'll gona try it next week or so, will keep u guys posted.
if anyone has any expereance with Windows XP Pro x64 PLEASE share it with us too, tnx 
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montezuma
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Posted : Mar 7, 2008 11:12
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On 2007-04-29 01:35, wi']['ch wrote:
aha i see....well thx for the fast responce anyway, i'll gona try it next week or so, will keep u guys posted.
if anyone has any expereance with Windows XP Pro x64 PLEASE share it with us too, tnx
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i tried to install cubase on 64bits XP pro beacouse i bought recently Core 2 Quad Q 6600 and 4 gigbaites of RAM memory but cubase doesnt work on this platform ........ if anyone have some solution i will be happy to run my cubase on that platform becouse otherwise XP 32 bits doesnt read all of my 4 gigabites of ram 
thanks in advance
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