Re: [Logic_Cafe] Re: Re: Re: New PowerMacs run Tiger only?
2005-05-03 by amgmamgma
... This would indicate a problem specific to Photoshop to me. FWIW, on my system now I see the following processes all using 0.00 % of CPU: Dock Alerts Daemon
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Re: [Logic_Cafe] Re: Re: Re: New PowerMacs run Tiger only?
2005-05-03 by amgmamgma
... I remember reading somewhere that the G3 processor handled double precision floats just as fast as single precision floats, but I don t know how reputable
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: New PowerMacs run Tiger only?
2005-05-03 by Nick Batzdorf
... I disagree with all of that. There s nothing to say that Spotlight is going to do bad stuff in the background, and there s nothing fragile at all about
Re: Re: Re: Re: New PowerMacs run Tiger only?
2005-05-03 by Nick Batzdorf
From: Kamm Schreiner ... IF! ... Yes. If you want to load large orchestral sample library templates - e.g. Vienna Symphonic Library,
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: New PowerMacs run Tiger only?
2005-05-03 by Nick Batzdorf
... That was my subsequent post. :) -- Nick Batzdorf - editor Virtual Instruments magazine (the world of softsynths and samplers) www.Virtualinstrumentsmag.com
Re: [Logic_Cafe] Re: Re: Re: New PowerMacs run Tiger only?
2005-05-02 by Maurits van de Kamp
... Yes, actually this is quite normal in any modern system. (It even was in Window 95 but there this was well hidden). But if you look closer you ll see that
Re: [Logic_Cafe] Re: Re: Re: New PowerMacs run Tiger only?
2005-05-02 by GAmoore@aol.com
... There are some shareware and terminal commands which show the processes running and how much CPU they are taking. I was shocked to find 40 things running
Re: [Logic_Cafe] Re: Re: Re: New PowerMacs run Tiger only?
2005-05-02 by Maurits van de Kamp
... 64 bit space can indeed slow things down when you don t need it and badly implement it (and drag along 3 bytes when you only need the fourth). Could be
Re: [Logic_Cafe] Re: Re: Re: New PowerMacs run Tiger only?
2005-05-02 by GAmoore@aol.com
I am copying over this comment, about 64 bit programming from an expert on a ... 64-bit memory space isn t going to speed things up; in fact, I d imagine that
Re: [Logic_Cafe] Re: Re: Re: New PowerMacs run Tiger only?
2005-05-02 by Maurits van de Kamp
Sorry I have to correct my own nonsense here..;) ... The precision is in the mantissa and it s not divided like this - so ignore my gibberish.. it s 32 bit
Re: [Logic_Cafe] Re: Re: Re: New PowerMacs run Tiger only?
2005-05-02 by amgmamgma
... Macs have supported 64-bit floats for years. Floating point does not have the same hard limitations that integer math does in this regard. 10.4 adds native
Re: [Logic_Cafe] Re: Re: Re: New PowerMacs run Tiger only?
2005-05-02 by Maurits van de Kamp
... The OS drives it though. ... Not only that, but MIDI is also 8 bit. :o) But really anything that has to do with data transfer can be done twice as fast as
[Logic_Cafe] Re: Re: Re: New PowerMacs run Tiger only?
2005-05-02 by Kamm Schreiner
... Yes, but video is *much* larger than audio. You can fit an awful lot of 24 bit audio into 2 Gigs. ... I agree. It will be more accurate, but I m not sure
Re: [Logic_Cafe] Re: Re: Re: New PowerMacs run Tiger only?
2005-05-02 by Dave Shirk
... GAmoore! I am glad I am not as negative as you appear to be about Apple products ;-) Widgets are great - I am tracking in real time my UPS shipment which
Re: [Logic_Cafe] Re: Re: Re: New PowerMacs run Tiger only?
2005-05-02 by GAmoore@aol.com
... Video and audio have a lot in common - large file sizes, real time need for speed, real time operations. I think 64 bit is faster in the sense that twice
Re: [Logic_Cafe] Re: Re: Re: New PowerMacs run Tiger only?
2005-05-02 by Maurits van de Kamp
... It is actually (up to now it was 32-bit float, ie 8 bits mantissa and 24 bits precision). If the G5 s coprocessor is capable of making 64 bit calculations
RE: [Logic_Cafe] Re: Re: Re: New PowerMacs run Tiger only?
2005-05-02 by Kamm Schreiner
... Yes! Video is where I think 64 bit memory access has the potential to be extremely useful. I m not really convinced that it will be very helpful to DAWs
Re: [Logic_Cafe] Re: Re: Re: New PowerMacs run Tiger only?
2005-05-02 by amgmamgma
... The idea is that there would be two separate processes that communicate with each other, a 32-bit GUI and a 64-bit engine. It would require some clever
Re: [Logic_Cafe] Re: Re: Re: New PowerMacs run Tiger only?
2005-05-02 by GAmoore@aol.com
... I imagine that there are various system calls that can be made, and some are 64b and some 32b. For graphics, the mac used to have a toolbox of system
Re: [Logic_Cafe] Re: Mac Systems
2005-05-02 by Maurits van de Kamp
... Being used to Windows for so long you ll have some adjusting to do, but not too much. ... Well indeed there is a different base; all MacOS versions up to
[Logic_Cafe] Re: Re: Re: New PowerMacs run Tiger only?
2005-05-02 by Kamm Schreiner
... I think I ve answered my own question. It appears the answer is yes, Logic can access more memory if it can separate out certain tasks that don t require a
[Logic_Cafe] Re: Re: Re: New PowerMacs run Tiger only?
2005-05-02 by Kamm Schreiner
... Actually, I suspect it is because Tiger is only 64 bit in a small way. It is not a true 64 bit OS. The GUI is still 32 bit. What Apple has done is to give
Re: Mac Systems
2005-05-02 by gswerner2002
... I ve always worked in a Windows environment and have had the luxury of a nice stable environment since I use outboard recording and mixing but my reason
Re: [Logic_Cafe] Mac Systems
2005-05-02 by Maurits van de Kamp
... Please stickle.. wrong information should be corrected :o) And for the (ex)-Atari users here, we should of course not forget MiNT, also based on BSD, which
Re: [Logic_Cafe] Mac Systems
2005-05-02 by Dave Shirk
And I hate to be a stickler - but computer history is Important to me! Thanks Maurits! Dave
Re: [Logic_Cafe] Mac Systems
2005-05-02 by Maurits van de Kamp
... You re absolutely right, I was oversimplifying history a bit. Must be the early time of day. :o) Maurits.
Re: [Logic_Cafe] Mac Systems
2005-05-02 by Dave Shirk
... Maurits: Just a small correction. Unix was Developed by Bell Labs, a division of AT&T at the time. Digital (DEC) was a a major promoter of Unix in the
Re: [Logic_Cafe] Mac Systems
2005-05-02 by Maurits van de Kamp
... That s hard to compare. Win311and earlier were really DOS-programs, not operating systems. Win95/98 were developed onwards from DOS-code. WinNT and the
Re: [Logic_Cafe] Re: Re: Re: New PowerMacs run Tiger only?
2005-05-02 by Dave Shirk
... Yes! Dave Shirk
Re: [Logic_Cafe] Re: Re: Re: New PowerMacs run Tiger only?
2005-05-02 by james page
Might be slightly OT but do i need to buy the family pack if i want to install Tiger on both my G5 and my emac? Thanks, JP
Mac Systems
2005-05-01 by gswerner2002
Is a Mac system UNIX based in the same way old Windows systems were DOS based? Gary
Audio Plugin Manager?
2005-05-01 by Wendell III
Hi everyone, Just out of curiosity, is there such a thing as a system-wide audio plugin manager for Mac OS X? Something along the lines of FontBook for audio
Re: [Logic_Cafe] Tiger and Logic 6?
2005-05-01 by amgmamgma
... I would expect so. Logic 6.4 appears to be okay. -- agreenbu @ nyx . net andrew michael greenburg
Tiger and Logic 6?
2005-05-01 by Chris Ryan
Does anyone know if Logic 6 (Gold) will run on OS X 10.4? I m running Logic 7 on a newer PowerBook but my old desktop won t run it very efficiently. Thanks,
RE: Logic Pro 7.1 (rex)
2005-05-01 by Michael Tuminello
Also got my shipping notice. very much looking forward to it, especially if ultrabeat is in fact easier to work with. As an aside, anyone have any suggestions
Re: [Logic_Cafe] Re: Re: Re: New PowerMacs run Tiger only?
2005-04-30 by amgmamgma
... Of course, keep in mind that Logic will need to be updated to take advantage of 64-bit addressing. The current version will still only be able to use up to
Re: [Logic_Cafe] Tiger
2005-04-30 by amgmamgma
... Well, you re probably going to have to upgrade eventually, so why not buy a copy for a good deal and let it sit on the shelf until you re ready to upgrade?
An inauspicious beginning
2005-04-30 by Bobbo
Greetings to all. Bobbo here, new member of this group, user of Pro Tools, non-user and recent seller of Digital Performer, lover of the old MOTU Freestyle,
Re: [Logic_Cafe] The wonderful thing about Tiggers is...
2005-04-30 by Gio
Dave, I m off to the Apple store to get my copy ..... As soon as I mow the yard =-) Good to hear that its rocking. Ciao Gio
Re: [Logic_Cafe] Re: Re: Re: New PowerMacs run Tiger only?
2005-04-30 by GAmoore@aol.com
Hey I got Tiger at 6 pm at Tustin Microcenter for $79 after rebate, and installed it on my G3 ibook, and it seems to run fine. The guy at the apple store told
Re: [Logic_Cafe] The wonderful thing about Tiggers is...
2005-04-30 by Dave Shirk
... Gio! How you been! I have had Tiger running for about 10 hours now. Everything is great! Logic is great. No lost plug-ins. And the new Consumer
Re: [Logic_Cafe] The wonderful thing about Tiggers is...
2005-04-30 by Gio
... Amen Steve. Jaguar 10.2.0 Panther 10.3.0 Even OSX 10.0 Were all dogs. (Mac OS 9.0 included) And Logic 6.0, 7.0 Even ProTools 6.0 were all buggy updates.
[Logic_Cafe] Logic Pro 7.1
2005-04-30 by super sonic
Well, I just received an e-mail saying my order for Logic Pro 7.1 was just shipped. Anyone else s started shipping? I was a bit worried when my order status
The wonderful thing about Tiggers is...
2005-04-30 by Stephen Marsh
... While it s certainly true that not everyone will directly benefit from Tiger, there were a few items in the blurb that caught my attention. - Audio
Re: Re: Re: New PowerMacs run Tiger only?
2005-04-29 by Nick Batzdorf
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/64bit/ That s a link to the 64-bit bumph. I suspect that the reason they re not shouting about it is that it s too
Re: Re: Re: New PowerMacs run Tiger only?
2005-04-29 by Nick Batzdorf
... The almost 8GB limit is only because that s what one machine can hold right now, by the way. Tiger can access way, way more memory than that. -- Nick
Re: [Logic_Cafe] Re: Re: New PowerMacs run Tiger only?
2005-04-29 by Neil Goldstein
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/macosx-10.4.ars very thorough review. Tiger looks like a no-brainer for G5 owners esp.
Re: [Logic_Cafe] Tiger
2005-04-29 by GAmoore@aol.com
... Hey Thanks Mauritis! I m glad I didn t ban you afterall! ;-) I got an e-ad for Tiger for $79 at the Micro Center so I might bite - if I can find some
Re: [Logic_Cafe] Tiger
2005-04-29 by Chris Coccia
... Thats probably because Apple caters to alot more than just the audio community. Do you really think the grandparents that just bought a new Mac Mini care
Re: [Logic_Cafe] Tiger
2005-04-29 by Maurits van de Kamp
... This article is typical markestpeak and details only the new bells and ... Go to www.apple.com/macosx and click on tech specs, there you get a long list of